A National Institutes of Health (NIH) Working Group on Chimpanzees in Research today recommended that the majority of the 451 identified NIH-owned or -supported chimpanzees currently held in U.S. labs and available for research should be retired to sanctuary.
For more information see the New York Times article “Health Agency Moves to Retire Most Chimps Used for Research.”
The private labs with chimps are next.
For updates: NEAVS’ Project R&R: Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Labs.
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Reblogged this on Ann Novek–With the Sky as the Ceiling and the Heart Outdoors.
I’ve been listening to this story on NPR. Poor things. Stolen from their habitat only to be put into cages and have horrible experiments done to them.
I hope they hurry. Shared on our Facebook page. ~Gerean