Professor chains self to gate, delaying chimpanzee transfer

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2/28/2006, 10:59 a.m. ET
The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio State University professor and other protesters chained themselves to a gate outside the campus chimpanzee center where she's conducted her life's work, delaying for hours the transfer of nine chimpanzees to a Texas sanctuary.

Ohio State officials said last week the center was closing because of lack of research funds and had limited Sally Boysen's access to the center outside regular office hours.

Boysen, who founded the research lab in 1983, sought a federal court order to stop the transfer, but a truck showed up to move the apes soon after U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley denied the request Monday.

The protesters eventually unchained themselves but still blocked the truck's exit through the gate. The truck left late Monday under police escort, bound for Primarily Primates in San Antonio...