To the Editor:
It is disappointing that our government plans to keep approximately 550 chimpanzees in the laboratories where they reside, rather than provide them a sanctuary they deserve (“After Hard Labor, a Soft Landing,” special Giving section, Nov. 12).
Many chimpanzees in American labs are simply being warehoused—some for more than 50 years—wasting taxpayer money that could be spent better to help alleviate and cure human diseases.
The use of chimpanzees for research has declined significantly in the last decade mostly because of high costs and growing public opposition to relying on these animals in invasive experiments.
It is time to retire chimpanzees in labs to sanctuaries like Chimp Haven.
Kathleen Conlee
Washington, Nov. 13, 2007
The writer is a program director at the Humane Society of the United States.
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