Research Baboons Retire to SanctuaryAnimal Protection Institute WHO: Approximately 10 baboons formerly used for blood research -- and human spokespersons for the Animal Protection Institute (API)'s Texas Snow Monkey Sanctuary. WHAT: Arrival of 10 recently retired research baboons from the Boston University Medical Center. WHERE: Dilley, TX, approximately 75 miles south of San Antonio. WHEN: Saturday, April 8 WHY: The baboons were formerly used in vascular (blood) research at the Boston University Medical Center. They are no longer "suitable" for research and have been rescued by, and will retire to, API's Texas Snow Monkey Sanctuary.  BACKGROUND: This is the first time the Sanctuary has rescued former research baboons. The endeavor is unique because the baboons, who have lived most of their lives in solitary confinement indoors, will now be housed in a more social setting and eventually released into a free-roaming five acre enclosure. A tour of the facility and the specially designed caging will be offered on site. Media representatives in Texas will have the opportunity to photograph/videotape the animals and their enclosures. Representatives from the Animal Protection Institute are available for interviews prior to, and at the time of, the arrival of the baboons. The Texas Snow Monkey Sanctuary of Dilley, TX merged into the Animal Protection Institute (API), a national non-profit animal advocacy organization based in Sacramento, CA at the beginning of this year. The mission of the sanctuary, which was initially created to save a troop of Japanese macaques imported to the United States in 1972, is to provide a free-ranging environment for primates in need. API has approximately 85,000 members nationwide.
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