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Research on Lab Chimps is Over. Why Have So Few Been Retired to Sanctuaries?
In the past 2 years, only 73 chimps have entered sanctuaries, and the slow pace has heightened tensions between the laboratory and sanctuary communities.
A History of Chimps in Medical Research
A unique timeline presents important events in the history of chimpanzee medical research, and its ending.
The Nature of Things: Safe Haven for Chimps
Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives; it’s a well-known fact. But what does that really mean?
Monkey Business? Activists Suspicious of Candy the Chimp’s Death, Intend to Continue Lawsuit
Candy the chimpanzee may have died April 21 at Dixie Landin’, but a 2015 lawsuit by animal rights advocates who sought to have her removed from the Baton Rouge amusement park lives on — at least for now.
Discover the Residents of Chimp Haven this Spring
While not regularly open to the public, Chimp Haven, the chimpanzee sanctuary located in Keithville, is welcoming visitors for special Discovery Days this spring.
From Misery to Sanctuary: Photos Tell Chimps’ Tale
If a picture is worth a thousand words, the before-and-after photos of chimpanzees Rosie, Elijah, Cammy and others speak volumes. Unfortunately, to get to their happy “after” – and there is one – it’s necessary to take a hard look at their absolutely awful “before.”
Chimp Haven Mourns the Loss of Rita
Chimp Haven says goodbye to Rita, one of the sanctuary’s first two chimpanzees.
These Rescued Chimps Go Crazy For Gifts Every Year
It’s hard to imagine anyone more enthusiastic than a kid on Christmas morning – but a chimp on “Chimpmas” morning might have just taken the cake.
A Disturbing Dispute over Laboratory Chimpanzees’ Retirement to Sanctuary at Chimp Haven
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced in August that all the chimpanzees it owns will, by the year 2021, be retired to Chimp Haven, which is the national chimpanzee sanctuary as designated by the CHIMP Act (more formally, the Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance and Protection Act of 2000.) But if the National Association for Biomedical Research had had its way, the chimpanzees would not be living out (or soon living out) their days in the 200 acres of Louisiana woodland. Instead they would have remained confined in the laboratories
Chimp Haven to Receive Over 300 Newly Retired Chimps
Chimp Haven in south Caddo Parish will soon double the number of chimpanzees living out their lives in peace.
Sanctuaries Across US Prepare for Influx of Lab Chimps
Sanctuaries around the country are preparing for an influx of retired private lab chimps now that the federal government has stopped backing experiments on humankind’s closest relatives. Their challenge will be finding the room and resources to house and rehabilitate the animals.
This Sanctuary Helps Former Lab Chimps Live the Good Life
At Chimp Haven, a 200-acre sanctuary in Keithville, Louisiana, more than 200 chimps, most of them retired from research, spend their days roaming free.