Snapshot of Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories |
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Facilities |
Number of Chimpanzees |
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2002 |
2003 |
2005 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2026 |
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New Iberia Research Center Dir.: Thomas J. Rowell, DVM University of Louisiana at Lafayette P.O. Box 13610 New Iberia, LA 70562 |
362 |
354 |
373 |
325 |
- - |
361 |
347 |
359 |
81 |
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Alamogordo Primate Facility |
275 |
270 |
247 |
231 |
210 |
208 |
176 |
172 |
0 |
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Southwest National Primate Research Center Dir.: Corinna Ross, PhD Texas Biomedical Research Institute P.O. Box 760549 San Antonio, TX 78245 |
233 |
250 |
236 |
166 |
- - |
165 |
153 |
- - |
18 |
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Emory National Primate Research Center Dir.: R. Paul Johnson, MD Emory University; 201 Dowman Dr.; Atlanta, GA 30322 |
156 |
190 |
109 |
98 |
96 |
96 |
85 |
85 |
7 |
|
Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research Dir.: Francois J. Villinger, D.V.M Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Texas 650 Cool Water Dr. Bastrop, TX 78602 |
159 |
143 |
133 |
168 |
180 |
185 |
176 |
169 |
37 |
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Primate Foundation of Arizona Now closed. All chimps were relocated in 2012 to Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research. |
75 |
74 |
73 |
26 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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BIOQUAL, Inc. 9600 Medical Center Dr. Rockville, MD 20850 |
15 |
63 |
60 |
- - |
30 |
- - |
25 |
4 |
0 |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Rd. Atlanta, GA 30333 |
20 |
21 |
13 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20993 |
11 |
- - |
- - |
- - |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Total Number of Chimpanzees |
1306 |
1376 |
1255 |
1093 |
1014 |
1045 |
962 |
143 |
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- - Number carried over from previous year because updated information is not available.
2002 from NIH FOIA requests and correspondence with facilities.
2003 from Goodall, J. et al. The Great Ape Project Census, and J. Strandberg presentation at American Association of Laboratory Animal Science.
2005 from VandeBerg, J.L., Zola, S.M. A unique biomedical resource at risk, Nature, 437, and correspondence with facilities.
2008-2010 from NIH FOIA requests, facility progress reports, and correspondence with facilities, L. Gruen, HSUS, and BIOQUAL.
2011-2012 from NIH FOIA requests, correspondence with facilities, and Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Assessing the Necessity Institute of Medicine 2011 report.