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MONTH: January/February 2008

Primarily Primates wins appeal

 

SAN ANTONIO -- The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on January 16, 2007 upheld the agreement by which Ohio State University transferred a research chimpanzee colony to Primarily Primates in early 2006. The verdict affirmed the earlier finding of the trial court in Bexar County, Texas.

Opposed by both researcher Sally Boysen and PETA, the transfer touched off a two-year legal battle that escalated after one chimp died on arrival and another died soon afterward, both from pre-existing heart conditions.

The dispute included the forced resignation of Primarily Primates founder Wally Swett; a merger with Friends of Animals; a six-month court-ordered receivership, during which Primarily Primates was staffed largely by PETA personnel; and the transfer of the surviving OSU chimps to Chimp Haven, in Shreveport, Louisiana.

The receivership was terminated in May 2007, after the Texas Office of Attorney General agreed in an out-of-court settlement to"fully and completely release, acquit, and forever discharge Primarily Primates" of allegations brought by PETA.

FoA is now pursuing litigation to recover the chimps, plus animals who were sent to other sanctuaries.