In June of 2021, NBC 7's Dagmar Midcap chronicled the relocation of six chimpanzees dubbed “The Lucky 6.” The chimpanzees were moved from Wildlife Waystation in Los Angeles to Chimpanzee Sanctuary ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a story May 3 about chimpanzees, The Associated Press reported erroneously, based on information from the organization Project Chimps, that a university laboratory in Louisiana ...

The U.S. National Institute of Health has announced that it will no longer carry out research using a colony of chimpanzees. All its chimps will now be released from labs and sent to live at a shelter ...

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a new rule that would extend "endangered species" protections to chimpanzees held in captivity. Nearly half of all the chimps in the U.S. live in ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chimpanzees who have spent their lives in U.S. research labs being prodded, poked and tested may be headed for retirement in a leafy sanctuary where they can climb trees, socialize ...

NEW ORLEANS — Chimpanzees who have spent their lives in U.S. research labs being prodded, poked and tested may be headed for retirement in a leafy sanctuary where they can climb trees, socialize at ...

Thomas stayed behind with the chimps. Taylor's soldiers, he said, stole the lab's cars. Conflict surged into the 2000s as militants fought for control of Liberia, and public pressure to end testing on ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A decision to move 186 chimpanzees from a southern New Mexico facility to Texas is pitting government officials and scientists against a coalition of elected officials and ...