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Senate Sends Bill That Includes Chimp Haven Provisions To
President Obama
Congress has sent President Barack Obama a bill that would lif t a $30
million f ederal spending limit f or the national f ederal research chimpanzee
sanctuary in northwest Louisiana.
T he bill’s f inal passage came when the Senate accepted House
amendments to an unrelated health bill on T hursday. One amendment
would let the U.S. health secretary override the cap if that would cut
money spent to house all chimpanzees owned by the National Institutes
of Health.
“It’s a great day f or f ederally owned chimpanzees,” said Cathy Willis Spraetz, president and CEO of Chimp
Haven in Keithville, La., the national sanctuary f or chimpanzees retired f rom f ederal research.
“I am breaking out the champagne as we speak,” she said. “We are so excited to start this new chapter in
the lives of these f ederally owned chimpanzees who have spent decades of their lives in research. It’s now
time to bring ‘em home to sanctuary.”
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