Chimpanzees Held For Medical Research To Be Retired

  • 8 years ago
Freedom is coming for federally captive chimpanzees previously made available for experimentation.

Freedom is coming for federally captive chimpanzees previously made available for experimentation. 
According to a letter from Francis S. Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health, “Effective immediately, NIH will no longer maintain a colony of 50 chimpanzees for future research."
In 2013, the agency decided to drastically reduce the number of chimps offered to researchers.
Collins explained, "NIH indicated it would identify 50 chimpanzees that would be retained bas