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 1 Unwanted Chimps — Basic Story

Many chimpanzees have been bred for AIDS research. Researchers did not learn enough about AIDS from
chimps. The chimps are not needed. There are 1,500 of them. Some people wanted to kill them.
A research panel has a different idea. It says someone needs to take care of the 1,500 chimps. It says to stop
breeding more chimps. It says to put them someplace like their natural habitat.
Many people say this is a good idea. They say chimps are very special animals. They look like people. They
sometimes act like people. They are close relatives to people.
Some people do not want chimps to be used for research. They say it is not right to hurt them. They say taking
care of chimps is better than killing them.
It will cost a lot of money to take care of the chimps. The government spends more than 7 million dollars a year
to take care of them. The chimps will live 30 to 40 years. People say it is worth using them. We have learned
many valuable things from chimps.

 2 breed

to mate in order to have babies

 3 chimpanzee

a kind of African ape

 4 enough

as much as is needed or wanted

 5 habitat

a place that is natural for an animal to live

 6 panel

a group of people taking part in a discussion

 7 relative

people who belong to the same family

 8 research

scientific study to learn about something

 9 valuable

worth a lot, precious

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