Like most others who heard the tragic news, I was saddened to learn that five monkeys were shot and killed by sheriffs last week, and two others shot by area residents this week, when they escaped a ...

In addition, primates are often traumatically taken from their mothers at a young age and kept in poor conditions that do not ...

South Carolina news has been circling the globe recently: On Nov. 6, 43 primates escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee. As of Tuesday, 39 of the escaped monkeys had been ...

TORONTO, April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the investigative journalism bureau broke a story that exposes the unimaginable cruelty that has been taken place at a research facility within York ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds yesterday’s reintroduction of the Captive Primate Safety Act (CPSA), which would end the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in the United ...

The keeping of monkeys as pets, unfortunately, is not unusual. However, an unusual story of a monkey hit by a car after running loose in Laredo garnered media coverage across the state earlier this ...

Oregon Health & Science University released a 2,000-word rebuttal today to critics of its primate center, arguing that research done there is critical and productive, and that the 5,000 animals at the ...

A new report by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and World Wildlife Fund found ...