The Cle Elum Seven Chimps

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The Cle Elum Seven Chimps

6:05 PM Mon, Jun 16, 2008 | Permalink

Last week a group of seven retired laboratory test animals arrived at a Cle Elum farm where they will live out their days.
The seven chimpanzees spent their lives being poked and prodded in a private research lab back East.
They were part of experiments to find vaccines for diseases, primarily hepatitis B. They endured over a decade of this and lived in small cages, unable to congregate and climb like chimps need to do.

Their unwilling sacrifice may have advanced treatments for humans, so it seems only fitting a group of humans is sacrificing their time and money to build a sanctuary for the chimps on a scenic farm near Cle Elum.
Members of the group, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, were brought to tears when the chimps arrived in cramped cages and were then freed into a huge new home.
The chimps will soon have the run of an outdoor playground filled with toys. There are still bars surrounding them but they now have room to climb and play and just hang out.
Welcome to Washington, chimps, the poking and prodding ends now.

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Sue said:

Now, if only we could find it in ourselves to treat our retired veterans this good. Dang.

June 17, 2008 6:51 AM

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