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A Rhesus monkey at a research facility in Bastrop, Texas in 2011. (Houston Chronicle via Getty Images file) A police search is underway after 43 monkeys escaped from a research facility in South ...
Alpha Genesis is a company in Yemassee, South Carolina that breeds cynomolgous, rhesus and capuchin monkeys and sells the animals for use in research. Led by CEO Greg Westergaard [1] the company is one of the largest of its kind in the world. [2] It is a Class B dealer according to the United States Department of Agriculture. [3]
On Tuesday, Born Free USA, which is a home to more than 200 monkeys rescued from labs, zoos, and the pet trade, called for these animals to be relocated to its GFAS accredited primate sanctuary in ...
The Post and Courier newspaper reported last year that Alpha Genesis won a federal contract to oversee a colony of 3,500 rhesus monkeys on South Carolina's Morgan Island, known as "Monkey Island."
The center houses over 2,500 non-human primates. Among the primates held in captivity at the SNPRC are baboons, chimpanzees, common marmosets, and rhesus macaques.The center houses over 1,000 baboons, which makes it the world's largest colony of baboons used for biomedical research. [4]
Eileen Christelow (born April 22, 1943) [1] is an American writer and illustrator of children's books, both fiction and non-fiction. She is best known for her series about the Five Little Monkeys, starting with her retelling of the classic nursery rhyme "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed."
In 1937 a troop of monkeys made a grand escape, fleeing their cage at the Warwick amusement park. ... someone tampered with the monkey cage on the midway and 11 broke free, finding refuge in trees ...
The Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center has faced allegations of mistreatment in the wake of 43 monkeys escaping from the facility.