The fight to end government testing on chimps

By Danny Fell

updated 5:10 PM EDT, Thu September 13, 2012

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Animal Rights supporters scored a major victory recently when the Great Ape Protection Act passed through a key Senate Committee. This Act would end invasive testing on chimps,

Their battle isn't over though. About 1,000 government-owned chimps are held across the U.S. for experimentation. This bill would retire many of chimps to a sanctuary.

Elizabeth Kucinich, Director of Government Affairs for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine joined Jane to talk about the progress of this Act.

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