Not-So-Golden Years for NIH's Retired Chimpanzees
By Angela Hvitved Published on November 7, 2019
The National Institutes of Health recently announced that it will retire-in-place the remaining 44 chimpanzees at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in Alamogordo, New Mexico, rather than transfer them to a sanctuary as originally planned. NIH's decision is disappointing for those who believe that the chimpanzees—many of whom have spent decades in research—should experience the freedom and quality of life a sanctuary would provide.
The retirement of approximately 300 NIH-owned or supported r...
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