GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – More than two dozen monkeys that were test subjects in
nicotine addiction research have been moved from an Arkansas lab to a Florida
primate sanctuary.
The Gainesville Sun reported Wednesday the squirrel monkeys are now at the city’s Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration suspended the nicotine addiction study last year after learning that four research monkeys had died.
FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in January the study didn’t meet agency standards and would be stopped. The monkeys were sent, with $1 million for their care, to Jungle Friends.
The monkeys arrived in November and are now slowly being introduced to
different foods, materials and experiences. They’re set to move in the spring to
large outdoor enclosures that mimic their natural habitat.
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