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	<title><![CDATA[Saving Chimps and Tax Dollars]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-markarian/saving-chimps-and-tax-dol_b_221097.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>I attended a briefing this morning on Capitol Hill with legislative leaders and animal advocates to make a push for H.R. 1326, the <a href="http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/federal_legislation/animals_in_research/the_great_ape_protection_act.html" target="_blank">Great Ape Protection Act</a>, a bill seeking to phase out invasive research on chimpanzees and retire government-owned chimps to sanctuaries. HSUS president and CEO Wayne Pacelle led off the event by showing video footage from the <a href="http://hslf.typepad.com/political_animal/2009/03/primate_investigation.html" target="_blank">nine-month HSUS investigation</a>&amp;#0160;into the New Iberia Research Center in southwestern Louisiana, one of the world's largest primate...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-07-02T12:34:00-04:00</date_published>
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