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Hundreds of chimps at the NIH await retirement. This senator wants to help

By Ike Swetlitz Aug. 21, 2018

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Chimps gather food at Chimp Haven, the national sanctuary for chimpanzees retired from federal research, in Keithville, La. Gerald Herbert/AP

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Cassidy is trying to help hundreds of chimpanzees enjoy an easy retirement in his home state of Louisiana.

The Republican is pushing for an amendment to a major appropriations bill winding its way through Congress this week that would force the National Institutes of Health to make good on a 2015 promise to move all its chimps out of research facilities.

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Ike Swetlitz

Washington Correspondent

Ike is a Washington correspondent, reporting at the intersection of life science and national politics.

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