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Sky after 30 years: A brief biography of three biomedical research chimpanzees in Japan (2022)

Hirata, S.

Abstract

This article describes the strategies employed by Kumamoto Sanctuary in Japan to integrate 3 retired chimpanzees – who each spent 30 years singly housed in a biomedical facility – with the sanctuary's other residents.

Published
2022

Animal Type
Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate
Topic
Relocation & Transport

Citation
Hirata, S. 2022. Sky after 30 years: A brief biography of three biomedical research chimpanzees in Japan. Primates 63(2), 105–108.

Full Article
https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10329-022-00979-1

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