U.S. stops breeding chimps for research


	U.S. stops breeding chimps for research

alanocu

5-25-2007 3:03 PM

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chimpanzee, breeding, biomedical, research

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5-25-2007 5:04 PM

gingembre

Wonderful news!

We need a happy-dance smilie for news like this!

5-25-2007 5:54 PM

kkcapricorn

Wonderful news! We need a happy-dance smilie for news like this!

We will just have to dance the dance ourselves
It is so nice sometimes to get a clip that makes you feel good & think that maybe there is some small hope for humanity in this world.

5-25-2007 6:15 PM

Socratoad

I've been reading a lot of disheartening news today, so this news is going a long ways towards helping restore just a tiny bit of my sanity ........ YAY

5-25-2007 10:56 PM

thisnamecantbetaken

Good news! Yay!

5-27-2007 12:41 AM

Thorne

Yes, yes, yes!!! Now THIS makes my heart happy!!!

5-27-2007 9:45 AM

Deepti

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