After working with organizations like the New Iberia Research Center, the Chimp Haven federal sanctuary and other organizations, the National Institutes of Health have devised a plan to transfer all chimpanzees that have been designated as permanently ineligible for biomedical research to the Federal Sanctuary System. Over the next 12-15 months these chimpanzees will be transferred from New Iberia, Louisiana to Chimp Haven in Keithville, Virginia.