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Sanctuary director of communications Triana Romero, right, talks to Millie, left, Scarlett, second from left, and Thoto behind the living quarters of one of the islands at the Save the Chimps sanctuary outside Ft. Pierce, Florida, January 26, 2011. Scarlett is one of the chimpanzees formerly housed at the Holloman Air Base facility. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/MCT)
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At a Florida sanctuary called Save the Chimps, animals that once were subjects of medical experimentation live out their lives in a natural, open, grassy setting. Many of the chimps carry the scars- mental and physical- from their time undergoing invasive research. Some have trouble interacting with other chimpanzees, since they have spent much of their lives caged alone and deprived of normal social interaction. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/MCT)
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At a Florida sanctuary called Save the Chimps, animals that once were subjects of medical experimentation live out their lives in a natural, open, grassy setting. A family of chimpanzees lounge on one of the islands located behind their living quarters at the Save the Chimps sanctuary outside Ft. Pierce, Florida, January 26, 2011. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/MCT)
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Wooden structures built on one of the islands provide places for climbing for the chimpanzees living at the Save the Chimps sanctuary outside Ft. Pierce, Florida, January 26, 2011. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/MCT)
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Wooden structures built on one of the islands provide places for climbing for the chimpanzees living at the Save the Chimps sanctuary outside Ft. Pierce, Florida, January 26, 2011. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/MCT)
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Ryan yawns while watching onlookers from a metal barrier behind the living quarters of one of the islands at the Save the Chimps sanctuary outside Ft. Pierce, Florida, January 26, 2011. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/MCT)
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Shakey, one of the chimpanzees formerly housed at the Holloman Air Base facility, peers out of a metal barrier behind the living quarters of one of the islands at the Save the Chimps sanctuary outside Ft. Pierce, Florida, January 26, 2011. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/MCT)
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Bobby, one of the chimpanzees formerly housed at the Holloman Air Base facility, holds onto a metal barrier behind the living quarters of one of the islands at the Save the Chimps sanctuary outside Ft. Pierce, Florida, January 26, 2011. The white area of his arm is permanent scarring due to self-mutilation. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/MCT)
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Bobby, one of the chimpanzees formerly housed at the Holloman Air Base facility, holds onto a metal barrier behind the living quarters of one of the islands at the Save the Chimps sanctuary outside Ft. Pierce, Florida, January 26, 2011. The white area of his arm is permanent scarring due to self-mutilation. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/MCT)
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