- Apr 27, 2016 • Action Alerts
Stop U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service From Making Another Mistake
Update: This petition is now closed. NEAVS and its coalition of sanctuaries and chimpanzee experts filed a new lawsuit against U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) in Read More…
- Feb 01, 2016 • News Articles
Continuing Progress for Animals in Labs
After all of our 2015 achievements, we want to thank you again for your generous support. Because of supporters like you we have seen another year of milestones on the Read More…
- Dec 03, 2015 • For Press
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 (NEAVS) Read More…
- Nov 30, 2015 • For Press
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 lawsuit today against U.S. Fish Read More…
- Nov 24, 2015 • For Press
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 Yerkes National Read More…
- Nov 16, 2015 • News Articles
Comments Posted Opposing Yerkes Permit Application
NEAVS Posts Comments Opposing Yerkes' Donation to Wingham Wildlife Park! Thank you for your efforts to help NEAVS oppose Yerkes’ export permit application to the U.S. Read More…
- Nov 06, 2015 • Action Alerts
Deadline Approaching: Oppose Permit to Ship Yerkes Chimpanzees Overseas
Update 11/16/15 - The public comment period is now closed. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD is only open until November 16. You still have Read More…
- Oct 29, 2015 • Action Alerts
Add Your Comment: Public Comment Period Happening
YERKES’ CHIMPS MUST GO TO U.S. SANCTUARIES Update 11/16/15 - The public comment period is now closed. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) a PUBLIC Read More…
- Oct 05, 2015 • News Articles
Join NEAVS In Celebrating World Animal Day 2015
World Animal Day, held annually on October 4th, is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare. This day is an opportunity to consider our relationship with the Read More…
- Sep 21, 2015 • News Articles
U.S. Fish and Wildlife ‘Uplisting’ for Captive Chimpanzees to Endangered Status Now In Effect!
On Monday, September 14th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) uplisting that gives the same protections to chimpanzees held in captivity as it does their free-living relatives in Read More…
- Sep 17, 2015 • Action Alerts
Yerkes to ‘Donate’ Chimps - Sidestepping Intent of ESA!
On February 4, 2015, Yerkes National Primate Facility, Emory University, announced plans to 'donate' 8 chimpanzees to an unaccredited wildlife park in the UK. Their announcement, just months before U.S. Fish & Read More…
- Sep 01, 2015 • Action Alerts
Thank you taking action for all monkeys in all labs!
With your action, the USDA received well over 10,000 public comments on a Rulemaking Petition for the psychological well-being of all primates in labs. The Petition, submitted by the Read More…
- May 28, 2015 • News Articles
Chimpanzees in Liberia, Used in New York Blood Center Research, Face Uncertain Future
Gorman, J. The New York Times. May 28, 2015After about 30 years of using a colony of chimpanzees in Liberia for biomedical research, which ended 10 years ago, the New York Blood Center has now withdrawn all funding Read More…
- May 15, 2015 • News Articles
Petition Seeks Better Treatment of Monkeys
Gorman, J. The New York Times. May 15, 2015Animal welfare activists have scored several victories in recent years in their efforts to mandate better treatment of chimpanzees. Now they are asking a federal agency to make similar changes Read More…
- May 01, 2015 • For Press
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 chimpanzees Read More…
- Feb 07, 2015 • News Articles
Chimps still stuck in research labs despite promise of retirement
Bonifield, J & Cohen, E. CNN. Feb. 7, 2015Despite a promise more than a year and half ago by the National Institutes of Health to retire the vast majority of government research chimpanzees to sanctuaries, hundreds of chimps Read More…
- Oct 08, 2014 • News Articles
Judges Hear Chimp’s Plea to Be Free, and Retired
McKinley, J. The New York Times. Oct. 8, 2014In a case closely watched by animal rights activists, legal curiosity seekers and unknown numbers of circus owners, a state appellate court heard arguments here on Wednesday about whether a Read More…
- Sep 26, 2014 • News Articles
America’s Chimp Problem: Where should laboratory apes go to retire?
O'Brien, K. Slate. Sept. 26, 2014The chimpanzees arrived by truck before sundown. They’d had a long day. At dawn that morning, they were sedated and loaded into cages inside a 36-foot trailer. The Read More…
- Jul 07, 2014 • News Articles
All 110 New Iberia Research Center chimpanzees arrive at Chimp Haven
Henderson, N. ArkLaTex.com. July 2, 2014Daisy, one of the new Chimp Haven arrivals (© Chimp Haven). NEAVS' Project R&R: Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories is happy to welcome 110 chimpanzees Read More…
- Apr 01, 2014 • News Articles
Chimpanzees as vulnerable subjects in research
Johnson, J. & Barnard, N. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. April 2014Abstract: Using an approach developed in the context of human bioethics, we argue that chimpanzees in research can be regarded as vulnerable subjects. This vulnerability is primarily due to communication Read More…
- Feb 14, 2014 • Action Alerts
Merck Ends Research on Chimpanzees: Show Your Gratitude
The world’s fourth-largest pharmaceutical company, Merck, recently announced it will end biomedical research on chimpanzees. The decision is in line with recent conclusions of the Institute of Medicine, Read More…
- Jan 30, 2014 • News Articles
Merck joins companies ending chimpanzee research
Associated Press. Jan. 30, 2014Drugmaker Merck & Co. is joining two dozen other pharmaceutical companies and contract laboratories in committing to not use chimpanzees for research. The growing trend could mean roughly 1,000 chimps in Read More…
- Jan 23, 2014 • News Articles
A Note from Fauna about Yoko’s Health
Update: Sadly, Yoko died Jan. 30. From all of us at NEAVS, we wish you the wings you so deserve to take you safely home. This post is from Gloria Read More…
- Dec 11, 2013 • Action Alerts
Keeling Center: Retire Privately Owned Chimpanzees Now
Despite the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently retiring all federally owned chimpanzees (with the significant exception of 50 to be held for "future potential research"), the Michale E. Keeling Center Read More…
- Dec 10, 2013 • Action Alerts
Southwest: Retire Privately Owned Chimpanzees Now
Despite the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently retiring all federally owned chimpanzees (with the significant exception of 50 to be held for "future potential research"), Southwest National Primate Research Center Read More…
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