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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “There are 100,000 monkeys, primates, non human primates…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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RFK Jr shares what inspired him to help stop animal cruelty

Published | Video Starts at 05:56

But pound for pound, he probably had more dog in his office than we had today. But it was really congenial. Wonderful, wonderful meeting. And we got to be inspired by these wonderful rescue puppies. There are 100,000 monkeys, primates, non human primates, that are in primate labs around the country for research purposes. There's another 20,000 that are imported every year. And we're very concerned about that. We're trying to put an end to that completely. (05:56–06:07)

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Asserts that 100,000 non-human primates are used in research labs in the U.S.

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