http://www.releasechimps.org Project R&R aims to end the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research in the United States and secure their permanent retirement in sanctuaries. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:19:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the passing of Michael Jackson, worldwide attention is now being focused on Bubbles and the Center for Great Apes where he resides in sanctuary. See: http://www.centerforgreatapes.org/residents-details.aspx?id=6   http://www.releasechimps.org/2009/06/30/bubbles-born-in-a-lab-in-the-media-once-again/ Keeping a strong and steady pace since its introduction in early March, the Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326) has, of as today, the support of 58 cosponsors. The bill is currently in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.  Project R&R thanks all our supporters who contacted their legislators. YOUR outreach ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2009/06/15/legislative-update-33009/ On May 5th the European Parliament voted to ban all research on great apes except in cases when the research would help to conserve the species.  The decision is applauded by all the individual nations worldwide who have already ended or limited the use of great apes in research and ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2009/05/14/eu-animal-testing-vote-one-step-forward-and-one-step-stuck/ NEAVS/Project R&R joins the community of animal protection and conservation, her family and friends, and all chimpanzees everywhere in grieving the recent death of Dr. Carole Noon, Founder and Director of Save the Chimps, the world’s largest sanctuary for chimpanzees rescued from research and other areas of use and abuse. ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2009/05/12/in-memoriam-dr-carole-c-noon/ Who's living behind the concrete and steel bars? What are the names, lab ID numbers, ages, genders, and other identifying information of all the chimpanzees held today in U.S. labs? WHO'S THERE? is a campaign designed to find out – with your help. We're asking for your signature to demand that ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2009/04/09/who-there-effort-to-get-accurate-information-chimpanzees-in-labs/ The Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326) is now in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. As of March 11th, the bill has the support of 28 cosponsors including all the original sponsors. It is vital we continue to work hard to add even more cosponsors to ensure the ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2009/03/12/bill-continues-to-gain-bipartisan-support/ Help release Wenka and all elder* chimpanzees languishing in U.S. labs. April 2006/Updated March 2009 Sign the petition for their release from labs and placement into sanctuary. Wenka is a frail 55-year-old chimpanzee, held at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, who deserves sanctuary. Her time for the comfort and safety of sanctuary ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2009/03/09/help-wenka-and-all-elder-chimpanzees/ Boston, MA – March 5, 2009 ―The Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA), H.R. 1326 was reintroduced today in Congress. Project R&R: Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories applauds the bill's lead sponsors: Reps. Edolphus Towns, D-NY, David Reichert, R-WA, Jim Langevin, D-RI, and Roscoe Bartlett, R-MD, and a long ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2009/03/05/great-ape-protection-act-reintroduced/ Go to Nightline to see an expose of the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC). The 9 month undercover investigation of NIRC brings the sad realities of chimpanzees and other primates' life in a lab to millions of viewers. We ask you to not miss this rare opportunity to see the truth. Please ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2009/03/04/breaking-news-undercover-investigation-on-abc-nightline-tonight/ Telling others about the plight of chimpanzees in U.S. labs in one of the simplest, yet most crucial ways you can help Project R&R's work to end the use of chimpanzees in research: Tell-a-Friend: Ask them to visit the www.releasechimps.org to learn more and join our efforts. Become a friend: find us ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2008/11/26/spread-the-word-tell-others-about-the-plight-of-chimpanzees-in-us-labs/ While other nations have enacted bans and limitations on the use of chimpanzees and other great apes in research, the U.S. remains the single largest user of chimpanzees in the world. Project R&R works for the release and restitution of all chimpanzees in all U.S. labs. In solidarity with U.S. efforts, ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2008/11/26/live-outside-the-us-join-our-world-solidarity-campaign/ On March 14, 2005, Project R&R, in collaboration with many of its advisory board member organizations as well as other organizations, submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regarding the “Proposed Rules on Standards of Care for Chimpanzees Held in the ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2008/11/05/standard-for-federal-sanctuaries-adopted/ In the September 6, 2008 Newsweek article, “We Fought Cancer…And Cancer Won”, author Sharon Begley discussed the ongoing scientific battle against cancer.  She noted that although some genetic breakthroughs have occurred since cancer research began in 1971, Begley cites the many other unsuccessful and costly attempts scientists have made to ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2008/10/29/neavs-responds-to-newsweek/ Pepper: (left) in her 5X5X7 ft. lab cage at LEMSIP; and, (right) on her sanctuary island at Fauna  Eleven years after their rescue from HIV/AIDS and other research, Sue Ellen, Rachel, Pepper, and others are now ambassadors for Project R&R: Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories, a national ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2008/10/23/chimpanzee-ambassadors-mark-11th-anniversary-of-rescue/ NEAVS/Project R&R made a factual and sharp response to an editorial in Nature Medicine (Volume 14, Number 8) – "When less is not more" – that advocated widespread experimentation using nonhuman primates (NHPs). Our response, entitled, "Nonhuman primates mean less, not more, human medical progress" is authored by Jarrod Bailey, Ph.D., ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2008/10/15/neavsproject-rr-sets-the-record-straight/ “A return to the use of chimpanzees in AIDS research and vaccine development is without scientific justification,” according to a paper released today in the journal Alternatives to Laboratory Animals (ATLA).  "An Assessment of the Role of Chimpanzees in AIDS Vaccine Research" concludes that vaccine responses in chimpanzees are not ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2008/10/06/research-attributes-lack-of-hivaids-vaccine-to-use-of-chimpanzees/ 58 Cosponsors Now on Bill Bill Continues to Gain Bipartisan Support Great Ape Protection Act Reintroduced Breaking News: Undercover Lab Investigation on ABC Nightline http://www.releasechimps.org/2008/10/05/latest/ Making a poignant statement on the plight of chimpanzees in U.S. labs, our newest outreach piece – a short (2 minute) video entitled Release Chimpanzees – is now online and features students speaking out on the issue. Produced by students at Boston University’s Adlab, we invite you to watch this moving video ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2008/09/23/release-chimpanzees-video-message-now-on-youtube/ NEAVS/Project R&R Leaders Make their Mark at International Primate Conference in Scotland In August, NEAVS president Theodora Capaldo, EdD presented on a panel at the International Primatological Society 22nd Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland.   The Congress is an international event that hosts hundreds of world experts on primates and research.  Dr. Capaldo’s presentation, ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2008/09/18/neavsproject-rr-leaders-make-their-mark/ United States and European Union Set Stage to End Use of Great Apes At the International Primatological Society Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, a symposium on invasive great ape research, one of the first-ever devoted to the subject at this influential conference, which begins August 3rd. The symposium takes place August 8th ... http://www.releasechimps.org/2008/08/01/chimpanzees-fate-in-invasive-research-to-be-weighed-at-international-congress/