Getting Sick and Elderly Chimpanzees Out of Labs and Into Sanctuaries A Rulemaking Petition

The United States is the only country in the world that uses chimpanzees for research. Despite scientific evidence demonstrating they are unnecessary, more than 900 languish in U.S. labs today. Visit www.ReleaseChimps.org to learn more.
Many of the chimpanzees are elderly and sick, and 80-90% are not even being used in research. A law already exists that would retire these chimpanzees to sanctuary, however it is not being fulfilled. In response, NEAVS, the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance (NAPSA), Save the Chimps, Fauna Foundation, Animal Protection of New Mexico, the Kerulos Center, Sen. Bob Smith (lead sponsor of the Senate version of the CHIMP Act), and Friends of Washoe -- under the counsel of Katherine Meyer of Glitzenstein & Crystal in Washington, D.C., a premier law firm with extensive experience and success in animal protection -- filed a Rulemaking Petition asking the government to define when a chimpanzee is not needed for research and therefore eligible for retirement. The Rulemaking Petition holds them accountable to the law.