All chimps go to haven: primates from NM labs will move to sanctuary
Retired lab chimpanzees housed in a New Mexico facility are headed for greener pastures in an animal sanctuary next spring.
Retired research chimps to be moved from New Mexico to Louisiana sanctuary
"Given this uncertainty, NIH has determined that the best course of action for the welfare of all these chimpanzees is to relocate them to the federal sanctuary at Chimp Haven." Agency spokesperson Amanda Fine said relocating chimpanzees is a complex ...
Retired Research Chimps Moving to Louisiana Sanctuary
The National Institutes of Health confirmed Friday that 23 chimps from New Mexico will make the move in the coming months.
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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