Chimp Animal Research Abandoned
Title: Research Chimps Used for Experiments Abandoned
Category: News & Opinion
Tags: chimp Jeep, Liberian chimps, chimp island, abandoned chimps
Teaser: Chimpanzees used for experimentation are abandoned by the lab who profited from them.
Article: Each year, more than 100 million animals are killed in U.S. labs — including chimps — for the purpose of biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food and cosmetics testing. But what happens when those who survive the torture retire from service? They’re abandoned and left to starve.
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Caption: (Photo courtesy “Save The Abandoned Chimps”)
Chimp's parents try to help him break out of lab
Jeep, a chimp born at the New York Blood …show more content…
It continued to pay for upkeep of the primates, which were set free to roam on several nearby islands. Jeep's home is simply called Island 3. He still lives with his mother, but sadly, his father passed away.
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Caption: (Photo courtesy “Save The Abandoned Chimps”)
In 2015 the NYBC abandoned the retired research chimps altogether. This meant the chimps would surely die of starvation, since they relied on humans for their care. The Humane Society of The United States claims The NYBC is trying to wipe its hands of any responsibility for this abandoned colony of chimpanzees that they created and used for their own profit. The Liberian government and the animal welfare community cannot take on the financial burden of caring for these creatures, says the Human Society, and they shouldn’t have to.
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Caption: (Photo courtesy ‘Save The Abandoned Chimps”)
The NYBC reportedly makes hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue every year and is fully capable of supporting these chimpanzees. So, It's time for The NYBC to use some of that revenue and do what's ethically and morally right for the chimpanzees that gave their lives for the betterment of
Category: News & Opinion
Tags: chimp Jeep, Liberian chimps, chimp island, abandoned chimps
Teaser: Chimpanzees used for experimentation are abandoned by the lab who profited from them.
Article: Each year, more than 100 million animals are killed in U.S. labs — including chimps — for the purpose of biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food and cosmetics testing. But what happens when those who survive the torture retire from service? They’re abandoned and left to starve.
*Add photo #1 here*
Caption: (Photo courtesy “Save The Abandoned Chimps”)
Chimp's parents try to help him break out of lab
Jeep, a chimp born at the New York Blood …show more content…
It continued to pay for upkeep of the primates, which were set free to roam on several nearby islands. Jeep's home is simply called Island 3. He still lives with his mother, but sadly, his father passed away.
*Add photo #2 here*
Caption: (Photo courtesy “Save The Abandoned Chimps”)
In 2015 the NYBC abandoned the retired research chimps altogether. This meant the chimps would surely die of starvation, since they relied on humans for their care. The Humane Society of The United States claims The NYBC is trying to wipe its hands of any responsibility for this abandoned colony of chimpanzees that they created and used for their own profit. The Liberian government and the animal welfare community cannot take on the financial burden of caring for these creatures, says the Human Society, and they shouldn’t have to.
*Add photo #3 here*
Caption: (Photo courtesy ‘Save The Abandoned Chimps”)
The NYBC reportedly makes hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue every year and is fully capable of supporting these chimpanzees. So, It's time for The NYBC to use some of that revenue and do what's ethically and morally right for the chimpanzees that gave their lives for the betterment of