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Animal Cruelty Bill Advances In Legislature

An inadvertent hindrance in animal cruelty reporting created by a 2011 law is one step closer to being closed after Nevada senators passed a corrective measure through committee.

2013/03/08

Tim Phillips from the National Anti-Vivisection Society holds up a photo of a caged monkey. (photo by Bruno Vincent/Getty Images)

$180k In Fines Sought For Animal Testing Deaths

An animal rights group is urging federal inspectors to fine Charles River Laboratories nearly $200,000 after the firm reported four more monkeys and other research animals died at its testing labs in Nevada and elsewhere since 2009.

2012/12/14

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County Commissioners Deny Chimp Consent

Clark County commissioners have denied a permit for a man hoping to keep four chimpanzees at his southwest valley home.

2012/11/21

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