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U.S. to Begin Retiring Most Research Chimps

In another step toward ending biomedical research on chimpanzees, the National Institutes of Health announced on Wednesday that it would begin the process of retiring most of its chimps to sanctuaries, though it will leave some for possible future research.

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NAPSA is a coalition of the leading primate sanctuaries on the continent whose members care for over 800 nonhuman primates retired from laboratory research, the entertainment industry, and private ownership. NAPSA is a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives, an Oakland, CA-based 501(c)(3) organization.

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