Yes, I am an advocate. I was googling and came across this blog and I stopped and read it and read all the comments and found that I needed to say something on behalf of those that cannot.
Thanks for your feedback on making my point clear and educated. I will need it on my journey.

One Love and Peace.

I don't work for the government, I do not have access to violations. Only what leaks to the press. But, a violation is a violation. The guidlines and laws are not being followed.
You asked for some in the last decade, I gave some. That was th point of the link. There are violations, even serious ones. If you all would lieke to find out more just google it. It took me about 2 minutes to find this article. If you want to find out the answers to what the serious violations were, ask the author. Point is, they were serious. So, chimps being used are not being treated right and there are alternatives to the testing. "They should provide examples of the treatment that they think is bad, that is going on today, that their proposal would stop. " That was the point, right? So there is an example from today.

Here are 14 violations in 2009-2010: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/move-of-14-older-chimps-to-texas-research-lab-raises-questions/2011/08/12/gIQAYkAuDJ_story.html

"Saying chimps should be used "only when there is no other option" is the same as saying chimps should never be used. There are always other options.": -

If there "are always other options", then why are we having this rediculous discussion. Ban it, "there are always other options" and research facilities are not following regulations as recent as this year.