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NIH sends chimps to sanctuary with help from animal activists
In the latest step toward shrinking chimpanzee research in the US, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on 18 December a plan to retire its stock of 113 research animals from the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in Louisiana to Chimp Haven, a federally funded sanctuary in Keithsville, Louisiana.
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