Retired research chimps to be moved to Louisiana sanctuary
The National Institutes of Health decided to relocate nearly two dozen retired research chimpanzees from a facility in New Mexico to a sanctuary in Louisiana, a move celebrated Friday by animal advocates who have been fighting for years to get the animals moved.
Alamogordo chimps to be transferred to sanctuary after all, NIH says
Federal officials said Friday the planned retirement of a "significant number" of the animals' caretakers prompted the move.
Chimps at Alamogordo facility expected to move to Louisiana sanctuary
A decades-long battle to move chimps from a former research facility here in New Mexico to a sanctuary in Louisiana has finally come to an end. “We’ve been waiting for a long time,” said Gene Grant, Chief Program & Policy Officer for Animal Protection New Mexico (APNM).
Frail chimps headed from New Mexico to Louisiana sanctuary
About two dozen chimpanzees deemed too feeble to be moved a few years ago will be going to Chimp Haven after all. The NIH said originally they'd be kept in New Mexico for their own safety.
Retired research chimps to be moved from New Mexico to a Louisiana sanctuary
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The National Institutes of Health decided to relocate nearly two dozen retired research chimpanzees from a facility in New Mexico to a sanctuary in Louisiana, a move celebrated Friday by animal advocates who have been fighting for years to get the animals moved.
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