Post and Courier

Congresswoman Nancy Mace supports shutting down federal breeding colony on SC's Monkey Island

CHARLESTON — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace said she supports a shutdown of a federal-owned monkey breeding colony on a South Carolina barrier island but does not want “to see them slaughtered” if the ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Primates In Context: An Outsized Demand for Monkeys Reshapes the Research Landscape

A number of recent articles in the AWI Quarterly have addressed issues related to the use of nonhuman primates in research: from an alleged international monkey-laundering scheme, to a research ...
Post and Courier

SC’s Monkey Island breeding operation comes under House committee scrutiny

A key congressional committee wants federal health officials to justify the continued breeding of primates on Morgan Island, a secluded South Carolina barrier island that is home to more than 3,000 ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

International Perspectives: The Future of Nonhuman Primate Resources: Proceedings of the Workshop Held April 17-19, 2002

Suggested Citation: "Session 1: Conservation and Supply, Part 1." National Research Council. 2003. International Perspectives: The Future of Nonhuman Primate Resources: Proceedings of the Workshop ...

8 most unusual monkeys in the world: From capuchins to mandrills

Monkeys are one of the most varied types of creatures in the world. In fact, some species are so extraordinary that they can ...