Former nicotine research monkeys now at primate sanctuary

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Dec. 13, 2018 / 10:40 PM GMT

By Associated Press

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — More than two dozen monkeys that were test subjects in nicotine addiction research denounced by British primatologist Jane Goodall have been moved from an Arkansas lab to a Florida primate sanctuary.

The Gainesville Sun reported Wednesday that the squirrel monkeys are now at the city’s Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary. The nicotine addiction study by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration started in 2014 and was suspended last year after the agency learned four research monkeys had died.

The FDA has said three of the monkeys died from anesthesia-related complications and one death was related to bloat, which can have unclear causes.

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