It is illegal to import primates into the United States for the pet trade, but breeders within the United States provide a continuous supply of baby primates to meet the insatiable demand. The ...

There has been in recent years a substantial increase in the variety of enhancement devices available for nonhuman primates in captivity, and the task of properly outfitting a housing unit can be ...

Almost all primate species give birth to just one baby, although there are exceptions. Several of the wet-nosed primates — including lemurs, lorises and galagos — and almost all of the ...

Committee on Animal Nutrition, Ad Hoc Committee on Nonhuman Primate Nutrition, National Research Council National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2003 $47.96 Softcover, 286 pages ISBN: The National ...

Dr. Pat Burchfield, the zoo's executive director and CEO, previously told MySA in June 2024 that the rise of baby monkeys in illegal pet trading is due to the primates being seen as "cute pets" or ...

The six infant orangutans, packed into small crates labeled “birds,” were covered in vomit and feces. A Thai veterinarian who examined the baby primates said that they had been drugged, were starving, ...