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Chimpanzees in Research: Strategies for their Ethical Care, Management, and Use
recordkeeping at local facilities, a centralized source of records should be maintained for the entire US research chimpanzee population, as is currently done by ISIS.
Given the state of the art, cryopreservation does not yet allow for a drastic reduction in or elimination of breeding colonies of chimpanzees.