Jemma Gornall, R Betts, J Hughes, N Kaye, D McNeall and A Wiltshire
IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 6 Volume 6 (2009) 232013 (1pp)

http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/ees

01/04/2009
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There is a crucial vote in the European Parliament's agriculture committee on Tuesday 31st March.  This will be on the European Commission's proposed ban on the use of great apes and wild-caught primates, and a phase-out of F1 primates over 7 years.

The primate supply and user trades have launched a massive lobbying campaign, claiming variously that:

• research will be hindered and people will die (hysterical and untrue - most primate use is regulatory testing and there are alternatives available right now)
• a phase out of the use of F1 primates would be bad for animal welfare (!)
• scientific research will be driven abroad (untrue and see our economic impacts briefing).  
  
  ADI has produced technical briefings to demonstrate that these arguments do not stand up to closer scrutiny.  Primate use can be replaced, in a phased programme.  See ADI briefings for MEPs on ‘Ending the Trapping of Wild Monkeys for Research and Breeding', and on ‘Competitiveness (economic impacts)' - 

http://www.4apes.com/biomedical/pdf/TB%20F1%20Primate%20Phase%20out%2023%203%20fin.pdf  

http://www.4apes.com/biomedical/pdf/TB%20Competitiveness%2024%203%2009%20FIN%20EN.pdf

26/03/2009
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A parliamentary petition has been tabled calling for an end to primate testing.

It comes as MEPs debate changes to the animal testing regulations right across Europe for the first time in more than two decades. They are in the unique position to decide if primates will continue to be used in experiments or if steps will be taken to start the move away from animal testing.

17/03/2009
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Source:  Copyright 2008, CNN
Date:  March 17, 2008
Byline:  Arwa Damon
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Primatologist Dr. Jatna Supriatna scans the treetops in a national park on the island of Java, looking for gibbons. This area is home to about 150 of the remaining 4,000 Java gibbons. These highly acrobatic creatures are easy prey on the ground and live well above it in the jungle canopy.

17/03/2009
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American socialite Kim Kardashian has apologised for posting photos of her new pet chimp, Suzy, on her website on the same day a crazed chimp attacked a connecitcut woman.

26/02/2009
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Three infant chimpanzees that were confiscated from illegal traders in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been swiftly transferred to a permanent sanctuary thanks to the joint efforts of conservation, welfare, and governmental organizations in the region.

 For more information, please visit www.pasaprimates.org or contact PASAapes@aol.com.

24/02/2009
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