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- Dec 10, 2013 • Action Alerts
Yerkes: 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"), Yerkes National Primate Research Center Read More…
- Dec 02, 2013 • News Articles
Personhood for chimpanzees?
After years of planning, the Nonhuman Rights Project this week filled three landmark lawsuits in New York aimed at releasing four chimpanzees from captivity. The suits are the first actions Read More…
- Nov 28, 2013 • Project R&R News
Cap lifted on federal spending for chimpanzees in sanctuaries
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently retired nearly 90% of federally owned chimpanzees in laboratories. However, until last week there were numerous questions surrounding how their retirement would be paid Read More…
- Nov 14, 2013 • News Articles
Senate sends bill that includes Chimp Haven provisions to President Obama
McConnaughey, J. Associated Press. Nov. 14, 2013Congress has sent President Barack Obama a bill that would lift a $30 million federal spending limit for the national federal research chimpanzee sanctuary in northwest Louisiana. The bill’s Read More…
- Nov 13, 2013 • News Articles
Chimp sanctuary spending cap may be lifted
McConnaughey, J. Associated Press. Nov. 13, 2013Congress may lift the federal spending limit for the national sanctuary for federal research chimpanzees sanctuary in northwest Louisiana. Reps. Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has added a Read More…
- Oct 29, 2013 • News Articles
Why Congress Won’t Let 60 Chimps Retire
Rossoll, N. ABC News. Oct. 29, 2013They have spent their lives in research facilities, been injected with miserable diseases, and used by National Institutes of Health scientists to research new medicines, but now, after being designated Read More…
- Oct 01, 2013 • Project R&R News
NEAVS Makes Lush Prize Short List
The Lush Prize for outstanding contributions to replacing animal testing has named the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) to its short list for its 2013 awards. All nominated projects have contributed Read More…
- Aug 27, 2013 • Action Alerts
NIRC: Retire Privately Owned Chimpanzees Now
Despite the National Institutes of Health (NIH) retiring all federally owned chimpanzees, the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in New Iberia, Louisiana still houses a large number of privately owned Read More…
- Aug 06, 2013 • Project R&R News
NEAVS submits comments to FWS on proposal to protect captive chimpanzees
UPDATE: In June 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would give the same protections to chimpanzees held in captivity as it does their free-living cousins in Africa! Read More…
- Aug 03, 2013 • Letter to the Editor
‘Should apes have legal rights?’ leaves out the science
NEAVS President Theodora Capaldo, EdDThe following is in response to The Week's Aug. 3 article, "Should apes have legal rights?" As president of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS), an 118-year-old Boston-based animal protection Read More…
- Jul 02, 2013 • Related News
End of a Dark Era? NIH to Retire Most Research Chimps
Keim, B. Wired. June 26, 2013Some of the fine print remains to be translated, but the writing is on the wall for invasive, government-supported chimpanzee research in the United States: At long last, it&rsquo Read More…
- Jun 26, 2013 • Project R&R News
Victory: NIH to Retire Vast Majority of its Chimpanzees
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a heavily anticipated decision today to retire nearly 90% of its chimpanzees. However, NEAVS believes its decision to keep a “reserve” population Read More…
- Jun 12, 2013 • Action Alerts
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Proposes New Protective Status for Captive Chimpanzees
UPDATE: In June 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would give the same protections to chimpanzees held in captivity as it does their free-living cousins in Africa! Read More…
- Apr 10, 2013 • Related News
Less testing on animals, better science - An Op-Ed from Rep. Jim Moran
Moran, J. and Locke, P. Baltimore Sun. 8 April 2013Testing on animals is often not the best way to determine the safety of medicines and chemicals Many Americans would be surprised to learn that chimpanzees are still being used Read More…
- Mar 23, 2013 • Project R&R News
Comments on NIH Council Report on the Use of Chimpanzees in Research
The NIH sought public input on its Council of Councils' (CoC) recommendations regarding the fate of federally owned chimpanzees in U.S. laboratories. In January, the CoC unanimously accepted its Read More…
- Mar 15, 2013 • Project R&R News
NEAVS responds to JAVMA chimpanzee article: Support retirement!
Read original article here. Your “NIH advised to retire most research chimps” article (March 15, 2013) gave credence to lab director Christian Abee’s position that chimpanzees are necessary Read More…
- Mar 08, 2013 • Project R&R News
An Assessment of Construction and Lifetime Care Funding for NIH Chimpanzees
Funding for the construction and expansion of chimpanzee sanctuary facilities and for the lifetime care of federally-owned or supported chimpanzees in sanctuary is not an insurmountable hurdle, but rather a Read More…
- Feb 28, 2013 • Action Alerts
Urge NIH to adopt CoC recommendations and retire all chimpanzees to sanctuary
UPDATE: The deadline has passed to submit comments to the NIH. UPDATE: In June 2013, the NIH decided it would retire nearly 90% of its chimpanzees to sanctuary. For the latest on Read More…
- Feb 14, 2013 • Project R&R News
BBC interviews Dr. Capaldo, psychologist and NEAVS president, on trauma in chimpanzees
Recorded Feb. 14, 2013 Dr. Theodora Capaldo's segment begins at 2:00. Read More…
- Feb 06, 2013 • Related News
NIH lab chimpanzee retirees arrive at “Chimp Haven” in Louisiana
McConnaughey, J. The Associated Press. 23 Jan. 2013Candy (photo: Chimp Haven) To learn more about the new chimpanzees, visit Chimp Haven's website. To see more Read More…
- Feb 05, 2013 • Related News
U.S. moves toward curbing research on chimpanzees
Javed, N. The Toronto Star. 23 Jan. 2013National Institutes of Health to retire 450 research animals to national sanctuaries, end half of ongoing experiments, report suggests The U.S. National Institutes of Health has been advised to significantly Read More…
- Jan 23, 2013 • Project R&R News
Council concludes majority of NIH chimps should be retired from research
Yesterday, a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-appointed Council of Councils (CoC) Working Group on Chimpanzees in Research announced findings from its NIH-directed study. NIH requested that it develop a Read More…
- Jan 15, 2013 • Related News
Inadequate laws don’t – but research alternatives will – protect animals in labs
Capaldo, T. Bill of Health. 14 Jan. 2013Guest Post on Animal Research: Inadequate laws don’t – but research alternatives will – protect animals in labs [url=http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/billofhealth/2013/01/14/guest-post-on-animal-research-inadequate-laws-dont-but-research-alternatives-will-protect-animals-in-labs/]http://blogs Read More…
- Dec 18, 2012 • Project R&R News
NIH to retire approximately 113 chimpanzees to sanctuary
The world will soon be much brighter for an approximate 113 chimpanzees now held in Lafayette, Louisiana’s New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Read More…
- Oct 04, 2012 • Project R&R News
Webinar invite: The Case for Criteria to Retire Chimpanzees in Labs to Sanctuary
Thank you to all who joined us for our webinar. To view a recording, please visit our homepage. The Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection (CHIMP) Act, signed into law Read More…