Surplus chimpanzees that were bred for research should be put up for adoption by zoos and game reserves, according to a report from the US National Research Council.
The National Institutes of Health now owns about 1000 chimps, bred for AIDS research. Caring for them costs $7 million a year. The report says that further breeding should be halted for at least five years.
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