Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed the National Institutes of Health’s appeal of a federal court ruling that the agency broke the law by withholding sanctuary retirement from federally owned chimpanzees formerly used in research. The appeal was dismissed at NIH’s request.
Gene Grant, Chief Program & Policy Officer-Animals in Science for Animal Protection New Mexico, stated, “Moving forward, we are grateful for this outcome and also encouraged that National Institutes of Health Director, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, stated during her confirmation hearings last fall that she supports sanctuary for the 26 remaining chimpanzees at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico.”
With the help of NIH and its new Director, we are optimistic about this new development.
We will not give up the fight to get all the surviving chimps to sanctuary and will continue to keep you up to date on the situation.
Thank you for caring about the chimps and supporting their release.
Read the Humane Society’s press release here.
