To Avoid Adverse Ruling, Yerkes Agrees Not to Export Chimpanzees and let Full Case Be Heard
Yesterday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia held a three-hour hearing on a motion for a preliminary injunction, filed May 9,…
Emory Yerkes and USFWS Hold Off Controversial Export of Chimps
A federal judge in Washington D.C. will decide the future of 7 captive chimpanzees at Emory Yerkes’ National Primate Research Center on or before September 1, 2016. On Tuesday, NEAVS and its…
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Approves Yerkes Chimpanzee Export Abroad
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Approves Yerkes Chimpanzee Export to Unaccredited U.K. Zoo Despite U.S. and Worldwide Opposition BOSTON, April 25, 2016 -- Today the New England Anti-Vivisection…
NEAVS Announces Fish and Wildlife Service Retracts Yerkes Permit Decision
BOSTON, Dec. 2, 2015 -- In response to a lawsuit filed Monday by a coalition of animal welfare organizations, sanctuaries, and individuals – led by the New England Anti-Vivisection Society…
FWS Sued by NEAVS et al. Over Permit to Yerkes Research Center to Ship Chimpanzees Overseas
BOSTON, Nov. 30, 2015 -- New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) a Boston-based, international animal advocacy organization, and its coalition of chimpanzee experts and sanctuaries, filed a…
On Heels Of Endangered Protections, Yerkes Permit To Ship Chimpanzees Overseas Meets Opposition
New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS), a national animal advocacy organization, and its coalition, submitted comments to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) opposing an export permit for…
USDA Seeks Comments for Better Standards to Promote the Psychological Well-Being of Primates in Labs
USDA seeks comment on Rulemaking Petition submitted by NEAVS and co-petitioners promoting the psychological well-being of all species of primates in labs that is consistent with NIH standards for…
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Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act: How it will affect your health and your tax dollars Stories of chimpanzees : Yoko, Pepper, Billy Jo, Arthur and Phoenix, Tom, and Jeannie What Good…
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Dr. Bailey Debates Legal Status of Chimpanzees (video)
Jarrod Bailey, PhD, NEAVS/Project R&R science director and author of several studies on the use of chimpanzees in human health research, was recently interviewed for Defining Person, a…
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