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THIS ALERT IS CLOSED. It is archived for use as a letter-writing example
or background research.
UPDATE: Chimps Get Reprieve, For Now
Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicine says that nearly 200 chimpanzees at Alamogordo Primate Facility in NM will not move to a Texas research lab.
Thanks to all Kinship Circle activists who requested permanent retirement for these chimps!
The pardon unfolded just hours after Institute of Medicine's
(IOM) breakthrough report showed chimpanzee use as unnecessary for studies in HIV vaccine, hepatitis C antiviral drugs, etc. In Sep 2011,
U.S. National Institutes of Health doled out $20 million for Texas Biomed to claim 176 chimps for experiments already underway on Katrina,
Levi and 23 more chimpanzees at the San Antonio lab. Director Francis S. Collins, MD, says NIH will suspend relocation as it reevaluates. IOM
findings call for strict reduction or elimination and also led to a freeze on grants for chimp research. Alamogordo chimpanzees are on hiatus
for now. Still, millions more animals are a "resource" whose fate is tied to million-dollar grants for redundant research.
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for live action alerts, pick a way to protest:
- DIRECT SEND - EMAIL, FAX OR MAIL
For best results, send comments directly from you, instead of bundled into a web petition from Kinship Circle’s server.
- AUTOMATED WEB PETITION
For least effort, send comments as part of an internet petition.
Sometimes web petitions create a spam effect that angers recipients and hurts outcome for animals. Recipients can also easily block web petitions.
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option #1: direct send - email, fax or mail
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email your letter:
- Copy SAMPLE LETTER below. Paste it into an email.
- Change some words. Sign name, address, country.
- Copy EMAIL ADDRESSES. Paste in TO: line of an email.
CLICK SEND, from whatever email program you’re using.
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fax or mail a printed letter:
- Open sample letter as a DOC or PDF.
- Change some words. Sign name, address, country. Print.
- Fax or mail your letter using CONTACT INFORMATION on this page or in the DOC or PDF.
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sample letter ~ copy/paste into an email
jump to web petition instead
Dr. Collins and Dr. Fineberg,
I applaud the National Institutes of Health for making the ethical decision to halt transfer of 186 chimpanzees from Holloman Air Force Base in
Alamogordo, New Mexico to Southwest National Primate Research Center in Texas. I understand the chimps will reside in New Mexico,
“pending an Institute of Medicine (IOM) in-depth analysis to reassess the scientific need for the continued use of chimpanzees to
accelerate biomedical discoveries. During this time, the Alamogordo chimpanzees will not be used in invasive research.”
This is promising news, given that 1300 or so chimps are already warehoused in labs to undergo crash tests, radiation, heart transplants, drug
experiments, and induced syphilis, HIV, hepatitis, cancer... The IOM may require two years to decide whether the Alamogordo chimps ultimately
return
to research or retire to sanctuary. I strongly urge the latter and hope that you give these animals a final reprieve.
The elder chimps spent most of their lives in seclusion, rotated from one invasive procedure to the next. “Breeders” watched their
babies taken soon after birth. This is a very sad life for any animal. I am particularly upset to learn that biomedical researchers gripe about the
financial liability of “surplus chimps” due to “over-breeding.” Even when chimps fail to produce clinical symptoms
or data relevant to human diseases such as HIV/AIDS, they remain in labs — unable to form social bonds, parent, or express their natural
joy, grief, humor, bravery and intelligence.
As biotechnology rapidly transforms — with breakthroughs in “high throughput” in vitro systems, bioinformatics,
genomics, metabonomics...and so many more animal-free technologies — officials will need to retire animals from government subsidized
projects. I am very optimistic about the
NIH moratorium for Alamogordo chimpanzees and urge you to extend it into permanent retirement.
Thank you,
YOUR FULL NAME
ADDRESS, CITY, STATE
COUNTRY
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contact information
Most alerts have multiple email recipients. If one or more emails bounce that does NOT mean all emails failed.
Forward email failure messages to: info@kinshipcircle.org
Please do not send us hostile notes if an email bounces.
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SOME (BUT NOT ALL!) EMAILS MAY BOUNCE:
- Official websites list outdated or incorrect emails.
- Recipients block or change addresses if swamped with emails.
- Technical errors: A server may be down or not accepting email.
- The email recipient’s inbox is full (over quota).
- Occasionally the same email address will work at a later time.
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email addresses only ~ copy/paste in to: line of email
jump to web petition instead
francis.collins@nih.gov, iomwww@nas.edu, fineberg@nas.edu, sallen@nas.edu, jsalerno@nas.edu, drandall@nas.edu
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full contact information ~ get letter as doc or pdf to fax or mail
jump to web petition instead
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
ph: 301-406-2433
email: francis.collins@nih.gov
SOURCE:
nih.gov/icd/od
https://ned.nih.gov/search
Institute of Medicine (IOM)
National Academy of Sciences
500 Fifth Street, NW
ORAC
Washington, DC 20001
ph: 202-334-2352
fax: 202-334-1412
email: iomwww@nas.edu
WEBSITE:
www.iom.edu/
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IOM President Dr. Harvey Fineberg
National Academy of Sciences Building, 849
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
ph: 202-334-3300
email: fineberg@nas.edu, sallen@nas.edu
Judith A. Salerno, Executive Officer, IOM: jsalerno@nas.edu
SOURCE:
iom.edu/About-
IOM/Leadership-Staff/Office-
Program-Directory.aspx
iom.edu/About-IOM/Leadership-
Staff.aspx
IOM Board on Health Sciences Policy
James Childress, Chair
Andrew Pope, Board Director
Keck Center, 500 Fifth St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
ph: 202-334-1888
fax: 202-334-1329
Donna Randall, Administrative Assistant: drandall@nas.edu
SOURCE:
iom.edu/About-IOM/Leadership-Staff/Boards.aspx
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option #2: automated web petition
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