Chimps' Fate Ignites Debate

"These animals have been used to an extensive degree," says John Gluck, an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque."Is there a sense that we owe them something for that? I think we do."
I think we do too.
This article, Chimps' Fate Ignites Debate, talks about a group of chimps that are being called back into duty after an unofficial 10 year retirement. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has decided the chimps will be sent back into the lab by the end of 2011. I don't agree with this, I think the chimps should be able to stay at the sanctuary they are at and not have to go back to the labs. These chimps have been used already, they have served there time as our research pets and I think we do owe them something. I think that using animals for medical research is better than using humans, but this, this is cruel. These chimps have lived through a lot and deserve a peaceful life. The practice of using chimps for medical research was finally banned by the European Union, why haven't we banned it yet? They should find a better solution to finding vaccinations then using chimps. Over all I think that using animals for medical research is animal cruelty and should be stopped.