The National Institution of Health has called unofficially retired chimpanzees back to the lab for further research by the end of 2011. Best know Primatologist states "most of these chimpanzees are older and have already been subjected to years of invasive research.. Would it make more sense to leave these chimpanzees in permanent sanctuary at the Alamogordo facility?" many people would agree with her because these primates have been subjected to Hepatitis C and the HIV virus. Don't you think they have been through enough? In Keithville, Louisiana there is a facility based on retired chimpanzees interacting with others in their own habitat, there are about 100 chimpanzees resining there,this place is called Chimp Haven. The contract for Chimp Haven expires 2012 and there has been no talk on extending that time. Moving the chimps to Southwest national primate research center in San Antonio Texas would save them 2 million dollars says Harold Watson. The chimps would join 150 other primates in that facility, the facility is similar to chimp haven but testing will occur. The testing would involve blood samples, and liver samples.
In my opinion chimps should not be tested on. clearly as Ajit Varki says "we should be able to do with chimps, what we do with humans." i agree with this because its a know fact chimpanzees share a lot of the same qualities as human beings do. They also have feelings and I'ts wrong to use them as test subjects to HIV and Hepatitis C.
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