Laboratories

To see the names and ages of chimpanzees held in labs today, view each lab profile and click on the WHO’S THERE? chart on each lab page.

Chimpanzees were used in biomedical and behavioral research in the United States beginning in 1930. In November 2015 the FDA announced that it would no longer support biomedical research on chimpanzees, but as of 2017, there are still roughly 577 chimpanzees housed in U.S. laboratories, not yet having been sent to sanctuary.

This section does not address any other types of facilities housing captive chimpanzees (i.e., entertainment, pets, zoos), nor can it account for all of the chimpanzees in private labs, since those facilities are not required to divulge such information. Whenever new information is available, Project R&R will edit/augment these summaries. If you have additional information on any of these laboratories, please contact us. To learn more about the difficulty of obtaining information on chimpanzees kept in laboratories and the conditions in which they live and are used, see Uncovering the Truth.

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