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Here's some background on the New Iberia ResearchCenter, target of the Humane Society investigation showing alleged chimpanzee abuse. Tags: chimpanzees animal experimentation humane society new iberia researchcentermedicalresearch us.
Jane Goodall responding to the Nightline special detailing the mistreatment of hundreds of chimpanzees and other primates at New Iberia ResearchCenter. Tags: chimpanzees new iberia researchcenter primates medicalresearch.
In December, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a warning letter to the primate center for violations of the Animal Welfare Act, which regulates treatment of many commercial animals from pet kittens to laboratory guinea pigs. And the center added training and banned one researcher from animal contact in response.
They are at least admitting there are problems with standard operating procedures at New Iberia ResearchCenter. This web page also has a video with a tour of the facility, conducted by center staff. Tags: animal cruelty exper new iberia researchcenter primates medicalresearch.
Bill Richardson is asking to tour a former medicalresearch lab in southern New Mexico that houses more than 200 chimpanzees. The contract expires next year and Richardson opposes a plan by the agency to transfer the chimps from the Alamogordo Primate Facility, where they are no longer used for medical testing. From the AP.
This place is celebrating its 10th year with ground-breaking research into what makes us all fat. And let's not forget the required sanctimonious quote from an animal researcher “Our primates are essential partners in medical progress, as are mice, rats, guinea pigs and opossums. Tags: primates medicalresearch.
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I've decided to quit my book club, which I dearly love, because of a member who works in medicalresearch and supports animal experimentation. Then I read more about what's happening at the New Iberia ResearchCenter in Louisiana. Tags: animal research. And like I said, I love the other people in it.
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