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Breeding also occurred in European zoos from the 18th century when monkeys were returned from sea voyages and the public took interest in them. Recently large scale commercial breeders have been established. They are typically located in the United States where is there is a growing demand for monkey pets.
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]
The American Society of Primatologists writes that most NHPs in laboratories in the United States are bred domestically. Between 12,000–15,000 are imported each year, specifically rhesus macaque monkeys, cynomolgus (crab-eating) macaque monkeys, squirrel monkeys, owl monkeys, and baboons. Monkeys are imported from China, Mauritius, the ...
Cantalupo got her first monkey, a 4-week-old marmoset named Sisco, from a South Carolina breeder four years ago. In January of this year, Cantalupo got her second monkey, a 3-week-old vervet ...
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 ...
American importers pivoted quickly to monkey breeders in Cambodia, which supplied the U.S. with 60% of those brought into the country between 2020-2022. But for more than a year, the U.S ...
The Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) is one of seven federally funded National Primate Research Centers [2] in the United States and has been affiliated with Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) since 1998. [3] The center is located on 200 acres (0.81 km 2) of land in Hillsboro, Oregon. [4]
In addition to their use as pets and entertainers, captive chimpanzees have served as subjects for scientific research. Anticipating that medical research on chimpanzees would be key to understanding diseases, such as AIDS and hepatitis, the United States government and private laboratories embarked on chimpanzee breeding programs in the 1980s.