Seven chimpanzees were safely transferred to a Louisiana facility on Friday from Primarily Primates, Inc. (PPI) a Texas sanctuary seized by the Texas attorney general and under investigation for alleged neglect and mistreatment of animals and misappropriation of charitable funds.

Nine chimpanzees were originally sent to PPI in the spring of 2006 by Ohio State University (OSU) after the closure of its primate cognition research program. One chimpanzee died at PPI upon arrival and another died in April.

After a ten-hour journey from Texas to Louisiana, the remaining OSU chimpanzees - Sarah, Keeli, Ivy, Sheba, Darrell, Harper and Emma - arrived at Chimp Haven, Inc. Sixty-seven other chimpanzees remain at PPI – including chimpanzees from research facilities including the Buckshire Corporation and the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP), as well as chimpanzees once used in the movie Project X, a film about the use of chimpanzees in research - along with other primates and animals.

For more information:

Primarily problems at haven for primates (MySanAntonio.com)

OSU chimps moved to Louisiana ‘haven’ - PETA helps send animals away from troubled facility (Columbus Dispatch)