Flo’s 53rd birthday is September 29th. The oldest chimpanzee at Alamogordo Primate Facility, and one of the oldest in captivity, Flo is currently facing re-entry into invasive research. As reported in a recent Associated Press story, “…the chimps can generate revenue: Researchers are charged up to $70,000 to use a chimp for a single experiment.”
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Flo in 2008, in the smallest of the outdoor enclosures at Alamogordo Primate Facility.
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Undercover investigators filmed terrible treatment at a chimpanzee lab in 2009. United States Department of Agriculture reports detail violations at the lab eager to receive the Alamogordo Primate Facility chimps. The United States is the last developed nation still using chimpanzees in invasive research. Yet still, the National Institutes of Health has said they will give the chimps until 2011 in New Mexico before shipping them to Southwest National Primate Research Center for further invasive testing.
In honor of Flo’s birthday, please consider a donation to Animal Protection of New Mexico to help ensure that next year Flo is not suffering invasive research to generate revenue for an invasive research lab.
Below please find highlights of recent media coverage and the growing list of supporters to retire these chimpanzees from invasive research – click on the links to read more information. Now is the time to call your congressional delegation.
Please remember, Flo cannot call to plead for release from research for herself and her colleagues, she needs you to speak up for her. See
apnm.org/chimps for phone numbers and talking points.
Recent Highlights of APF Chimp Media
Vocal Supporters of APF Chimp Retirement
- New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, former Congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. Secretary of Energy
- New Mexico Representative Martin Heinrich, 1st Congressional District
- Attorney General Gary King
- 15 Democrat and Republican New Mexico State Legislators, Led by Representative Nate Cote
- The Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce
- Editorial Board of the Albuquerque Journal
- Dr. Jane Goodall, Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace
- The Humane Society of the United States (Roughly 65,000 supporters in New Mexico, 30 million across the U.S.) *take action online!
- Project R&R: Release and Restitution for Lab Chimpanzees *take action!
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine *take action!
- In Defense of Animals – Click to read Washington Post story from 2000 with scientists and advocates pushing to retire surplus Alamogordo Primate Facility chimpanzees
- Animal Humane | New Mexico
- Save the Chimps, Inc.
- Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
- Best Friends Animal Society
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
- Born Free, USA *take action!
- Actor and author Gene Hackman
- Actress Kristin Bauer
- Tens of thousands of citizens across New Mexico, the U.S., and increasingly around the world
Vocal Supporters of Invasive Research with the APF Chimpanzees
Related links:
APNM’s Chimp Campaign Page
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