W ASHINGTON , DC - In a move that dismayed and primatologists activists for animal rights, the US Air Force announced today that it is most of the chimpanzee colony at a research organization rather than remove chimpanzees. The chimpanzee colony, which includes more than 140 animals, has been used for research ranging from the effects of heat and acceleration of hepatitis and HIV. Over 0 chimpanzees infected with HIV or hepatitis.
Although the Air Force has abandoned his own research on chimpanzees in the 1970s, it has since allowed the Coulston Private Foundation, the new guardian of 111 chimpanzees, to conduct experiments on animals. The foundation plans to continue to study the effects of aging and HIV on chimpanzees, now housed at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico. 30 other chimpanzees, who are not infected, will be donated to Primarily Primates, a sanctuary for retired Texas.
To determine who should get custody of chimpanzees, the Air Force said he considered factors such as financial resources and past experience in the treatment of animals. But "the Air Force has no preference as to whether the animals have been removed or used for other research," said Col. Jack Blackhurst, Associate Deputy Minister Assistant Secretary for Science, technology and engineering.
the decision has angered some experts chimpanzees. Twice, they note, the Coulston Foundation was quoted by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) of the United States . for violation of the Act on the protection of animals and causing chimpanzee deaths the first incident, a 1993 overheat accident that killed three animals, resulting in a fine and renovation of Coulston facilities; the second is still under investigation, said Ed Curlette, a spokesman for the government of the USDA.
This file should have triggered "alarm bells" said Roger Fouts, co-director of the Institute Chimpanzee and human communication at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. It is time, Fouts said, to "start treating [chimpanzees] other beings rather than fur test tubes." The Coulston Foundation replied that treats its neighborhoods with care and dignity. "We take our care chimp very, very seriously, "said spokesman Don McKinney Coulston.
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