Now that their role in vaccine research is over, 117 chimpanzees in Japan
face an uncertain fate. The chimps were imported in 1975 for a hepatitis B
vaccine programme and are now in a holding facility run by the drug company
Sanwa Kagaku. The company says it can no longer afford the annual 拢1.5
million upkeep. There are only a few comparable chimp facilities in the world,
and all are government-subsidised. But the Japanese government is reluctant to
take responsibility for the chimps.
To continue reading, today with our introductory offers
Advertisement
More from 快猫短视频
Explore the latest news, articles and features
Popular articles
Trending 快猫短视频 articles
1
The best new science-fiction books of June 2026
2
Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a theory of everything
3
Start-ups are racing to revolutionise mathematics with AI
4
Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them
5
Glaciers in the 'roof of the world' have suddenly started melting
6
How a radical new view of life could reveal its origin 鈥 and aliens
7
Why your brain needs plenty of 鈥淎ha!鈥 moments
8
The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins鈥檚 evolution classic still holds up
9
Pancreatic cancer halted by virus injection in three patients
10
Attack on Iran鈥檚 oil released as much pollution as a volcano
