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Great Apes, Terrible Fate

Nearly 1,000 chimpanzees are imprisoned in U.S. laboratories. Take action now to help free these chimpanzees! Learn more.

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PETA’s new exposé uncovers three University of Washington experimenters who subject monkeys and other animals to painful and deadly brain experiments.

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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”

— Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Founder and co-author of Animalkind

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