JAMES GORMAN: Montessa, a 46-year-old chimpanzee, has been through a lot. The first record of her life is the note that she was purchased from an importer in 1975 for the research colony in New Mexico at the Holloman Air Force Base, when she was about a year old. She’s still there… Over the past … Continue reading DISGRACEFUL: U.S. government N.I.H. lab refuses to release ‘retired’ chimps to sanctuary as promised