Principles for the Ethical Treatment of Non-Human Primates
April 20, 2021
The following guidelines were formulated by the ASP Research and Development Committee, for the purpose of providing a public document regarding ASP standards for the use of nonhuman primates in research. The Board of Directors officially approved this policy statement in its present form on October 2, 2001. The finalized guidelines may be used by […]
The following resolution was drafted and submitted by the Past Presidents of ASP in attendance at the 14th annual meeting of ASP, Veracruz, Mexico (R. Dukelow, D. Lindburg, W. Mason, O. Smith). Passed by majority vote at the Business Meeting, 26 June 1991: WHEREAS the continued existence of non-human primates is essential to the purposes […]
The following resolution was proposed by the Research and Development Committee, and was approved by the Board of Directors on 23 June 1995: WHEREAS recent advances in technology have increased both the success rate of organ transplantation, and the need for such services; and WHEREAS, a serious organ donor shortage exists, such that in 1994, […]
The risk of disease transmission between humans and nonhuman primates has been well known for some time now. This risk has shaped routine procedures in captive primate facilities; all who gain close proximity to primates in laboratories and zoos are required to follow fairly strict procedures to assure the health of their subjects (as well […]
American Society of Primatologists Response to Terrorist Attacks by ALF
April 20, 2021
The American Society of Primatologists condemns the terrorist actions of the Animal Liberation Front, most recently, the March 7th firebombing of a car at the home of a UCLA primate researcher. In the past three years there has been an escalation in the number and level of violent acts directed at primate researchers across the […]
Response to terrorist attack by North American Animal Liberation group
April 20, 2021
The American Society of Primatologists condemns the recent terrorist action by animal rights activists who have targeted a University of California Los Angeles graduate student engaged in nonhuman primate research. As announced by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office (NAALPO), the “Justice Department” (a subgroup of the NAALPO) reports that they “mailed to [name of […]
The following statement was approved by the Board of Directors on 30 June 1998, and amended on 3 October 2001: WHEREAS nonhuman primates can pose a health hazard when not adequately maintained and securely contained; and WHEREAS, the care and well-being of nonhuman primates in scientific and educational institutions is federally regulated through the U.S. […]
Using a network approach to managing large rhesus macaque social groups
April 01, 2021
For this quarter’s Hot Topics in Animal Welfare feature, we introduce the body of work on social network analysis conducted on rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) groups at the California National Primate Research Center in the lab of Dr. Brenda McCowan, Core Scientist in the Neuroscience & Behavior Unit and Professor at UC Davis School of […]
This quarter, we are featuring the research of Dr. Lauren Robinson, who is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wolf Science Center at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. Dr. Robinson completed her dissertation work at the University of Edinburgh supervised by Dr. Alexander Weiss. There, she examined the ways that observer ratings of primate […]
For this feature, we interviewed Dr. Jessica Hartel from the Department of Biology at the University of Georgia and the Director of Conservation for the Kibale Chimpanzee Project (KCP). Located in the Kanyawara region of Kibale National Park in southwestern Uganda, the KCP was established in 1987 by Dr. Richard Wrangham as a long-term field site where […]