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- Oct 04, 2012 • Related News
NEAVS Scholarships in Support of Sanctuary
NEAVS is happy to announce we will offer five $400 scholarships to attend the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance's inaugural training workshop Nov. 13-14, 2012, in Tampa, FL. The Read More…
- Oct 02, 2012 • Action Alerts
eAlert Louisiana: Urgent action needed for chimpanzees!
UPDATE: This Action Alert is no longer active as your support helped convince NIH to reverse its decision! Dear Supporter, As a resident of Louisiana, it is urgent you Read More…
- Aug 17, 2012 • Project R&R News
NEAVS submits comments for the September meeting of the Chimpanzee Working Group
UPDATE: In June 2013, NIH accepted all but one of the Council of Councils' recommendations. Visit our News page regularly to stay updated and learn how you can help ensure all Read More…
- Jul 25, 2012 • Project R&R News
GAPCSA—Good News!
Today, July 25, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passed S.810, the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, out of committee. This is a vital initial Read More…
- Jul 24, 2012 • Project R&R News
GAPCSA—Please take action today!
I want you to know that the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act (GAPSCA—S.810) is at a critical juncture. Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 25th, the committee Read More…
- Jul 06, 2012 • Project R&R News
July 2012 News - Remembering Pepper
PEPPER We share with you the sad news of the death of our longtime friend Pepper, 42, who died last week of kidney failure at Fauna Foundation Sanctuary in Canada. Surrounded Read More…
- Jun 12, 2012 • Related News
June 2012 News
Chimpanzee Advocates Alert Have you visited releasechimps.org lately? NEAVS has launched a NEW and IMPROVED website for Project R&R: Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U Read More…
- May 04, 2012 • Action Alerts
Ask your federal Representative and Senators to co-sponsor GAPCSA
H.R.1513/S.810UPDATE: Despite the enormous progress the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act (GAPCSA) made in Congress, the 112th legislative session ended Jan. 3, 2012 without it passing. NEAVS continues Read More…
- May 03, 2012 • Action Alerts
Sign Petitions and Send Letters: to End Chimpanzee Research
While other nations have enacted bans and limitations on the use of chimpanzees and other great apes in research, the U.S. remains the last remaining large-scale user of chimpanzees Read More…
- May 03, 2012 • Related News
May 2012 News
The U.S. is the largest importer of primates. In a previous eNews, NEAVS reported on the cruelty and suffering inflicted on thousands of wild primates who are torn from Read More…
- Apr 24, 2012 • Project R&R News
Senate subcommittee hearing on GAPCSA
Senate subcommittee hearing today on Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee on Water and Wildlife heard testimony today on the Read More…
- Apr 24, 2012 • Project R&R News
Scientific and Public Testimony: Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act (S.810)
Introduction Over the past seven years, NEAVS’ focused program Project R&R: Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories has pulled together experts in psychology, chimpanzee Read More…
- Apr 01, 2012 • Related News
April Events In Massachusetts
New England Supporters Mark Your Calendars Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy Bernie Rollin, Ph.D., will present a lecture on “Ethical Challenges of Animal Research Read More…
- Dec 15, 2011 • Press Releases
NEAVS/Project R&R responds to IOM chimpanzee report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Chimps Hear the Good News: IOM Concludes “…chimpanzees [are] not necessary…” BOSTON, MA—(December 15, 2011)—The National Academy Read More…
- Oct 04, 2011 • Related News
Help Release the Elder Chimpanzees
Wenka, remembered vividly by a former lab worker: Her fingers were long and delicate, her palms fragile, and they seemed to perfectly represent her sweet and passive nature. Wenka is Read More…
- Aug 26, 2011 • Project R&R News
NEAVS/Project R&R: Follow Up on NAS/IOM Meetings
NEAVS President, Dr. Theodora Capaldo, and Science Director, Dr. Jarrod Bailey, followed up their presentations to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Committee on Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Read More…
- Aug 18, 2011 • Project R&R News
NEAVS Helps Tip Scales On IOM Chimp Study
The New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) testified before the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies of Science during their second public meeting held in Washington Read More…
- Jun 28, 2011 • Project R&R News
NAS/IOM Committee Will Affect Chimpanzees’ Destiny
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requested that the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (NAS/IOM) conduct a study on the use and necessity of chimpanzees in Read More…
- May 06, 2011 • Project R&R News
Chimpanzees In the News Again, Project NIM: —A Screening
NEAVS president, Dr. Theo Capaldo, attended a special screening of the upcoming HBO documentary, Project Nim, produced by Simon Chinn, directed by Oscar-winner James Marsh, and based on the book Read More…
- Apr 29, 2011 • Project R&R News
“Chimps: Life in A Lab”—Video
The debate about the use of chimpanzees in medical testing and research continues to heat up. Most recently, three powerful articles by investigative reporter Chris Adams on the plight of Read More…
- Apr 09, 2011 •
Public Opinion
In August 2005, the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS), coordinator of Project R&R, retained the services of a Washington, D.C.-based consumer and market research company to poll Read More…
- Jan 21, 2011 • Project R&R News
Alamogordo Chimpanzees Featured on CNN
NEAVS’ Project R&R: Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Labs YouTube video, as well as footage of chimpanzees from the Fauna Foundation, opened last week Read More…
- Jan 05, 2011 • Project R&R News
Alamogordo Chimpanzee Reprieve
2011 is off to a hopeful start for 186 chimpanzees at Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF), who have been granted a reprieve from transfer to a Texas laboratory for use in invasive research. Read More…
- Dec 13, 2010 • Related News
NASA Cancels Plan to Irradiate Squirrel Monkeys
Evans, Renee. Change.org. 13 Dec. 2010NASA's plan to study the effects of radiation on squirrel monkeys has been cancelled thanks to the hard work of several organizations and activists like you. Earlier this week, Read More…
- Nov 24, 2010 •
End International Primate Trade
NEAVS, in support of BUAV’s campaign, is working to end the international trade in nonhuman primates for research. The campaign has exposed the cruelty and suffering inflicted on Read More…