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Expansion of prohibition on painful research on certain animals

Division A · Title VII: Health Care Provisions · Subtitle C: Studies, Reports, and Other Matters

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The law expands the ban on painful research to include not only domestic cats and dogs but also nonhuman primates. This means that certain animals, including primates, are now protected from painful experiments under this rule.

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Section Text · Sec. 757.
(1)

in the section heading, by striking on domestic cats and dogs and inserting on certain animals ; and

(2)

in subsection (a), by striking a domestic cat ( Felis catu s) or a domestic dog ( Canis familiaris ) and inserting a domestic cat ( Felis catus ), a domestic dog ( Canis familiaris ), or a nonhuman member of the order Primates .