In 2015, the National Institutes of Health decided to retire all the chimpanzees it owned. In a statement, Dr. Francis S. Collins , the director of the N.I.H., said that the “N.I.H. expects that these 44 chimpanzees will live out the remainder of their lives at A.P.F. “We respect the medical opinions of the veterinary panel,” she wrote in an email. However, she said, “we firmly believe that sanctuary life is the best place for chimpanzees.”

Source: New York Times October 24, 2019 22:41 UTC