TEST Animal Research Protesters Protesting 
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2009
The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures.
Critter News
DECEMBER 31, 2010
The NIH proposed sending them to Texas to be used in research aimed at finding a hepatitis C vaccine. Animal welfare activists protested the transfer. The chimps have been free from testing at the Alamogordo Primate Facility at Holloman Air Force Base since 2001. A federal contract covering the chimps expires next year.
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