The desperate screams of fear captured on video by an HSUS undercover investigator speak volumes. This, coupled with hours of dreary boredom, is the life that more than 1,000 chimpanzees in US laboratories are forced to endure—some for over 50 years. But, with your help, The HSUS is working to make their suffering a thing of the past.
Midge spends his days lounging in the sun at The HSUS’s Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch—a sanctuary for rescued animals. But Midge’s life wasn’t always so carefree. This playful chimpanzee spent his first twenty years in a research laboratory, a traumatic experience that took a toll on his physical and mental health.
As people learn about the conditions that chimpanzees—highly intelligent and social animals who feel happiness, sorrow, pain and loneliness—are forced to endure in laboratories, pressure mounts to end their use in harmful research altogether, as has been done in so many other countries.
Ways You Can Help
» Ask your Members of Congress to co-sponsor the Great Ape Protection Act, which would phase out harmful research on chimpanzees in laboratories and retire the approximately 500 federally-owned chimpanzees to permanent sanctuary. Take Action »
» Tell the National Institutes of Health to retire to sanctuary the 26 eldery chimpanzees currently living at the federally-owned New Iberia Research Center. Take Action »
» Receive the latest news on your Facebook page by joining the group "The HSUS Chimps Deserve Better Campaign" and the cause "STOP the use of Chimps in Research."
Questions and Answers About Chimpanzees Used in Research
Learn more about the hundreds of chimpanzees languishing in laboratories across the United States.
Learn MoreNews & Events
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January 12, 2010
Cosponsors of Chimpanzee Bill Urge Congress to Take Next Step
On December 4, 2009, members of Congress pressed U.S. House committee leaders to take a step towards passage of the Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326).
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December 15, 2009
Recent Hepatitis C Study Challenges Chimpanzee Use
The HSUS questions the use of chimpanzees in hepatitis C testing despite a recent announcement claiming effective treatment of hepatitis C in chimpanzees with a new experimental drug.
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December 7, 2009
Capitol Hill Chimpanzee Exhibit Raises Awareness
An exhibit created to educate members of Congress and others about the chimpanzees kept in laboratories who would be affected by the passage of The Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326) was on display at the the Rayburn House Office Building in October 2009.
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November 18, 2009
Chimp Shareholder Resolution
The Humane Society of the United States filed a shareholder resolution Monday with Abbott Laboratories asking the company to produce a schedule for phasing out the use of chimpanzees in research and to publish the schedule online.
Our Victories
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February 4, 2010
The HSUS Applauds Botox Manufacturer Allergan for Steps to Replace Controversial Animal Test
The HSUS applauds the Allergan Corporation for announcing its progress toward replacing a controversial animal test used in manufacturing its flagship product Botox Cosmetic, the popular anti-wrinkle treatment.
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January 14, 2010
Victory in Battle Over Monkey Breeding Facility Could be Temporary
Plans to build a monkey-breeding facility in Guayama, Puerto Rico have been suspended, but the victory could be fleeting.
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June 4, 2009
The HSUS, HSLF Applaud EPA's New Non-Animal Eye Irritation Labeling
Rabbits in U.S. laboratories will be spared having "germ-killing" antimicrobial cleaning products dripped in their eyes thanks to a new program that does not use animals to test and label these products for their eye irritancy potential.
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March 11, 2009
Europe Leaps Ahead with Cosmetic Testing Deadline
The Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments celebrate the end of animal testing for cosmetics in the European Union.
