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NIH lab chimpanzee retirees arrive at "Chimp Haven" in Louisiana | Reduction

NIH lab chimpanzee retirees arrive at "Chimp Haven" in Louisiana

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New Orleans The first chimpanzees from a south Louisiana lab have arrived at the national sanctuary for retired federal research chimps, with a recommendation for hundreds more to be sent there from other laboratories around the country. Nine chimps came to Chimp Haven outside Shreveport on Tuesday from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's New Iberia Research Center, which no longer has an NIH chimp research contract. Seven more are expected Thursday and another 95 will arrive over the coming months, sanctuary officials said. As the New Iberia animals arrived, a National Institutes of Health committee was recommending that all but about 50 of the agency's hundreds of research chimpanzees should be retired to the national sanctuary in Keithville, and all of them should have plenty of room to play.

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Kathleen Conlee

Overall Sentiment: 0.0413206

Relevance: 0.723708

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0.153401"The report made it very clear that the federal sanctuary system is the most appropriate place for these animals," Conlee said. ...
0.251359"But I'm glad they made clear those animals should be kept to much higher standards than they are currently being kept in," she said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.40476
  • Mean: 0.20238
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Raven Jackson

Overall Sentiment: -0.3416

Relevance: 0.217843

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0.0164872"Understandably, the chimpanzees are nervous when they arrive, and we do everything possible to ease their stress. That includes limiting the number of people in the area to only those who are required to help with the chimpanzees. We also must minimize the risks of the chimpanzees being exposed to communicable diseases," veterinarian Raven Jackson said ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0164872
  • Mean: 0.0164872
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

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Facility: New Iberia Research Center

Overall Sentiment: -0.0280692

Relevance: 0.511159

City: Lafayette

Overall Sentiment: 0.235669

Relevance: 0.337645

StateOrCounty: Louisiana

Overall Sentiment: 0.231061

Relevance: 0.330572

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USStateReferences:

FieldTerminology: Chimpanzees

Overall Sentiment: 0.0593122

Relevance: 0.847656

Organization: NIH

Overall Sentiment: 0.0183465

Relevance: 0.469763

Organization: University of Louisiana

Overall Sentiment: 0.270207

Relevance: 0.362372

Organization: Humane Society

Overall Sentiment: 0.0595382

Relevance: 0.335616

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