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CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS LEADING TO MULTIPLE COUNTS OF CRIMINAL ANIMAL
CRUELTY FILED AGAINST THE NIH'S "ALAMOGORDO PRIMATE FACILITY"
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Prepared by In Defense of Animals /
September 7th, 2004
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April 1993 - Frederick Coulston returns to take over the management of the chimpanzees on Holloman Air Force Base. The Coulston Foundation is incorporated, and takes over care of more than 500 chimpanzees from New Mexico State University, the U.S. Air Force, and Frederick Coulston's White Sands Research Center. The Foundation operates two separate sites: the old White Sand Research Center lab on LaVelle Road and the chimpanzee facilities on Holloman Air Force Base. The National Institutes of Health begins funding the Foundation with millions of dollars annually for various experiments; the total will eventually exceed $40 million.
October 1994 - The Coulston Foundation signs a five-year lease to care for approximately 150 Air Force-"owned" chimpanzees, who had previously been managed by New Mexico State University. The Foundation obtains use of the $10.5 million, taxpayer-funded housing facilities on Holloman Air Force Base and can perform any experiment it desires on the Air Force chimpanzees.
November 1994 - IDA begins its investigation of The Coulston Foundation and the NIH's funding of the lab, and starts to establish a network of whistleblowers at the Foundation that will eventually provide vital information on violations that will be repeatedly corroborated by various federal and state law enforcement agencies.
May 1995 - The Air Force tries to give away to The Coulston Foundation the $10.5 million taxpayer-funded chimpanzee housing facilities on Holloman Air Force Base and the 150 Air Force chimpanzees. An intense lobbying effort led by Dr. Jane Goodall prevents this; instead, Congress will mandate a competitive bid process.
July 1995 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) files its first set of formal administrative charges against The Coulston Foundation for the 1993 overheating deaths of the chimpanzees Robert, James and Raymond, the 1994 water deprivation deaths of four monkeys, and various other violations. The USDA charges corroborate information provided by IDA's network of whistleblowers. The NIH continues to fund the lab with millions of tax dollars.
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