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Prisoners in their own bodies: Medical experiments on chimps
A recent video of a group of chimpanzees being introduced to the outdoors after years of medical research touched the hearts of many. But while these chimpanzees are now awakening to the outside world, countless others are still suffering unspeakable torture out of public view, writes Susannah Waters.
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