Furloughed For Good?

One group of federal employees could be furloughed for good, and sent to a playground to live out their lives. They're the research chimpanzees kept by the National Institutes of Health. An advisory committee recommends that all but 50 of the agency's hundreds of chimps be retired to the national sanctuary in northwest Louisiana. There they would live in groups of seven with plenty of room to play and climb. The NIH Council of Councils Working Group delivered those recommendations in an 86-page report. NIH Director Francis Collins will make the final decision. Several chimps from former NIH contractors have already arrived at the Sanctuary near Shreveport.