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Friend,
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Can you imagine spending 50 years in a barren laboratory?
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Could you endure 30 of those years being used in harmful biomedical research experiments?
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That was Montessa’s reality.
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Montessa is a 51-year-old chimp who was brought to the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico in 1975 when she was just a year old. Along with countless other chimps at the facility she was used in experiments for decades.
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But thanks to our work, and your support, the federal government ended invasive research on chimpanzees, like Montessa, in 2015. With this monumental change, Montessa should have been released to sanctuary, but that would take many more years. All the while she continued to languish in a barren lab.
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After years of work, and continued public pressure from advocates like you, the National Institutes of Health finally released Montessa and the other chimps at the Alamogordo Primate Facility to Chimp Haven, a lush 200-acre sanctuary in Louisiana specifically designed to cater to the unique needs of chimps formerly used in biomedical research. After 50 years of suffering, this is where she will spend the rest of her life. Not being warehoused in a lab, but thriving in a sanctuary.
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Montessa’s story is proof that change is possible, and you can help make sure that other animals like her don’t have to suffer like she did. Donate $20 or more toward our $15,000 goal before August 31 and you will be fighting for chimps like Montessa and all animals facing cruelty and abuse!
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Although Montessa is finally in sanctuary, our fight is far from over, friend, because there are still millions of animals forced to live a life of pain and suffering in U.S. laboratories.
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At Humane World Action Fund, formerly Humane Society Legislative Fund, we’re fighting to ensure all exploited animals can recover from the harms they’ve endured whether it’s in labs, puppy mills or factory farms and we can’t do it without you.
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Please, will you make a gift now to help us advance our lifesaving work for vulnerable animals like Montessa? With your support, we can build a world without cruel and unnecessary animal testing and protect all animals from harm.
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