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Chimp Retirement

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Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was reading about this in yesterday's paper. I would put in a link except you would have to register to access the story. Apparenly they have been building this place in Florida for old chimps from the Space Program and younger ones from lab experiments. Some were kept in cages for 20 years after they were finished being useful, and someone bought them from the Air Force and Coulson Laborotories. There will be about 300 chimps living there.
I did find another story about the retirement area, at Fort Pierce in Florida. http://arcusfoundation.org/pages/news_cur_savechimps.shtml
It seems so nice to see a happy ending for these creatures.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Very interesting and wonderful. Thank you, CJ, for bringing to our attention.

Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Monday, May 09, 2005 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the article. I get very upset by how we exploit and experiment on other animals. I hope these survivors can live out their days in peace and safety.

Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lawsuit Targets Farm's Treatment of Sows
By Erica Williams Times Staff Writer
Tue Jun 14, 7:55 AM ET

California: home of unhappy sows?
That's the question at the heart of a lawsuit that pits an animal rights group against a Central Valley pork farm over the living conditions of pregnant pigs.

The suit, filed by Farm Sanctuary, which operates a shelter for rescued farm animals in Orland, Calif., has been wending its way through Los Angeles County Superior Court since September. In a hearing today, the group may learn whether it can proceed with its case, which seeks to apply the state's animal cruelty law to force Corcpork Inc. of Corcoran to stop housing its 9,000 pregnant sows in individual metal stalls.

Farm Sanctuary says the sows, weighing 400 to 600 pounds, can suffer bone loss, joint damage and even depression as a result of spending most of their lives in containers barely larger than themselves.

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