Sentences with phrase «chimp haven»
In 2000, Chimp Haven earned government funding in tandem with the CHIMP act, which retires chimpanzees from federally funded research programs.
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Chimp Haven also supports chimpanzees from non-government programs.
The federal government provides a portion of Chimp Haven's support, but the sanctuary also needs a significant amount of private money if it is to care for all of the chimpanzees waiting to leave the labs for a humane retirement home.
Chimp Haven Sanctuary needs our support in accepting newly retired chimpanzees.
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Chimp Haven Sanctuary Spotlight What They Do: Chimp Haven provides the chimpanzees with the freedom to make choices, live in large social groups in spacious habitats, see the sky overhead, feel the grass under their feet, and receive round - the - clock humane care and veterinary treatment.
Chimp Haven provides the chimpanzees with the freedom to make choices, live in large social groups in spacious habitats, see the sky overhead, feel the grass under their feet, and receive round - the - clock humane care and veterinary treatment.
Chimp Haven's intent is that the chimpanzees have the freedom to make choices, live in large social groups, and remain physically and mentally active.
Since early 2013, 110 chimpanzees have been retired to Chimp Haven sanctuary in Keithville, La., from the New Iberia Research Center in Lafayette, La..
At Chimp Haven we believe we're not that different, humans and chimpanzees.
Another big factor in his decision was that «in 2013, Congress lifted a cap on how much NIH can spend on supporting chimpanzee retirement; and Chimp Haven in Keithville, Louisiana, a sanctuary where retired NIH chimps are being moved, has space for about 25 animals and could potentially take more later.»
«For the first time, there are more chimpanzees in sanctuaries than there are in labs,» says Stephen Ross, director of the Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois, and board chair of Chimp Haven in Keithville, Louisiana, the only sanctuary authorized to take government - owned chimps.
About 150 at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico will be moved later because they are further from Chimp Haven, Collins says.
During the same period last year, only 11 chimpanzees came to Chimp Haven — and none the year before that.
More government - owned animals are being retired, too, according to Chimp Haven.