Like most others who heard the tragic news, I was saddened to learn that five monkeys were shot and killed by sheriffs last week, and two others shot by area residents this week, when they escaped a ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds yesterday’s reintroduction of the Captive Primate Safety Act (CPSA), which would end the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in the United ...

TORONTO, April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the investigative journalism bureau broke a story that exposes the unimaginable cruelty that has been taken place at a research facility within York ...

South Carolina news has been circling the globe recently: On Nov. 6, 43 primates escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee. As of Tuesday, 39 of the escaped monkeys had been ...

(AP) Jurors saw images of wide-eyed little monkeys inside crates as an importer of research monkeys went on trial Monday on cruelty charges after 15 primates died during a series of international ...

The keeping of monkeys as pets, unfortunately, is not unusual. However, an unusual story of a monkey hit by a car after running loose in Laredo garnered media coverage across the state earlier this ...

Animal rights advocates at the Oregon Capitol on May 13, 2025 (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) Animal rights advocates crowded a committee hearing in the Oregon House of Representatives ...

This is one of two op-eds published today on the question of whether to close OHSU’s National Primate Research Center. To read the op-ed by OHSU’s chief research officer and the research center ...

Oregon Health & Science University released a 2,000-word rebuttal today to critics of its primate center, arguing that research done there is critical and productive, and that the 5,000 animals at the ...