0 ▁prim ates ▁for ▁future ▁research . ▁ ▁Other ▁approaches ▁such ▁as ▁gen et ically ▁alter ed ▁m ice ▁should ▁be ▁developed ▁and ▁ref ined . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 3 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁U . S . ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ▁and ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Senate ▁passed ▁‘ The ▁Ch imp anze e ▁Health ▁Im prov ement , ▁Main ten ance ▁and ▁Prote ction ▁Act ’ , ▁appro ving ▁the ▁fund ing ▁to ▁expand ▁the ▁capacity ▁of ▁Ch imp ▁H aven ▁and ▁other ▁ch imp anze e ▁san ctu aries , ▁thus ▁allowing ▁the ▁transfer ▁of ▁almost ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁ap es ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁a ▁more ▁natural ▁and ▁group ▁environment ▁than ▁in ▁the ▁labor atory . ▁ ▁The ▁transfer ▁is ▁expected ▁to ▁take ▁five ▁years ▁when ▁all ▁but ▁ 5 0 ▁ch imp anze es , ▁which ▁will ▁remain ▁with ▁the ▁N I H , ▁will ▁be ▁‘ ret ired ’ . ▁ ▁Germany ▁The ▁Great ▁A pe ▁Project ▁achieved ▁quite ▁some ▁success , ▁in ▁its ▁early ▁years : ▁New ▁Zealand ▁for ▁instance ▁completely ▁b anned ▁ ▁invas ive ▁experiments ▁on ▁great ▁ap es ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁as ▁did ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁the ▁B ale ar ic ▁Islands , ▁an ▁autonom ous ▁region ▁of ▁the ▁parliament arian ▁mon archy ▁of ▁Spain , ▁dec iding ▁to ▁implement ▁certain ▁fundamental ▁rights ▁for ▁great ▁ap es ▁in ▁their ▁code ▁of ▁law . ▁Ever ▁since , ▁however ,