all of the approximately 300 chimps it owned or supported to Chimp Haven, whose naturalistic environment includes a 2-hectare forest where the animals can climb trees and poke sticks into artificial termite mounds.
Others in the biomedical community have argued the apes are cared for as well—if not better—in their current facilities, and note they have access to many of the same forms of enrichment they would have at Chimp Haven. “In order to drive them to Chimp Haven, these very old and sick animals would have to sit in a small transport box for days,” Buckmaster says.
So in 2021, HSUS—along with Animal Protection of New Mexico and several other plaintiffs—sued NIH. In her decision this week, U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby says NIH’s stance violates the CHIMP Act. “Congress intended for the federal sanctuary system to provide lifetime care for chimpanzees that are no longer appropriate for research due to advanced age, infections, or similar circumstance,” she wrote.
Is that chimp smoking a cigarette and eating a jar of peanut butter? How did my best friend end up there?
The one reading about the ingredients on a jar of peanut butter, with a toothpick hanging out of his mouth while he’s doing it, really needs to get a job.
This is an interesting article. The arguments both for and against moving the primates have validity.🙏 -E
NIH soon under the Congressional magnifying glass; expect significant changes.
laralogan haha at first, I thought it said Chimp Heaven!
laralogan Why would the NIH “prevent” these poor animals to a haven? That doesn’t seem like a good move.
laralogan AMINAL TESTING SHOULD BE BAN