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- Mar 04, 2009 • Project R&R News
Breaking News: Undercover Lab Investigation on ABC Nightline
Go to Nightline to see an expose of the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC). The 9 month undercover investigation of NIRC brings the sad realities of chimpanzees and other primates Read More…
- Nov 05, 2008 • Project R&R News
Standards for Federal Sanctuaries Adopted
On March 14, 2005, Project R&R, in collaboration with many of its advisory board member organizations as well as other organizations, submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Read More…
- Oct 29, 2008 • Letter to the Editor
NEAVS Responds to Newsweek
In the September 6, 2008 Newsweek article, “We Fought Cancer…And Cancer Won,” author Sharon Begley discussed the ongoing scientific battle against cancer. She noted that although some Read More…
- Oct 23, 2008 • Related News
Chimpanzee ambassadors mark 11th anniversary of rescue
Pepper: (left) in her 5'x5'x7' ft. lab cage at LEMSIP; and, (right) on her sanctuary island at Fauna Eleven years after their rescue from HIV/AIDS and other research, Read More…
- Oct 15, 2008 • Project R&R News
NEAVS / Project R&R sets the record straight
NEAVS/Project R&R made a factual and sharp response to an editorial in Nature Medicine (Volume 14, Number 8) – “When less is not more” – that advocated Read More…
- Oct 06, 2008 • Project R&R News
Research Attributes Lack of HIV/AIDS Vaccine to Use of Chimpanzees
"A return to the use of chimpanzees in AIDS research and vaccine development is without scientific justification,” according to a paper released in 2008 in the journal Alternatives to Laboratory Read More…
- Sep 23, 2008 • Project R&R News
Release Chimpanzees video message now on YouTube!
Making a poignant statement on the plight of chimpanzees in U.S. labs, our newest outreach piece – a short (2 minute) video entitled Release Chimpanzees – is now online and Read More…
- Sep 18, 2008 • Project R&R News
NEAVS/Project R&R leaders make their mark
NEAVS/Project R&R Leaders Make their Mark at International Primate Conference in Scotland In August, NEAVS president Theodora Capaldo, EdD presented on a panel at the International Primatological Read More…
- Aug 01, 2008 • Project R&R News
Chimpanzees’ fate in invasive research to be weighed at International Congress
United States and European Union Set Stage to End Use of Great Apes At the International Primatological Society Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, a symposium on invasive great ape research, one Read More…
- Jul 17, 2008 • Project R&R News
Buckshire Chimps Home at CSNW
We are happy to report that the last remaining chimpanzees from the Buckshire Corporation are now spending their first summer in the comfort of sanctuary at Chimpanzees Sanctuary Northwest (CSNW) Read More…
- Jul 17, 2008 •
Buckshire Chimps Home at CSNW
We are happy to report that the last remaining chimpanzees from the Buckshire Corporation are now spending their first summer in the comfort of sanctuary at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest (CSNW) Read More…
- Jul 17, 2008 • Related News
Spain considers rights for Great Apes
A Spanish parliamentary committee adopted resolutions in June that would extend some human rights to chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, and orangutans, such as the right to life, freedom from arbitrary captivity Read More…
- Jun 05, 2008 •
Jane Goodall urges alternative funding, suggests Nobel Prize
May 28th, Belgium — World-renowned primate expert Dr. Jane Goodall and other scientists appealed to the European Union to end the use of animal testing in medical and other scientific Read More…
- Jun 05, 2008 •
One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps — now on DVD!
The buzz on summer blockbusters is starting, including Space Chimps, the computer-animated feature scheduled for release July 18th. The film, which is targeted to a family audience, revolves Read More…
- May 21, 2008 •
Honoring Washoe
On February 22, 2008 the Washington State House of Representatives honored Washoe and recognized the decades of service of Deborah Fouts, Roger Fouts, and Mary Lee Jensvold with a unanimous resolution sponsored Read More…
- May 06, 2008 •
APF and the New Mexico Supreme Court
Following the 2002 death of Rex, a 16-year-old chimpanzee at the Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF), the New Mexico Supreme Court is determining if his death was due to abandonment/neglect or Read More…
- Apr 24, 2008 • Project R&R News
Chimpanzees Suffer PTSD Like Humans
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) afflicts chimpanzees from laboratories in the same way as it does human trauma survivors, according to a paper published this week in vol. 9(1) of the Read More…
- Apr 24, 2008 • Project R&R News
Chimpanzees Suffer PTSD Like Humans
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) afflicts chimpanzees from laboratories in the same way as it does human trauma survivors, according to a paper published this week in vol. 9(1) of the Read More…
- Apr 17, 2008 • Project R&R News
Federal Bill Introduced to End Invasive Research on Chimpanzees
Animal Organizations and Scientists Urge Congress to Protect Our Closest Living Relatives A bi-partisan group in Congress today introduced The Great Ape Protection Act to end invasive research and testing Read More…
- Mar 31, 2008 • Project R&R News
Appropriations testimony submitted
NEAVS/Project R&R submitted testimony to the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. “Congress annually considers… appropriations Read More…
- Mar 13, 2008 •
Tragic shooting at Bastrop
Escaped research chimp killed in Bastrop center © 2008 The Associated Press AUSTIN — An 18-year-old research chimpanzee was shot and killed after he escaped from an enclosure at the M Read More…
- Dec 27, 2007 •
Permanent protection signed into law!
Original Intent of the CHIMP Act Finally Realized As Project R&R reported to you last week, the House and Senate passed the “Chimp Haven is Read More…
- Dec 13, 2007 •
Fauna’s new family members
On November 6, 2007, Maya, Sophie, and Spock - three chimpanzees from the now closed Quebec City Zoo - arrived at their new permanent home at the Fauna Foundation sanctuary Read More…
- Nov 01, 2007 •
Washoe dies, chimpanzee community grieves
Project R&R was deeply saddened to learn yesterday of the passing of Washoe Chimpanzee. She was 42 years old. Washoe gained public attention for her ability to learn sign Read More…
- Oct 11, 2007 • Project R&R News
Project R&R Response to “Yerkes hit with $15,000 penalty”
“Yerkes hit with $15,000 penalty” (Emory Wheel 10/01/2007) Emory University’s standards of educational excellence would never allow a faculty member with repeated and documented inadequacies, non-compliance with educational Read More…