I think it’s really important for a
place like Japan to exist to get back to
the chimpanzees they have provided so
much to all of us over the years if you
think about it we never would have gone
to the moon without a chimpanzee who
went first we wouldn’t have hepatitis
vaccines that we have now that most
children in public schools receive they
have provided us with so many different
things they’re so genetically similar to
us they are so intelligent I do see it
as a great step forward that that the
National Institutes of Health has
decided that all but 50 of the federally
owned chimpanzees that are used in
research should be retired and Jim Haven
is working with them to try to figure
out exactly how that should happen we
are one of two countries who currently
still use chimpanzees in research
what no juice oh I’ll come back and get
you okay people laugh I can talk to them
like they’re really people and I really
do not give them that respect they
deserve that respect and I give them
that and I think it helps give me solace
every day when I go home and I know you
know what I’m giving back to them I’m
doing my part as a human being I’m
giving back to them there were some
chants of course that were born in the
laboratory setting so we’re talking you
know 20 30 sometimes you know 30-plus
years of them being acclimated to being
in a captive environment so that is what
was the norm for them it’s always very
amazing to see them once they do make it
to Chimp Haven and see that there is a
difference between the life that was and
I like that now it is some of these guys
because they have been used in research
some of them are afraid of the grass
it’s a foreign substrate to them so
they’re really hesitant they look around
for affirmation like is this okay and
they’ll touch it gingerly and some of
them will decide to say very close
they’re what we call wall Walker’s so
they’ll stay close – with familiar to
them so that’s the cement and that’s
also the mesh that’s comfortable for
them it makes them feel safe they’re
used to that
and then some of these guys dart out
immediately and they want to look around
they’re curious they want to look
through all the different structures and
enclosures
I think the most touching interaction
that I’ve seen is when they come out and
they just look up and it’s almost like
this look of amazement
there’s nothing covering me there isn’t
a cave year you know I can see trees I
can climb trees in order for us to take
them out of the research setting that
means we’ve got to build and we’ve got
to make capabilities to take them on and
we’re up for that challenge
place like Japan to exist to get back to
the chimpanzees they have provided so
much to all of us over the years if you
think about it we never would have gone
to the moon without a chimpanzee who
went first we wouldn’t have hepatitis
vaccines that we have now that most
children in public schools receive they
have provided us with so many different
things they’re so genetically similar to
us they are so intelligent I do see it
as a great step forward that that the
National Institutes of Health has
decided that all but 50 of the federally
owned chimpanzees that are used in
research should be retired and Jim Haven
is working with them to try to figure
out exactly how that should happen we
are one of two countries who currently
still use chimpanzees in research
what no juice oh I’ll come back and get
you okay people laugh I can talk to them
like they’re really people and I really
do not give them that respect they
deserve that respect and I give them
that and I think it helps give me solace
every day when I go home and I know you
know what I’m giving back to them I’m
doing my part as a human being I’m
giving back to them there were some
chants of course that were born in the
laboratory setting so we’re talking you
know 20 30 sometimes you know 30-plus
years of them being acclimated to being
in a captive environment so that is what
was the norm for them it’s always very
amazing to see them once they do make it
to Chimp Haven and see that there is a
difference between the life that was and
I like that now it is some of these guys
because they have been used in research
some of them are afraid of the grass
it’s a foreign substrate to them so
they’re really hesitant they look around
for affirmation like is this okay and
they’ll touch it gingerly and some of
them will decide to say very close
they’re what we call wall Walker’s so
they’ll stay close – with familiar to
them so that’s the cement and that’s
also the mesh that’s comfortable for
them it makes them feel safe they’re
used to that
and then some of these guys dart out
immediately and they want to look around
they’re curious they want to look
through all the different structures and
enclosures
I think the most touching interaction
that I’ve seen is when they come out and
they just look up and it’s almost like
this look of amazement
there’s nothing covering me there isn’t
a cave year you know I can see trees I
can climb trees in order for us to take
them out of the research setting that
means we’ve got to build and we’ve got
to make capabilities to take them on and
we’re up for that challenge
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