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Space Chimps Retire

Posted by Hemos on from the moing-on-in-life dept.

jukal writes ""With a $3.7-million grant and a court ruling, Florida's Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care last week took over a primate-testing facility in New Mexico that houses 266 lab chimps, including 16 Air Force animals descended from the first space chips.", read the rest at Discovery."

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  1. Glad they can now retire by Vuzz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm always outraged when I get to hear these types of stories about mistreated animals. I can't help thinking that if they were humans, they would have been rescued a long time ago... Just animals some would say. It does not make it less painful because they are "just animals". Whether it is toward animals or humans, cruelty remains cruelty. Period. I, for one, am very glad to know there are still people who care enough to rescue these poor chimps among which some have risk their lives so we can go headed with the space program. What was their reward? A tiny cage and some chimps chow... It's just my personal opinion and I don't expect everyone to share it. V.