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pain in Ohio State's medical school
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - A chimpanzee attacked a student at an Ohio State
University animal research facility, and the woman sustained minor
injuries, officials said.
Sarah, an 80-pound chimp, pulled the woman close to her cage Sunday and
bit her, school spokesman Earl Holland said. Officials didn't know what
prompted the attack.
The victim, whose name and age weren't released, was treated at
Riverside Methodist Hospital.
Sarah, born in the wild, is 47 years old and came to Ohio State in 1987
from the University of Pennsylvania, according to the center's Web
site. She has learned an artificial language system and understands the
numbers zero through six.
Holland said it was the only attack he knew of at the Chimpanzee
Center, which was founded in 1983 and has five adult and four
adolescent chimpanzees. Researchers study them to learn about child
development, comparative psychology, animal behavior and neuroscience.
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Ohio State to retire nine chimpanzees used for research
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Mike Lafferty
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
JO McCULTY | OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Photo caption: Psychologist Sally Boysen holds a chimpanzee at OSU's
Chimpanzee Center. The facility will close in the next two months.
Ohio State will close its chimpanzee research facility within two
months and
retire its nine residents to a refuge in Texas, the university
announced
yesterday.
But the psychologist who has spent her career using the chimpanzees for
learning research criticized the decision as well as plans to send the
animals to the refuge.
"They're not rats. They're the most significant group of chimpanzees in
the
world," said psychologist Sally Boysen.
The university made the decision to close the facility off Godown Road
after
research funding dried up and it appeared no more money was coming.
"Chimpanzee facilities all over the country are phasing that work down.
It
is very, very hard to get research support for those programs. The Air
Force, NASA, the (National Institutes of Health) are all looking for
homes
for their animals," said OSU spokesman Earle Holland.
Boysen said she learned of the university's decision yesterday.
"I was blindsided," she said.
Boysen studied how chimps learn, making comparisons to how children
learn.
A female chimp bit a student worker on the arm on Jan. 15, but the
university said that had nothing to do with the closure.
The nine Ohio State chimps will go to Primarily Primates Inc., near San
Antonio, Texas, as soon as the refuge is ready to take them.
The 75-acre facility takes in animals, mostly primates, that were
formerly
used in labs.
The OSU chimps could go as early as next week or in up to two months,
according to William Yonushonis, who oversees animal research at Ohio
State.
The chimpanzees will not be subjected to experiments at the refuge in
the
Texas hill country north of San Antonio.
But Boysen said Primarily Primates is not acceptable for the OSU
chimps. She
said the facility will not be able to properly care for the animals.
"Primarily Primates may as well be classified as a roadside zoo," said
Mary
Beth Sweetland, director for research and investigations for People for
the
Ethical Treatment of Animals.
PETA said that when officials with the animal-rights group visited the
Texas
refuge, they found it didn't have enough shade for chimps in cages.
PETA
also said the animals were not fed fresh fruits or vegetables, and that
the
chimps had no toys or other items for stimulation.
Primarily Primates officials could not be reached for comment.
Yonushonis, however, defended the facility, saying he twice visited
there.
He said it also was examined by a veterinarian experienced with
laboratory
animals.
"At one point, we considered dividing the colony and shipping the older
animals to the refuge, but experts have advised seriously against
dividing
such a long-standing colony," said Robert McGrath, senior vice
president for
research at OSU. "We believe it is best for the animals' welfare to
keep
them together as a single social group."
Ohio State will pay $324,000 to construct two 25-foot-by-40-foot
indoor-outdoor structures that will be 17 feet high to house the nine
chimpanzees at Primarily Primates.
The university also will provide an endowment of $72,000 to care for
the
animals for the duration of their lives there.
The nine OSU chimps range in age from 5 to 47; the average chimpanzee
lives
about 60 years. Yonushonis said they will have five times more space at
the
refuge than they had at Ohio State.
and still has the karma for Dr Michael Swango MD who learned to inflict
pain in Ohio State's medical school
poetwill.org pcrm.org
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A chimpanzee attacked a student at an Ohio State
University animal research facility, and the woman sustained minor
injuries, officials said.
Sarah, an 80-pound chimp, pulled the woman close to her cage Sunday and
bit her, school spokesman Earl Holland said. Officials didn't know what
prompted the attack.
The victim, whose name and age weren't released, was treated at
Riverside Methodist Hospital.
Sarah, born in the wild, is 47 years old and came to Ohio State in 1987
from the University of Pennsylvania, according to the center's Web
site. She has learned an artificial language system and understands the
numbers zero through six.
Holland said it was the only attack he knew of at the Chimpanzee
Center, which was founded in 1983 and has five adult and four
adolescent chimpanzees. Researchers study them to learn about child
development, comparative psychology, animal behavior and neuroscience.
_________________
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Ohio State to retire nine chimpanzees used for research
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Mike Lafferty
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
JO McCULTY | OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Photo caption: Psychologist Sally Boysen holds a chimpanzee at OSU's
Chimpanzee Center. The facility will close in the next two months.
Ohio State will close its chimpanzee research facility within two
months and
retire its nine residents to a refuge in Texas, the university
announced
yesterday.
But the psychologist who has spent her career using the chimpanzees for
learning research criticized the decision as well as plans to send the
animals to the refuge.
"They're not rats. They're the most significant group of chimpanzees in
the
world," said psychologist Sally Boysen.
The university made the decision to close the facility off Godown Road
after
research funding dried up and it appeared no more money was coming.
"Chimpanzee facilities all over the country are phasing that work down.
It
is very, very hard to get research support for those programs. The Air
Force, NASA, the (National Institutes of Health) are all looking for
homes
for their animals," said OSU spokesman Earle Holland.
Boysen said she learned of the university's decision yesterday.
"I was blindsided," she said.
Boysen studied how chimps learn, making comparisons to how children
learn.
A female chimp bit a student worker on the arm on Jan. 15, but the
university said that had nothing to do with the closure.
The nine Ohio State chimps will go to Primarily Primates Inc., near San
Antonio, Texas, as soon as the refuge is ready to take them.
The 75-acre facility takes in animals, mostly primates, that were
formerly
used in labs.
The OSU chimps could go as early as next week or in up to two months,
according to William Yonushonis, who oversees animal research at Ohio
State.
The chimpanzees will not be subjected to experiments at the refuge in
the
Texas hill country north of San Antonio.
But Boysen said Primarily Primates is not acceptable for the OSU
chimps. She
said the facility will not be able to properly care for the animals.
"Primarily Primates may as well be classified as a roadside zoo," said
Mary
Beth Sweetland, director for research and investigations for People for
the
Ethical Treatment of Animals.
PETA said that when officials with the animal-rights group visited the
Texas
refuge, they found it didn't have enough shade for chimps in cages.
PETA
also said the animals were not fed fresh fruits or vegetables, and that
the
chimps had no toys or other items for stimulation.
Primarily Primates officials could not be reached for comment.
Yonushonis, however, defended the facility, saying he twice visited
there.
He said it also was examined by a veterinarian experienced with
laboratory
animals.
"At one point, we considered dividing the colony and shipping the older
animals to the refuge, but experts have advised seriously against
dividing
such a long-standing colony," said Robert McGrath, senior vice
president for
research at OSU. "We believe it is best for the animals' welfare to
keep
them together as a single social group."
Ohio State will pay $324,000 to construct two 25-foot-by-40-foot
indoor-outdoor structures that will be 17 feet high to house the nine
chimpanzees at Primarily Primates.
The university also will provide an endowment of $72,000 to care for
the
animals for the duration of their lives there.
The nine OSU chimps range in age from 5 to 47; the average chimpanzee
lives
about 60 years. Yonushonis said they will have five times more space at
the
refuge than they had at Ohio State.
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