[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block On Sunday night, the first episode of the HBO docuseries, Chimp Crazy, aired. Just as we did with Tiger King, we are looking to see how this documentary addresses a largely hidden mistreatment of animals. Of course, we are hopeful that, as with any media emphasis on the […]
Chimps await sanctuary, while NIH still refuses to move them despite judge’s ruling
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Despite a recent court ruling and the animal welfare benefits of sanctuary retirement, media reports indicate the National Institutes of Health is still refusing to allow 26 chimpanzees warehoused in a government laboratory in New Mexico to spend the rest of their lives at Chimp Haven. These chimps […]
New hope for 26 chimps who deserve life in a sanctuary, not a lab
[ad_1] By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Twenty-six chimpanzees at a laboratory in New Mexico have a stronger shot at spending the rest of their lives in a sanctuary now that the National Institutes of Health has dropped its appeal in a lawsuit focused on their future. We filed the case in 2021, charging […]
Elderly chimp’s story shows the immense progress we’ve made for animals in labs
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Samantha was a little over a year old in 1976 when her world changed forever: The tiny chimpanzee was sold to a laboratory in Liberia by a resident of a nearby village. Like many of the other chimps at the lab, her parents had probably been killed by […]
Judge rules that NIH’s refusal to move chimps from a New Mexico laboratory to Chimp Haven sanctuary violates federal law
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block There is renewed hope for thirty chimpanzees languishing in a New Mexico laboratory as part of our long-standing fight to give chimpanzees who were subjected to experiments a chance at sanctuary life. Last month, we won a significant ruling in a lawsuit that we filed in 2021 with […]