158 Pageviews Read Stories
- EIN 81-0632763
- info@primatesinc.com
- PO Box 7384 Madison WI 53707 USA
- www.primatesinc.com
- Facebook page
- simianscoop
- Add to Favorites
Volunteering
Promote This Nonprofit
Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Animal Protection & Welfare, Animals, Wildlife Sanctuaries
Mission: The mission of Primates Incorporated is to improve the quality of life for monkey sretiring from research facilities, private ownerships,and the entertainment industry. According to the 2016 USDA animal care report, there are approximately 110,000 monkeys living in U.S. research laboratories. Some researchers have asserted that sanctuaries are unnecessary because the monkeys are re-used or euthanized. However, many researchers would like to retire their monkeys but are often unable to find space for them at the nine existing sanctuaries. Those monkeys who had a brief chance at retirement will likely not get another opportunity. Primates Incorporated believes as long as the FDA testing regulations and the primate research industry exist, the least we can do as a society is give back to the primates by retiring them out of laboratories into spacious and enriching sanctuaries.
Results: Primates Incorporated has now helped five rhesus monkeys retire from laboratories, and they are living at our sanctuary. We have been contacted >15 times in five months to help more monkeys, but our resources are limited. Please let us know if you know of any employee giving programs, corporate grants, or foundations you think would fund us and we will be sure to let them know about our mission. Thank You!
Target demographics: monkeys retiring from research facilities, pet ownerships "gone wrong", and the entertainment industry.
Direct beneficiaries per year: researchers place monkeys by referring them to existing sanctuaries. However, there are only nine monkey sanctuaries, and most are near capacity.
Geographic areas served: Westfield, WI
Programs: Providing an indoor/outdoor enriching monkey sanctuary on a secluded 17 acres of land located near Westfield, WI