Chimpanzees in Research Strategies for Their Ethical Care, Management, and Use (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: Minority Statement
Appendix A: Minority Statement
Pages 88-92
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Removal of animals no longer needed for breeding or research to privately funded sanctuaries is one such mechanism. The minority view is that euthanasia is also an appropriate strategy for maximizing the quality of life of the remaining population while facilitating the continued production of chimpanzees to fulfill critical needs in biomedical and behavioral research when faced with limited financial resources and lack of adequate alternative facilities.
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Effective mechanisms for dealing with the current surplus animals, and the new surplus animals that will be generated if breeding for biomedical research is continued, are required. Chimpanzees are expensive animal models, with direct cost per diem rates ranging between $15 (representing a breeding and maintenance facility with no requirements for extensive biohazard containment facilities or intensive research manipulations)
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. The financial resources for maintenance of these animals are ultimately limited and managers are faced with the choice of devoting funds to maintaining chimpanzees with no potential research value, or removing those animals from the colony and utilizing the funds for continued maintenance and production of high quality animal models to facilitate biomedical research with potential public health benefit.
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Selective euthanasia of surplus animals with no potential research or breeding value will free financial resources which can then be used to enhance animal well-being, quality, and research value in a long-term, self-sustaining research chimpanzee population resource. Just as the viability of the species rather than of individual animals is proposed as the primary motivation for management strategies in the zoo situation (Lacy, 1996; Graham, 1996)
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In: B Norton, M Hutchins, EF Stevens, and TL Maple (eds) , Ethics on the Ark: Zoos, Animal Welfare, and Wildlife Conservation.
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