- Apr 30, 2013 • News Articles
NEAVS’ Letter to the New York Times on Harvard Primate Center Closing
Read the published New York Times letter here. Read the original, extended letter here. Closing… Read More…
- Apr 23, 2013 • News Articles
Film Premiere: The Ghosts in Our Machine
From theghostsinourmachine.com The Ghosts In Our Machine A film by Liz Marshall World Premiere… Read More…
- Apr 16, 2013 • News Articles
NEAVS responds to tragic events at Boston Marathon with message of hope
April 16, 2013 The Boston Marathon –… Read More…
- Apr 10, 2013 • News Articles
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… Read More…
- Mar 23, 2013 • News Articles
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… Read More…
- Mar 18, 2013 • News Articles
E.U. Bans Cosmetics With Animal-Tested Ingredients
Kanter J. New York Times. 11 March 2013European Union regulators announced a ban Monday on the import and sale of cosmetics containing ingredients tested on animals… Read More…
- Mar 15, 2013 • News Articles
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… Read More…
- Mar 08, 2013 • News Articles
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… Read More…
- Feb 25, 2013 • News Articles
Military is required to justify using animals in medic training after pressure from activists
Londoño, E. Washington Post. 24 Feb. 2013The war between animal activists and the Pentagon has raged for decades. You could say there’s been a fair… Read More…
- Feb 15, 2013 • News Articles
Mice Prove Useless in Testing Killer Diseases
Earth in Transition. 14 Feb. 2013To view the original article, click here. "Yet again, we see that decades of research, and millions… Read More…
- Feb 14, 2013 • News Articles
BBC interviews Dr. Capaldo, psychologist and NEAVS president, on trauma in chimpanzees
Recorded Feb. 14, 2013 Dr. Theodora Capaldo's… Read More…
- Feb 14, 2013 • News Articles
Superior alternatives to animal models are the way forward, not more animal testing
NEAVS responds to New York Times’ “The Cosmetic Wars” Mark Bittman’s “The Cosmetic Wars” (02/06/13) justifies animal… Read More…
- Feb 12, 2013 • News Articles
Mice Fall Short as Test Subjects for Humans’ Deadly Ills
Kolata, G. The New York Times. 11 Feb. 2013For decades, mice have been the species of choice in the study of human diseases. But now, researchers report… Read More…
- Feb 06, 2013 • News Articles
NIH lab chimpanzee retirees arrive at “Chimp Haven” in Louisiana
McConnaughey, J. The Associated Press. 23 Jan. 2013 - Feb 05, 2013 • News Articles
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… Read More…
- Jan 23, 2013 • News Articles
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… Read More…
- Jan 15, 2013 • News Articles
Inadequate laws don’t – but research alternatives will – protect animals in labs
Capaldo, T. Bill of Health. 14 Jan. 2013Guest Post on Animal Research By Theodora Capaldo, EdD NEAVS President When the New England Anti-Vivisection… Read More…
- Jan 04, 2013 • News Articles
Air Canada to stop transporting research primates
Wadman, M. Nature.com. 20 Dec. 2012Air Canada, one of the few major airline companies that still transports primates for research, was given the go-ahead… Read More…
- Jan 04, 2013 • News Articles
Teaching Science Without Harm: Animal dissections are not needed in education
Groff, K. The-Scientist.com. 3 Jan. 2013A recent Oregon State University (OSU) study found that 25 percent of teachers surveyed who used live animals… Read More…
- Jan 04, 2013 • News Articles
Chimp Haven getting 113 chimps from south La. lab
McConnaughey, J. Associated Press. 18 Dec. 2012NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. sanctuary for retired federal research chimpanzees is about to nearly double its population… Read More…
- Sep 27, 2012 • News Articles
Group: Send all ex-research chimps to sanctuary
McConnaughey, J. Associated Press. 27 Sept. 2012NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Boston-based animal advocacy group wants all 110 federal research chimpanzees being retired from a… Read More…
- Dec 13, 2010 • News Articles
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… Read More…
- Nov 24, 2010 • News Articles
Help End the International Primate Trade
NEAVS, in support of BUAV’s campaign, is working… Read More…
- Nov 19, 2010 • News Articles
SWEET SIXTEEN! Chimp Haven Welcomes New Arrivals
Chimp Haven. 19 Nov. 2010On Wednesday, Chimp Haven welcomed the last of 16 chimpanzees who have arrived at the facility since October—six males… Read More…
- Oct 17, 2010 • News Articles
MSU Ends Dog Labs
AAVS 2010Starting in fall 2010, The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at Michigan State University (MSU) will no longer require… Read More…
- Sep 29, 2010 • News Articles
Ontario Veterinary College Ends Terminal Surgeries: Adopts Humane Surgical Training
HSUS.org. 29 Sept. 2010The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association applauds the University of Guelph Ontario Veterinary College for moving to eliminate terminal… Read More…
- Sep 08, 2010 • News Articles
Announcing the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance (NAPSA)
On July 21, 2010, the leaders of seven North American chimpanzee sanctuaries gathered in Bend, OR to create… Read More…
- Jun 24, 2010 • News Articles
Living, Breathing Human Lung-on-a-Chip
Dougherty, Elizabeth. Wyss Institute. 24 June 2010The lung on a… Read More…
- Sep 09, 2009 • News Articles
Chimpanzees Suffer Psychologically Like Humans
A study and publication co-authored by NEAVS/Project R&R’s president, vice president, and co-chair further documents the severe emotional trauma… Read More…
- Oct 29, 2008 • News Articles
NEAVS Responds to Newsweek
In the September 6, 2008 Newsweek article, “We Fought Cancer…And Cancer Won”, author Sharon Begley discussed the ongoing scientific… Read More…
- Oct 06, 2008 • News Articles
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… Read More…
- Apr 24, 2008 • News Articles
Chimpanzees Suffer PTSD Like Humans
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) afflicts chimpanzees from laboratories in the same way as it does human trauma survivors,… Read More…
- May 10, 2006 • News Articles
NEAVS Announces Website Dedicated to Ending Chimpanzee Research in the U.S.
Project R&R: Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories today announced a new, dedicated website focused on… Read More…
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