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Retired Lab Chimps See the Sky for the First Time

Over the next 12 to 15 months, lab chimps from across the country will be set free and will live out their days at Chimp Haven, a sanctuary in Keithville, Louisiana.

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NIH Lab Retirees arrive at Chimp Haven in Louisiana

The first chimpanzees from a south Louisiana lab have arrived at the national sanctuary for retired federal research chimps, with a recommendation for hundreds more to be sent there from other laboratories around the country.

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Research Chimps Get Permanent Retirement Home

More than 100 chimps retired from medical research are about to get a new home.

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Fauna Sanctuary: A Quebec Haven for Chimps

Gloria Grow runs a special type of retirement home. It is certainly unique in Quebec.

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Among the Animals: Chimps Find Sanctuary from Experiments

The wind off the grassy, Eastern Washington hillside began to swirl as I got out of the car at the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest in Cle Elum, Wash., in May.

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Chimpanzee Testing: Is It the Beginning of the End?

Medical experiments on chimpanzees can be invasive, involving injections, blood samples and liver biopsies. But some say it’s the only way to advance medicine. Miles O’Brien’s report explores whether there are ever instances in which the scientific value of research should offset the moral cost of working with chimps.

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We Are Family: Diana Goodrich Introduces Us to the Residents of Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

Diana Goodrich tells us about her journey from starting out as a psychology student studying human-chimpanzee communication to her current role as Director of Outreach for Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest.

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Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

Humans aren’t the only ones who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Chimpanzees do, too.

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