A nine-month-long undercover investigation by The Humane Society of the United States has exposed the mistreatment of nearly 300 chimpanzees and other primates at the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in Lafayette, Louisiana. For full details on the investigation and to take action on the recently introduced “Great Ape Protection Act,” which would stop the mistreatment of primates, go here.
Jeremy Gantz is an In These Times contributing editor working at Time magazine.