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Experiments on great apes are permitted only if they are absolutely necessary to improve human health, if no other animal should be used instead, and it is impossible to conduct studies on men for reasons ethical.
Apes therefore are likely to continue to be used for research of vaccines against hepatitis C and the development of monoclonal antibodies.
Studies on the behavior and genetics of great apes including chimpanzees and must obey strict clauses regarding their habitat and their conditions of detention. Thus, because of the need for primates (as men) to maintain social relationships, they should be kept in groups of at least 7 monkeys, with 100 square meters of space per animal and the ability to climb when they wish.
The next fight for American animal rights associations will be with private laboratories and US universities, which still retain 350 chimpanzees for research.
