Chimp Haven.Retirees often spend their free time golfing or fishing. But such activities are not for everyone. Some retirees--at least of the animal variety--look forward to climbing trees and picking mites from their fur. Soon aging chimpanzees will have plenty of trees to swing from at Chimp Haven, a $24 million sanctuary sanctuary, sacred place, especially the most sacred part of a sacred place. In ancient times and in the Middle Ages, a sanctuary served as asylum, a place of refuge for persons fleeing from violence or from the penalties of the law. (protected place) in Shreveport Shreveport (shrēv`pôrt), city (1990 pop. 198,525), seat of Caddo parish, NW La., on the Red River near the Tex. and Ark. lines; inc. 1839. , Louisiana Louisiana (ləwē'zēăn`ə, l  ē'–), state in the S central United States. It is bounded by Mississippi, with the Mississippi R. . The refuge RefugeSee also Concealment. Adullam cave where David hid from Saul. [O. T.: I Samuel 22:1] Alsatia (white friars) London monastery; former refuge for lawless characters. [Br. Hist. will shelter about 300 chimpanzees no longer needed in biomedical research Biomedical research (or experimental medicine), in general simply known as medical research, is the basic research or applied research conducted to aid the body of knowledge in the field of medicine. , or unwanted as entertainers or pets. "We have the opportunity to solve a problem in a way that benefits the chimpanzees who have served humankind," says Linda Koebner, executive director of Chimp Haven, which is expected to open in 2005. Because chimpanzees are genetically similar to humans, they have been used as test subjects in the U.S. space program and in other research. But after they are no longer needed, many chimps are left to live out their days in cages or pens in lab facilities. To learn what you can do to help chimps have a new home, visit www.chimphaven.org. |
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