ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — Some former lab chimpanzees may not be leaving New Mexico after all. It was nearly 10 years ago when the National Institutes of Health stopped laboratory testing on chimpanzees.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has purchased stock of a Maryland-based private research facility BIOQUAL, which conducts tests on great apes. The animal rights organization plans ...

Twenty-one chimpanzees were relocated from the Alamogordo Primate Facility to Chimp Haven sanctuary. These chimpanzees, many in their 50s and 60s, were the last remaining at the facility due to their ...