Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Alpha Genesis is a company in Yemassee, South Carolina that breeds cynomolgous, rhesus and capuchin monkeys and sells the animals for use in research. Led by CEO Greg Westergaard [1] the company is one of the largest of its kind in the world. [2] It is a Class B dealer according to the United States Department of Agriculture. [3]
Dog breeders who breed puppies to be sold as pets must be USDA-licensed if they have more than four breeding females and sell puppies wholesale, or sight unseen, to pet stores, brokers and/or ...
In January of this year, Cantalupo got her second monkey, a 3-week-old vervet monkey called Brenna, from a breeder in Texas. For those going to a licensed breeder, cost can be a prohibitively high ...
Monkeys reproduce without human interference, so their offsprings' characteristics are determined by natural selection. Captive bred monkeys may be intentionally bred by their owners. A person who intentionally mates monkeys to produce babies is referred to as a monkey breeder. Breeding outside of zoos is typically done for commercial gain.
In 2016, 19 monkeys escaped from Alpha Genesis and were captured almost six hours after their jailbreak, ... Animals raised in Yemassee are sold only to USDA-licensed research facilities, Alpha ...
In 2005, over 50 monkeys escaped from their cage into the surrounding area of the TNPRC. Four of the primates died or were never found. [7] [8] In 2006, thirteen baboons were killed after being placed in a crowded chute. [9] In September 2012, a rhesus macaque was inadvertently left in an unattended vehicle for approximately 22 hours.
A plan to build a massive monkey-breeding facility that could eventually house 30,000 long-tailed macaques in a small Georgia city has sparked a multipronged legal battle pitting residents against ...
The USDA has increased enforcement of the law in recent years, targeting magicians who perform magic tricks with rabbits. [25] In 2013, the USDA found that China Southern Airlines had improperly transported over a thousand monkeys without federal permission in insecure crates. The airline was forced to pay $26,038 worth of fines after over a ...