Louisiana, New Mexico and Chimp Haven

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.
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 Louisiana sanctuary
NIH representatives confirmed in an email that the transfer of the 23 chimps from the Alamogordo Primate Facility at Holloman Air Force Base in southern New Mexico will happen in coming months. Staffing issues, namely the planned retirement of the chimps ...
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.
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