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Oppose Experiments on New Mexico Chimpanzees
CAMPAIGN UPDATES: Dec. 15: NIH Announces Alamogordo Chimpanzees Will Stay Put for Now > Dec. 15: Institute of Medicine Report Could Spell End of Chimpanzee Experiments > There is an urgent situation in Alamogordo, N. M., that could affect the lives of almost 200 chimpanzees. The National Institut
How You Can Help Reform the March of Dimes
1. Tell other people about the March of Dimes! Most people are not aware that the charity wastes their charitable donations on cruel and useless experimentation. One way you can easily raise awareness is to write letters: to the editor, to a celebrity spokesperson, and/or to any company in your community that suppor
Success! Alamogordo Chimpanzees Will Stay Put for Now
The Alamogordo chimpanzees will have a happy new year. They won’t be moved to a Texas facility where they would have been subjected to invasive experiments. On New Year’s Eve, Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico made the announcement that the transfer is being put on hold while the Institute of Medic
March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: Commonly Asked Questions
March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: Commonly Asked Questions Animal Welfare 1. Does the March of Dimes still fund shocking animal experiments? 2. Is there any evidence for the poor treatment of animals in March of Dimes experiments? 3. How can there be any pain or suffe
Research
Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act The Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act gained more support in the 112th Congress than any previous session with a hearing and vote in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and nearly
Meet Some of the Lost or Surrendered Dogs Who Were Used and Killed at University of Michigan
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (U-M) continues to use dogs from Michigan shelters in its Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course. Notorious Class B dealer R&R Research sells dogs to U-M. Learn more about how these dogs are sold to U-M and help us end the use of animals in U-M’s ATLS course.
Actress Emily Deschanel Asks NIH to Return Chimpanzees to Alamogordo
Actress Emily Deschanel, who plays a crime-solving scientist on the TV show Bones, recently wrote to Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, urging him to return 14 chimpanzees to a nonresearch facility in New Mexico who were transferred to a controversial laboratory in San A
Gov. Bill Richardson Petitions USDA to Halt Transfer of New Mexico Chimpanzees
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson recently asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to halt the transfer of 186 chimpanzees to a laboratory where they will be used in painful experiments.  Gov. Bill Richardson with PCRM staff at the Hall of States after submitting his complaint to the USDA on behalf of the Ala
NIH Announces Alamogordo Chimpanzees Will Stay Put for Now
The National Institutes of Health has suspended all new grants for experiments on chimpanzees and confirmed that the chimpanzees residing at a nonresearch facility in Alamogordo, N.M., will stay where they are for now instead of being transferred to a laboratory. This announcement came just a few hours after the Instit
Chimpanzees Win Reprieve from Experimentation, Confirms National Institutes of Health
Alamogordo Chimpanzees Will Remain at Nonresearch Facility While Institute of Medicine Reviews Usefulness of Experiments WASHINGTON—The National Institutes of Health has confirmed in a written statement that 186 chimpanzees at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico will not be moved this year to a Tex
Contact the March of Dimes National Office
Contact the March of Dimes National Office March of Dimes National Office 1275 Mamaroneck Ave. White Plains, NY 10605 National Office: 914-428-7100 Toll-Free: 888-99MARCH Mother's March: 800-99MARCH email: walkamerica@marchofdimes.org See our advice on writing to health charities. You can also
Chimpanzee Experiments Exposed on Prime-Time TV
The NBC news magazine show Rock Center recently covered the issue of chimpanzees used in experiments. Ken and Rosie are two aging and seriously ill chimpanzees who had been retired from experiments and living in Alamogordo, New Mexico, until the National Institutes of Health (NIH) transferred them to the Texas Biomedic
New Mexico Governor Speaks Out for Chimpanzees
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson PCRM experts joined forces with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Nov. 18 to urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate and stop the transfer of the Alamogordo chimpanzees. At the Hall of the States in Washington, D.C., Richardson announced that he had fil
Real Planet of the Apes: Unlawful Chimpanzee Experiments at Texas Biomed
They’ve suffered enough. Cammy had 18 liver biopsies. Katrina has hepatitis C. Ken has HIV. Now, a Texas laboratory is performing life-threatening procedures on these and 11 other seriously ill chimpanzees. But PCRM is petitioning the government to take action. Based on recently obtained veterinary records, PC
Life-Threatening Invasive Experiments on San Antonio 14 Chimpanzees: Ken
Ken: Chimpanzee #1216; Age 29 Ken was immediately taken from his mother after being born at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, N.M., on Jan. 6, 1982.  Ken was bled for the first time before he was 12 hours old and had blood drawn another seven times that first year.  During this time he repeatedly suffe

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