About Kumamoto Sanctuary
Organization
History
Steering Committee of Kumamoto Sanctuary

First Commissioners Tenured Staff of WRC
Miho Murayama
Professor, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University
Satoshi Hirata
Professor, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University
Second Commissioners Tenured Staff of Kyoto University
Hiroo Imai
Professor, Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior, Kyoto University
Third Commissioners Extramural Academics
Yasuhiro Yoshikawa
Chiba Institute of Science
Masayuki Tanaka
Kyoto City Zoo
Hideko Takeshita
Otemon Gakuin University
Fourth Commissioners
Shūsaku Isono
President, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.
Akihiro Morioka
Managing Director, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.
Our History
  • 1970年代 医科学の肝炎研究者が野生チンパンジーを輸入して医学感染実験を実施
  • 1978年
    (株)三和化学研究所（以下 三和）が実験済み個体を引き取り熊本霊長類パーク発足
  • 1998年11月 生体の侵襲的医学感染実験を阻止するためにSAGAが結成される
  • 2002年4月 生体実験に代わる死後標本利用を促進するためにGAINが結成される
  • 2006年10月 三和が侵襲的医学感染実験の廃絶を宣言
  • 1 April 2007
    Chimpanzee Sanctuary Uto, the first chimpanzee sanctuary in Japan, was established on the Peninsula of Uto, Kumamoto.
  • 1 August 2007
    Kyoto University and Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd. have established the Department of Health and Longevity.
  • 1 April 2008
    The Wildlife Research Center was established within Kyoto University and the Department of Health and Longevity has been moved under the authority of Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University.
  • 1 August 2011
    Chimpanzee Sanctuary Uto has changed its name to Kumamoto Sanctuary, and has been reestablished from Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd. now under the authority of Kyoto University.
  • 15 May 2012
    Last three chimpanzees formerly involved in biomedical research have been retired and have been transferred to the Kumamoto Sanctuary.
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