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Fortrea primate-testing lab, Vienna, Virginia, 2004–05. Most of the NHPs used are one of three species of macaques, accounting for 79% of all primates used in research in the UK, and 63% of all federally funded research grants for projects using primates in the U.S. [25] Lesser numbers of marmosets, tamarins, spider monkeys, owl monkeys, vervet monkeys, squirrel monkeys, and baboons are used ...
Animal Welfare Act 1999: No person may carry out any research, testing, or teaching involving the use of a non-human hominid unless such use has first been approved by the Director-General and the research, testing, or teaching is carried out in accordance with any conditions imposed by the Director-General.
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) was an international animal rights campaign to close down Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), Europe's largest contract animal-testing laboratory. HLS tested medical and non-medical substances on around 75,000 animals every year, from rats to primates.
Unnecessary Fuss is a film produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), showing footage shot inside the University of Pennsylvania's Head Injury Clinic in Philadelphia. The raw footage was recorded by the laboratory researchers as they inflicted brain damage to baboons using a hydraulic device.
Pages in category "Animal testing on non-human primates" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The British government approved Nafovanny to export primates to British laboratories in 1999. [4] The British Animal Scientific Procedures Inspectorate visited Nafovanny in March 2005 and identified "shortcomings in animal accommodation and care", but since then, the government has "received assurances and evidence that significant improvements have been made".
The international trade in primates sees 32,000 wild non-human primates (NHPs) trapped and sold on the international market every year. [citation needed] They are sold mostly for use in animal testing [citation needed], but also for food, for exhibition in zoos and circuses, and for private use as companion animals [citation needed].
The annual use of vertebrate animals—from zebrafish to non-human primates—was estimated at 192 million as of 2015. [39] In the European Union, vertebrate species represent 93% of animals used in research, [39] and 11.5 million animals were used there in 2011. [40]