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This just in from GARP:

This Saturday, Aug 15, , please join us to remember the animals being tortured and killed at Emory University and Yerkes Primate Center. And especially Wenka and the other elders who have been held in a 8x10 concrete bunker for over 50 years!!!



Where: We will meet at the Stone Gates in front of Emory. It is right across the street from Everybody’s Pizza. The address for EP is:



1593 N. Decatur Road

Atlanta, GA 30322 (I think the zip is right but you may want to verify it in case you’re mapquesting it).



When: Saturday, August 15, 2009

11:00 am to 1:00 pm



Why: This year we should not only remember Wenka and others who are tortured on a daily basis, but we have 2 very strong reasons to be there. One, the NIH, EPA and Toxicity Councils have agreed to end animal toxicity testing. And two, there is a movement in the House of Reps to end evasive testing on primates.



What else you can do: Please go to the following website. At the bottom of the story on the right hand side is a link to contact Sen. Kennedy who chairs the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Let him know how you feel about animal experimentation.

http://www.primatefreedom.com/centeryerkes/yerkes8macaques.shtml

Labels: Animal Rights, Atlanta, Yerkes