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The Animal Welfare Act is enacted, which requires the ethical treatment of warm-blooded animals in research and exhibition in the US.
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The Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Nixon, which asks for international help in preserving endangered species populations, including chimpanzees, across the world.
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The Jane Goodall Institute, a conservation organization dedicated to protecting endangered animals such as the chimpanzee, is founded in 1977.
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The Chimpanzee entered the 1996 IUCN Red List of species as "endangered".
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The CHIMP act is signed into law by President Clinton, which requires chimpanzees that have been used for biomedical research to be taken care of after serving their purpose.