21. ASP - PROTECTION OF PRIMATE HEALTH IN THE WILD Protecting the Health of wild primates. The risk of disease transmission betweenhumans and nonhuman primates has been well known for some time now. http://www.asp.org/society/resolutions/primate_health.html

Protecting the Health of Wild Primates ASP Policy Statement of Protection of Primate Health in the Wild WHEREAS many of our primate subjects are already being negatively impacted by human activities that result in destruction of their habitat and fragmentation of their populations; and WHEREAS the study of primates often involves the close proximity of the subjects, the research workers and their guides; and WHEREAS very little information is available on the presence of or exposure to infectious disease in wild primate populations; and WHEREAS evidence suggests that many primate species are susceptible to many of the pathogenic infections that afflict humans and that the transmission of infection can occur in both directions; The AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PRIMATOLOGISTS therefore RECOMMENDS: THAT field research workers consult with veterinary and medical experts to develop health and sanitation standards specific to the research site. THAT field researchers observe these prescribed health and sanitation standards throughout their research and that these standards be considered in all research proposals; THAT the health and sanitation standards apply equally to local staff and volunteers employed by the research worker and that the observance of these standards is an ethical obligation;

22. The Wild Habitat - Primates The wild Habitat Search the wild Habitat Select an Animal Talk with otherson the primates have limber shoulder joints so that they can swing from http://library.thinkquest.org/11234/primates.html

Primates Baboon Chimpanzee Gorilla Orangutan Quizes Primate Quiz Physical Characteristics Primates have limber shoulder joints so that they can swing from something and hold on to another (monkeys swing from branch to branch.) Primates also have dexterous hands so that they can hang on to trees and eat food. Claws are replaced by nails. The eyes are close together. The family Primates contains chimps, humans, Prosimians, new world monkeys, old world monkeys, gibbons, orangutans and gorillas. Habitat, Daily Life, Reproduction and Feeding Primates live all over the world. And eat a variety of things such as plants, fruits, meat, bark, fish, and soil. Parental care is essential. Primates are the most devoted parents of all mammals. Primates take care of their young from anywhere between 7 years to the rest of their life. Most species have 1 young and have a gestation period of 9 months. Status Some species are over-populated, some are nearly extinct, and some are threatened. Report by Jesse

23. SPCA Position On Primates caring for large social animals such as primates, wild cats and other exoticanimals. Captivity for any wild animal can lead to both psychological and http://www.spca.bc.ca/primates/primateposition.asp

Primates Main Page Primates Seizure Background Page Primates Seized - Press Release Costs of Care: Wish List / Ways to Help ... Public Service Announcements Primates as pets? NEVER! The BC SPCA does not support the keeping of wild animals as pets whether primates or other wild animals commonly referred to as "exotic" animals. In those situations where wild animals are kept in captivity, the highest possible care and commitment must be in place to ensure the animals' well-being is not compromised. Exotic animals do not make good pets Wild (exotic) animals should be in the care of those trained as animal technicians, veterinarians with specialization in exotics, ethologists and other animal experts. These individuals have a demonstrated knowledge in the care, handling and keeping of exotic animals. This expertise is particularly important when caring for large social animals such as primates, wild cats and other exotic animals. Captivity for any wild animal can lead to both psychological and physiological distress, making it unjustifiable to keep wild animals as pets. Mortality rates for exotic pets are high for a number of reasons. Typically wild animals do not readily demonstrate illness as an evolutionary mechanism to ensure survival. Therefore, once an animal shows visible distress it is often too late for treatment, often resulting in euthanasia. In the meantime, the animal has endured considerable distress. Animals in this state can languish for months before eventually dying.

24. Primates Seized By SPCA primates Seizure visit this page for news and information about the primates Click here for more information about the wild Animal Orphanage in San http://www.spca.bc.ca/primates/default.asp

Primates Main Page Primates Seizure Background Page Primates Seized - Press Release Costs of Care: Wish List / Ways to Help ... Public Service Announcements Update as of March 2004: Help Needed to Ensure Happy Ending for Primates The primates seized by the BC SPCA in a horrific cruelty case in Kaslo, BC, understand all too well what it is like to suffer. Please help Cinnamon, Teaspoon, Barbie and Jethro get the new life they so richly deserve. This week BC SPCA officials will transport four Barbary macaques (apes) across the border to Blaine, Washington, where they will be met to begin a journey to Sparks, Nevada. There the primates will enter a federal quarantine centre in preparation for transfer to their permanent home at the Wild Animal Orphanage in San Antonio, Texas. This happy ending for Cinnamon, Teaspoon, Barbie and baby Jethro (born shortly after his mother Cinnamon's arrival at the SPCA) comes more than a year after they were rescued in an SPCA cruelty investigation case that made national headlines. Click here for more information about the Wild Animal Orphanage in San Antonio, Texas, or scroll to bottom of page

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26. Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre - Undercover In Vietnam Dorset, UK, Rescue and Rehabilitation of primates world wide. Dr Nadlersuggested that this might be because wild primates are declining in numbers http://www.monkeyworld.co.uk/topic.php?TopicID=106&Template=standard

27. The Primates: Overview Twentytwo species of primates and many other wild animals are being hunted in the wild and even heavier in captivity. Still larger primates existed in http://anthro.palomar.edu/primate/prim_1.htm

Overview Ring-tailed lemurs The o rder Primates includes humans, apes, monkeys , and prosimians. Many of them may be familiar, but it would not be surprising if you cannot immediately visualize prosimians (like the ring-tailed lemurs in the picture on the right). They are an ancient, relatively primitive group of primates which also includes such animals as lorises. How many living primate species exist today is not clear. The number varies depending on whether closely related groups are considered to be varieties of each other or distinct species. Some taxonomic splitters classify up to 350 species , while lumpers include as few as 190. Most estimates are closer to the lower end. This ambiguity may be partly resolved in the future with DNA sequencing data. Compounding the problem is the fact that e very few years new kinds of primates are found. The tropical forests of South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia may still be hiding ones that are unknown to the scientific world However, it is likely that all major groupings of primates have been discovered.

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29. BBC - CBBC Wild Really wild Show RWS Home. Creatures in Crisis. primates in Vietnam. Michaela witha douc langur. The issues. primates in Vietnam are suffering from http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/rws/michaela/creatures.shtml?1

30. Links Page African primates at Home Home Page see and hear some primates studied by MK Holder information on the distribution and status of primates in the wild. http://zcog.org/zcog frames/links_page.htm

Primates Adopt-A-Lemur Adopt-A-Lemur is a program of the Duke University Primate Center through which YOU can "adopt" a DUPC lemur or other prosimian for a year in return for a monetary contribution that helps to cover the cost of care and feeding of that animal for a year. African Primates at Home African Primates at Home Home Page - see and hear some primates studied by M.K. Holder on their home turf in East Africa. The primates featured in this site were photgraphed/recorded by M.K. Holder during the course of field research in Rwanda, Uganda, and Zaïre. American Society of Primatologists The American Society of Primatologists is an educational and scientific society that aims to understand better our nonhuman primate cousins, and to facilitate information exchange about them. ASP - Primate Conservation Programs More than 60 primate species are at risk of extinction, and an additional 80 continue to decline at an alarming rate. The American Society of Primatologists champions the well-being and conservation of non-human primates, our closest biological cousins. Animal Bytes: Chimpanzee Chimpanzee facts including: size, weight, description, life span, sexual maturity, gestation, habitat, diet, and status in the wild.

31. Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition Kim Haddad of Captive wild Animal Protection Coalition, 650619-0628, Congress Urged to Move Swiftly on Bill to Protect primates http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0316-08.htm

Home Contacting Us About Us Donate ... NewsWire Printer Friendly Version E-Mail This Article FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 16, 2005 12:52 PM CONTACT: Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition Kim Haddad of Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition, 650-619-0628, Adam M. Roberts of Born Free USA, 202-337-3123, Rachel Querry of The Humane Society of the United States, 301-258-8255 Congress Urged to Move Swiftly on Bill to Protect Primates The Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition diligently tracks these cases http://www.cwapc.org Printer Friendly Version E-Mail This Article Common Dreams NewsCenter is a non-profit news service providing breaking news and views for the Progressive Community. The press release posted here has been provided to Common Dreams NewsWire by one of the many progressive organizations who make up America's Progressive Community . If you wish to comment on this press release or would like more information, please contact the organization directly. *all times Eastern US (GMT-5:00) Making News? Read our Guidelines for Submitting News Releases Common Dreams NewsCenter Home Newswire Contacting Us ... www.commondreams.org

32. Lynne Jones MP Lynne Jones said “Monkeys and other primates are wild animals which normally live primates are wild animals, whether captive bred or born in the wild, http://www.lynnejones.org.uk/ifaw.htm

NEWS RELEASE I issued the following press release on 14.06.2005 Local MP calls on Government to stop monkeys being kept as pets Advanced search Looking for a particular topic? Try using the above search facility which allows you to sort by date. Topical issues... Topical issue archive CONSTITUENCY MP, LYNNE JONES, has added her voice to a campaign to stop our closest animal relatives, apes and monkeys, being kept as pets in the UK. Lynne am pictured opposite meeting pioneering chimpanzee researcher Dr Jane Goodall at a reception in the House of Commons held by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) on 8th June and hosted by Eric Martlew MP. (Lynne also backed a parliamentary motion calling on the Government to take action on this issue.) Many people will be shocked to learn that it is still legal in the UK The report takes a close look at the animal welfare, conservation, and public health and safety threats of this trade, and includes stories about monkeys and other primates smuggled into Europe , or rescued from private owners.

33. South Lakes Wild Animal Park/conservation/colombias Primates- Schools I love primates - education awareness. Festivals. workshops. Only thoseanimals which could not survive in the wild remain for education purposes. http://www.wildanimalpark.co.uk/conservation/ecolombia/ecolombia page.htm

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34. Kent Attraction: Wild Animal Park; Adoption And Conservation So come and visit our animals who were born to be wild and find out more abouthow you can help! Animal Index primates. Banded Leaf Monkey http://www.totallywild.net/animalindex.php?range1=sprimates&range2=gorilla&tt=Pr

35. BUAV - British Union For The Abolition Of Vivisection - Campaigns - Primates The international trade in wildcaught and captive-bred primates for the researchindustry is big business. Every year, thousands of primates from around http://www.buav.org/campaigns/primates/trade.html

@import url(../../styles/styleimport.css); Skip menus ABOUT US CAMPAIGNS MEDICAL RESEARCH ... PRESS CENTRE CAMPAIGNS Chemicals testing Primates Basic Facts Zero Option ... Breeding industry International trade Macaque restrained in 'primate chair' with brain electrode The international trade in primates not only causes massive distress and pain to individual monkeys, it has compounded the threat that many primate species already face from habitat destruction, the exotic pet industry and the bush-meat trade. Up until a few years ago the vast majority of primates used in UK laboratories were wild-caught. This accounted for around 75% of the total primates used for research in 1990. Following the BUAV's powerful Paradise Lost exposé of the cruelties involved in the wild-caught primate trade, in March 1995 the UK Government announced a ban on the use of wild-caught primates in research unless there was "exceptional and specific justification" and introduced further administrative controls on the use of primates. Since the ban, however, various loopholes in the legislation have meant that some wild-caught primates have been used in the UK (although in far smaller numbers) and – as described above – the demand for primates contributes to the capture of monkeys and the depletion of wild populations. Before the BUAV's Paradise Lost investigation, the trade in primates for research had largely remained a secretive and almost unchecked business for many years. In 1991, the BUAV changed all that by embarking on a daring and often dangerous investigation to follow the chain of supply from the tropical rain forests of Indonesia and the Philippines and the lush undergrowth of Mauritius, to the bare metal cages of the research laboratory. Evidence, never before captured on film, revealed the brutality and cruelty inflicted on primates during their capture, caging, transportation, detention in holding centres, and eventual death in the laboratory. Subsequent BUAV investigations have also exposed the horror of the primate trade in the Caribbean and Tanzania. Check out our dramatic evidence for yourself at

36. BUAV - PRIMATES IN PERIL Sold for as little as $12 each (£8) by the trappers, these primates are then to more than 4 million wild animals, including many nonhuman primates, http://www.buav.org/primates/

The BUAV has undertaken one of its most dangerous investigations to date, into the international trade in wild caught baboons for research. BUAV investigators travelled to Tanzania to infiltrate the primate supply network. We uncovered evidence of wild baboons being kept in shocking conditions prior to their export to laboratories around the world. Our unique footage has revealed the appalling treatment inflicted on these highly sensitive and sociable animals. Sold for as little as $12 each (£8) by the trappers, these primates are then sold on to the international research industry for up to $1200 per baboon (approximately £800). Tanzania is East Africa's largest country. It has rich and varied ecosystems and is a country of great natural wealth and spectacular beauty. Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is amongst Tanzania's most popular attractions. It is also well-known for its extensive flora and fauna and is home to more than 4 million wild animals, including many non-human primates, over 60,000 insect species, more than 1000 bird species and a host of plant species. It is thus a popular destination for tourists who are playing an increasingly important role in the Tanzanian economy. Prior to our investigation, little was known as to the exact location of the baboon dealers' trapping sites and holding stations in Tanzania. Thus on arrival in the country, the BUAV investigators had to carry out detective work during which they met with suspicion and on occasions hostility, often finding themselves in potentially dangerous situations. Their perseverance, however, paid off and soon they were able to start unravelling the secret world of the Tanzanian primate dealers.

37. EBRA (European Biomedical Research Association, EBRA Bulletin wildcaught primates There is considerable pressure against the use of wild-caught If it were possible to eliminate the use of wild-caught primates in http://www.ebra.org/bulletin/july02_96.html

EBRA Bulletin July 1996 The supply and use of primates in the EU One of the more important animal research issues being discussed in Europe is the supply and use of non-human primates in research and testing. The figures published in the 1991 European Union (EU) statistics show that there were 8,545 such primates used in the EU that year, with the majority being used in the UK, Germany and France. The use of primates The objections to the use of primates comes mostly from campaigning groups who have targeted this issue. However, the scientific justification for using primates cannot be so easily dismissed. A number of areas of virology (including some AIDS research and vaccine development and testing), biotechnology product development and neurobiology research are currently completely dependent on the use of non-human primates. The pressure against primate use has received some support from more respected voices but the arguments presented have not been found convincing. Indeed, it is likely that even the campaigning groups recognise the strength of the scientific justification for using primates and they have focused their main activities on secondary issues, such as supply and transport of primates, the use of wild-caught animals, etc to put pressure on the main issue.

38. CWAPC - Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition transportation and sale or other transfer of certain dangerous wild animals,including nonhuman primates; lions, tigers, and other wild cats; and bears. http://www.cwapc.org/legislation/state04.html

Please note: Donations to CWAPC are managed by Kimya Institute , a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Donations are tax-deductible. Legislation Pending from 2004 CWAPC supports the following state bills, which were introduced but failed to reach passage in 2004. Most of them must be reintroduced during the 2005 session in order to move forward. We encourage you to contact your state legislators and let them know you wish to see the following bills reintroduced and passed in 2005. Click here for 2005 state bills Connecticut Hawaii Louisiana ... Tennessee CONNECTICUT Bill number: SB 463 Description: Enhance the Protection of Exotic Animals and the Public Summary: Expands existing law governing exotic animals, adding certain nonhuman primates, crocodiles, alligators, and poisonous snakes to the list of potentially dangerous animals that can not be held as "pets" (with limited exceptions for existing owners). Also provides a criminal penalty for illegal possession of a potentially dangerous animal. This bill did not reach passage and must be reintroduced for further action. top of page HAWAII Bill number: HB 2772 Description: Prevents the Use of Elephants in Performances Summary: Prohibits bringing a live elephant into the state for any reason other than breeding or exhibition in a zoo.

39. CWAPC - Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition wild animals belong in the wild.” primates pose a potentially deadly threatbecause of the risk of disease transmission, including yellow fever, http://www.cwapc.org/pr/pr_20050316_PrimateBill.html

Please note: Donations to CWAPC are managed by Kimya Institute , a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Donations are tax-deductible. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2005 Contacts: Kim Haddad (CWAPC): 650-619-0628 Adam M. Roberts (Born Free USA): 202-337-3123 Rachel Querry (HSUS): 301-258-8255 CONGRESS URGED TO MOVE SWIFTLY ON BILL TO PROTECT PRIMATES WASHINGTON, DC—The United States House of Representatives took an enormously positive step toward protecting both humans and wildlife when Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX 30) and Rob Simmons (R-CT 2) wisely introduced the Captive Primate Safety Act (H. R. 1329) today. The legislation would prohibit the interstate movement of chimpanzees, macaques, capuchins, and other primates if they are to be kept as “pets”. “I think we can safely say that there are at least 15,000 primates in private hands in the US,” asserted Adam M. Roberts, Vice President of Born Free USA, “But since the trade is largely unregulated, it is virtually impossible to get a precise number.” The Centers for Disease Control already restricts importation of primates as pets into the United States, but there is no corresponding federal regulation on movement of these animals between states. Nonhuman primates do not make good pets. Roberts added, “The desire to be close to exotic animals is understandable, but keeping primates as pets is simply unjustifiable. The risk to the animals themselves and the people who live near them is just too great. Wild animals belong in the wild.”

40. Zoonoses Pet Primates Nonhuman primates are susceptible to many biological agents that infect humanbeings but are not These animals are not currently imported from the wild. http://www.enviro.co.za/vervet/zoonoses_from_pet_primates.htm

Back Home Up Next ZOONOSES ACQUIRED FROM PET PRIMATES David M. Renquist, D.V.M., M.A. and Robert A. Whitney, Jr., D.V.M., M.S. [Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice 17 (1) 219-240, 1987. With author's permission.] Index PRIMATES SEEN AS PETS APES OLD WORLD MONKEYS NEW WORLD MONKEYS ... Top PRIMATES SEEN AS PETS APES The chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) is a large, intelligent ape of West African origin. In the past, small numbers were imported to perform in circuses, for exhibition in zoological collections, and, occasionally, for private owners. Fortunately, the chimpanzee's cost ($10,000 and up) usually prevents its being kept as a pet. Moreover, after puberty, the chimpanzee is usually intractable and seen only in the protected environment of the zoo or research facility. The gibbon (Hylobates lar) is a smaller ape that was imported from Indochina and Thailand in small numbers by military personnel and others. It may be encountered as a pet even today, despite its status as an endangered species. Top OLD WORLD MONKEYS Top NEW WORLD MONKEYS Until the 1974 prohibition, New World primates were used extensively in the pet trade. Woolly monkeys (Lagothrix), capuchins (Cebus), squirrel monkeys (Scuireus), marmosets of several species, and owl monkeys (Aotus), in particular, are popular pets, with the squirrel monkey outranking all the rest combined. In general, the South American monkey is less aggressive but much harder to adapt to the pet environment.

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