Retired lab chimps headed to sanctuaries
Sanctuaries around the country are preparing for an influx of retired private lab chimps now that the federal government has stopped backing experiments on humankind’s closest relatives.
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- In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2016, Jody, a chimp who lives at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest near Cle Elum, Wash., holds some plants as she sits in an outside play area. Sanctuaries across the country are preparing for an influx of retired private lab chimpanzees, now that the federal government has stopped backing experiments on humankind’s closest relatives. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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- In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2016, Diana Goodrich, co-director of Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, looks into a box of dolls and other toys used in enrichment activities with the chimps who live in the facility near Cle Elum, Wash. Sanctuaries around the country are preparing for an influx of retired private lab chimps now that the federal government has stopped backing experiments on humankind’s closest relatives. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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- In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2016, Foxie, a chimp who lives at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest near Cle Elum, Wash., drinks a smoothie from the head of a troll doll during a party for her 40th birthday. Sanctuaries across the country are preparing for an influx of retired private lab chimpanzees, now that the federal government has stopped backing experiments on humankind’s closest relatives. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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- In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2016, J.B. Mulcahy, co-director of Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, interacts with the chimp Foxie, during a party for Foxie’s 40th birthday near Cle Elum, Wash. Sanctuaries across the country are preparing for an influx of retired private lab chimpanzees, now that the federal government has stopped backing experiments on humankind’s closest relatives. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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- In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2016, Allison Farley, right, and Rachel Berdan, left, prepare plates with fruit on them for the 40th birthday party for Foxie, a chimp at the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest near Cle Elum, Wash. Sanctuaries across the country are preparing for an influx of retired private lab chimpanzees, now that the federal government has stopped backing experiments on humankind’s closest relatives. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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- In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2016, Jamie, a chimp who lives at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest near Cle Elum, Wash., looks through a window of an enclosure during a birthday celebration for another chimp. Sanctuaries across the country are preparing for an influx of retired private lab chimpanzees, now that the federal government has stopped backing experiments on humankind’s closest relatives. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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- In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2016, Foxie, a chimp who lives at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest near Cle Elum, Wash., holds a troll doll given to her as a present during a party for her 40th birthday. Sanctuaries across the country are preparing for an influx of retired private lab chimpanzees, now that the federal government has stopped backing experiments on humankind’s closest relatives. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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