Captured as an infant in Africa,
Dana Chimpanzee spent nearly
40 years in laboratories
Photo: © Save the Chimps
The American people are acknowledging that chimpanzees who have languished in labs for not just 10 years, but 20 or 30 or 40 deserve better from our government and its scientific administrative agencies.
In August 2005, the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS), coordinator of Project R&R, retained the services of a Washington, D.C.- based consumer and market research company to poll the American public regarding attitudes toward chimpanzees and their use in research. Project R&R sought to know the hearts and minds of the very public who will help decide the fate of chimpanzees currently in labs.
Among the results that are of paramount importance to accomplishing the mission of Project R&R is the finding that:
71% of those who responded think that chimpanzees used in research for more than 10 years should be retired
A response of 71% is an overwhelming winning vote of support by anyone’s count. The American people are acknowledging that chimpanzees who have languished in labs for not just 10 years, but 20 or 30 or 40 deserve better from our government and its scientific administrative agencies. The public has come down firmly on the side of hundreds of chimpanzees who have been unwilling recruits into science for decades.
Project R&R will provide other crucial information from this comprehensive survey in the months ahead.
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