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What Now for Chimpanzees in Labs? MAKING TA QuarterlyR PublicationA of Animal Protection of NewKS Mexico Fall 2015 WHAT NOW FOR CHIMPANZEES IN LABS? SECURING SANCTUARY FOR THE SURVIVORS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAKING TM TRA KS Making Tracks is a publication of Animal Protection of New Mexico. FALL 2015 Edition Editor Elisabeth Jennings Copy Editor Jessi Princiotto Design Jessi Princiotto Contributing Writers Daniel Abram Laura Bonar Dear Friend of the Animals, Phil Carter Alan Edmonds We imagine you already know the staff of Animal Protection of New Mexico and Elisabeth Jennings Animal Protection Voters devotes their time and efforts to helping animals in Jessica Johnson every single New Mexican community, no matter how remote. Our programs are Sharon Jonas geared toward addressing animal suffering throughout our gigantic state. Our aim Victoria Kanof is to make the biggest difference for the greatest number of animals with the Leslie King resources we have. Sherry Mangold Jessi Princiotto As the need and support for our lifesaving mission continue to grow, we’re excited to once again have an office in our state capitol of Santa Fe, which serves Making Tracks is a registered trademark as a kind of gateway to many northern New Mexican communities. Some of you of Animal Protection of New Mexico. may not know that our organization, which began as Sangre de Cristo Animal A physical copy is mailed to APNM Protection, was based in Santa Fe for many years. We hope our founders feel members as a membership benefit. great pride in what they started 36 years ago. Everyone may access a digital version from APNM’s website at: The new Santa Fe office is well equipped to help our positive campaigns and www.apnm.org/making tracks. programs succeed, even as our opposition becomes more unscrupulous and desperate to maintain the status quo in which animals suffer in unbearable and For questions, suggestions, comments, often hidden ways. It isn’t always easy to understand why change is viewed as contact us at: [email protected] threatening, especially when both people and animals stand to gain by the Animal Protection of New Mexico change we seek. PO Box 11395 Albuquerque NM 87192 Nonetheless, you can be assured APNM and APV will continue to work for the 1111 Paseo De Peralta long-term changes that matter the most to animals–all of them–companion Santa Fe NM 87501 animals, those kept in misery and out of public view on factory farms, and wild animal families harassed and killed by so many cruel means. The change we are 505-265-2322 building will ensure we don’t always have to have our fingers in the dike, holding back the waves of abuse that constantly threaten animals but also erode our communities and our human dignity. If you live in the Santa Fe area, we hope to see you at our new office; we need dedicated volunteers and interns to magnify our voices and actions that we know translate into meaningful improvements in animal-related laws, policies and practices. This serious and relevant work is what the animals need and deserve. Sincerely yours, Animal Protection of New Mexico is a Guidestar Exchange Gold Participant. Elisabeth Jennings, On the Cover Executive Director Rosie, a chimp whose last known location was the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, awaits retirement to sanctuary. Illustration by Jessi Princiotto. 2 ANIMAL PROTECTION OF NEW MEXICO: OUR PROGRAMS IN ACTION Meet Rosie, a New Mexico chimpanzee born in the lab in 1981 and first used in research when she was only six months old. In her 34 years, Rosie has survived 15 liver biopsies and at least 100 “chemical immobilizations” (an oen violent procedure where a chimp is shot with a dart gun). SECURING SANCTUARY FOR CHIMPANZEES IN LABS Rosie was safe from painful invasive research in New Mexico for It’s a groundbreaking victory for animal protection that would a while. not have happened without tireless efforts from advocates But in the summer of 2010, Rosie was part of a group of including The Humane Society of the United States, who chimpanzees taken from New Mexico and shipped to the Texas worked with many others to file the petition years ago. Biomedical Research Institute by the National Institutes of The expanded, endangered listing means that any activity Health (NIH). that can harm a captive chimp in the United States—even Animal Protection of New Mexico (APNM) has worked for privately funded research—will require a special permit, years to protect Rosie and all her chimp colleagues, with public notice, and must benefit wild chimp populations. This remarkable achievements, including the fact that U.S. taxpayers will obstruct needless biomedical research and deter are no longer spending $50 million/year on cruel, ineffective, interstate trading of chimpanzees in the pet and invasive research protocols using chimpanzees (for a history of entertainment industries. APNM’s decades of work to protect chimpanzees from invasive The ruling means that our country now is finally recognizing testing, please visit www.retirethechimps.org/timeline/). that we have an obligation to protect chimps, not treat them This past summer the movement for chimpanzees realized a as mere objects to be used for making money. long-overdue change. In a press conference on June 12, 2015 But still, there are New Mexican chimps like Rosie, held at with Dr. Jane Goodall, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Texas Biomedical Research Institute, the lab whose former announced that captive chimpanzees will be listed as director said chimps were equal to “books in the library.” “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act, providing an additional level of protection to the hundreds of chimpanzees Continued next page still held in U.S. laboratories. 3 ANIMAL PROTECTION OF NEW MEXICO: OUR PROGRAMS IN ACTION (continued from previous page) As APNM wrote in an op-ed for the Some of our chimps with especially horrifying research histories, Albuquerque Journal earlier this year, like Ken, have died waiting in this lab. Despite the huge changes our federal government has made, more must be done. “When more chimps get into sanctuary, Following media attention about the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service listing of captive chimpanzees as endangered and stories about they have a chance to experience life as a the plight of these New Mexico chimps stuck at a research lab, chimpanzee rather than as an invasive test New Mexico’s U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich took another big step. The Senators requested in writing “the plan, subject, and scientists can beer focus on timeline and criteria the NIH is using” to retire more chimps from labs, and also presented evidence that Rosie and the other humane and effective research. We will “government-owned chimpanzees” at Texas Biomedical Research Institute should be the next group to get out of the lab and into know we did the right thing.” sanctuary. When our leaders take strong action for animals, they deserve thanks. Now is a good time to send a note thanking Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich for their leadership to protect chimpanzees and ensure that the NIH is living up to its promise to taxpayers to retire hundreds more chimps. And there’s more you can do. Opal Elijah Fred Please learn Rosie’s story and realize the role we all have in creating a new future for her and all the chimps who have survived long, hard years in the lab. Elijah, Opal, Fred, and many chimps getting into sanctuary through our Chimpanzee more: these chimps would not be stuck in a lab were it not for Sanctuary Fund at www.ChimpsToSanctuary.org. humans. We do have the power to get these survivors out of the The struggle continues. Thank you for never giving up and lab and into sanctuary. persevering so that Rosie and others may at last see peace If Rosie’s story moves you, you can make a gift to support more and dignity in sanctuary. Illustrations by Jessi Princiotto Why I Support APNM “Many years ago, I learned of the numerous chimpanzees that sanctuary. However, there are so many other chimps that remain exploited in laboratories. I also learned of APNM’s remain captive in research facilities, and deserve to be relentless efforts to retire hundreds of chimpanzees to sanctuary retired. That is why APNM will need continued support. from New Mexico to a sanctuary like Save the Chimps in my home APNM has made many changes in the way citizens of town, Fort Pierce, Florida. I believe that this is not only a political New Mexico regard animals, but there is so much more issue, but also a barometer of how we, as humans, continue to that can be done. I will pledge my evolve. APNM keeps this subject relevant by raising awareness and continued support of APNM as they educating the public to change society’s perceptions of all animals. tirelessly rally to protect those who I have had the honor to witness firsthand how chimps, after 40 years do not have a voice.” of being test subjects, in cages and living on concrete floors, are able to quickly adapt and live harmoniously in this beautiful Tamara Pardo, with her companion animal, Manny. 4 ANIMAL PROTECTION OF NEW MEXICO: HUMANE EDUCATION Can You GIVE IT A TRY AND DISCOVER HOW YOU CAN MAKE A Adopt COMMUNITY-WIDE DIFFERENCE, a School? FAR INTO THE FUTURE. Photo by Jessi Princiotto During the 2014-2015 school year, APNM’s humane multiply quickly, and are found dead on the roads. This is what education program, The Animal Connection, served well over our children see every day as they go to and from school.” 500 students in elementary and middle schools throughout the APNM donor Sharon Bice, who is also a member of the state.
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