No plan in the works to relocate Alamogordo chimpanzees, federal agency says
Animal rights groups are calling the National Institutes of Health's justification an end run around the intent of the 2000 CHIMP Act.
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Animal rights groups are calling the National Institutes of Health's justification an end run around the intent of the 2000 CHIMP Act.
There is a law in one Indiana city that prohibits humans from forcing a monkey to take up the bad habit. So, what exactly happened in order for lawmakers to act?
Now state-of-the-art human medical technology is helping in inhabitants of Chimp Haven live longer.
The NIH planned to move the colony to a sanctuary but reversed course after veterinarians decided the chimps were too frail to move.
When apes diverged from monkeys, our branch of the tree of life shed tails. Scientists have identified at least one key genetic mutation that led to the change.