Nonhuman Rigthts Project Calling for Changes at Project Chimps
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FROM Nonhuman Rights Project
October 2020

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Whistleblowers have brought to light well-documented information that shows Project Chimps and HSUS are not in fact fulfilling their commitment to provide true sanctuary to Project Chimps’ 78 chimpanzee residents, including Hercules and Leo.

In recent months, whistleblowers have brought to light well-documented information that shows Project Chimps and the Humane Society of the United States (Project Chimps’ primary funder) are not fulfilling their commitment to provide true sanctuary to Project Chimps’ chimpanzee residents, including the NhRP’s clients Hercules and Leo. The NhRP is calling on Project Chimps and HSUS to take whatever steps and devote whatever resources are necessary to immediately provide Hercules and Leo with daily access to an outdoor habitat. Please find the NhRP’s statement below.

For years, our clients, chimpanzees Hercules and Leo, were imprisoned and exploited in a basement lab at Stony Brook University for use in locomotion research while “on loan” from the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in Louisiana. Since the day we brought a habeas corpus lawsuit on their behalf demanding recognition of their right to bodily liberty, we have advocated relentlessly for our clients’ release to a sanctuary where they could live freely and enjoy their autonomy for the first time in their lives....

 

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