The following was posted to PrimFocus - a discussion list about protecting of primates.
From: paulbog@jefnet.com (Rick Bogle)
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:02:53 -0500
Subject: primfocus: Simian Census

The Simian Census

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Major facilities supported by National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - California Regional Primate Research Center 1 Shields Avenue Davis, California 95616-8542 U.S.A. More than 3,300 monkeys. 5 species. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tulane Regional Primate Research Center 18703 Three Rivers Road Covington, LA 70433 At least 4,000 monkeys. 11 species. (Partial list) Rhesus macaques: 4,000 African green monkeys: 150 Patas monkeys: less than 20 Pigtail macaques: 125 Longtail macaques: 100-150 Squirrel monkeys: 30 Owl monkeys: 25-30 Sooty mangabies: 100 Baboons: 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center 1220 Capitol Court Madison, Wisconsin 53715-1299 (608) 263-3500 FAX (608) 263-4031 More than 1,300 monkeys. Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque): About 1,000 Macaca arctoides (stumptailed macaque): About 80 Callithrix jacchus (common marmoset): About 235 Saguinas oedipus (cottontop tamarin): About 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center Emory University 954 Gatewood Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30329-4208 Over 3,000 monkeys and apes. 14 species. Only NIH primate center with common chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - New England Regional Primate Research Center One Pine Hill Drive P. O. Box 9102 Southborough, MA 01772-9102 More than 1,200 monkeys. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Oregon Regional Primate Research Center 505 N. W. 185th Avenue Beaverton, OR 97006 More than 2,200 monkeys. Four species. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Washington Regional Primate Research Center University of Washington I-421 Health Sciences Box 357330 Seattle, WA 98195-7330 More than 3,200 monkeys. (Including 1,400 macaques at breeding facility on Tinjil Island in Indonesia.) Four species. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NIH Animal Center In 1960 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) purchased a 513-acre farm near Poolesville, Maryland. This is a secret facility. Though NIH grant information is supposed to be included on the CRISP data base, no research conducted at this facility is included. Recently, all the internet links to this facility were closed following a post to the animal rights list serv, AR-News. The post was a link to a page describing a new portable brain probe apparatus bolted into permanent place on monkeys' heads designed and tested at this facility. [URL: speed.nimh.nih.gov/acinfo.html] (now a dead link) Somewhere around 1000 monkeys; apes? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Squirrel Monkey Breeding and Research Resource Primate Research Laboratory College of Medicine University of South Alabama Mobile, AL 36688 The largest breeding colony of Bolivian squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis) in the United States. More than 500 monkeys. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Caribbean Primate Research Center, P.O. Box 1053 Sabana Seca, PR 00952-1053; FAX (787) 795-6700. The Sabana Seca Field Station (SSFS) is located on a 275 acre federal tract of subtropical forest behind the U.S. Naval Security Group Activity Sabana Seca, approximately 10 miles west of San Juan. Approximately 700 rhesus monkeys. Cayo Santiago, a 15.2 ha (38 acre) island located 1 km off the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico. Approximately 800 rhesus monkeys. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - National Center for Toxicological Research (FDA) Jefferson, Arkansas (details unknown) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Private Facilities

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research P.O. Box 760549 San Antonio, Texas 78245-0549 250 chimpanzees, 1200 baboons, 150 small monkeys (marmosets, tamarins, African greens, rhesus, pig-tails and cynomolgus). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Coulston Foundation White Sands Research Center 1300 LaVelle Road Alamogordo, NM 88310 Tel: (505) 434-1725 Fax: (505) 437-9897 650 chimpanzees. World's largest captive chimp colony. 700 macaques - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The University of Southwestern Louisiana P.O. Box 41008 104 University Circle Lafayette, LA 70504-2008, 318-482-1000 New Iberia Research Center 4401 West Admiral Doyle Drive New Iberia, LA 70506 318-482-0311 Fax: 318-373-0057 About 4,700 monkeys and apes as of 1995. (The number is now rumored to be close to 7,000.) 16 species including: approximately 300 chimpanzees, 1,500 rhesus monkeys, and 1,500 African green monkeys. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LABS of Virginia P.O. Box 557 Yemassee, SC 29945 803-589-5190, 5390, or 7012 Fax: 803-589-5290 Rhesus macaques: about 1,000 Pigtailed macaques: about 400 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Science Park Veterinary Sciences Department Route 2, Box 151-B1 Bastrop, TX 78602 107 chimpanzees - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Primate Foundation of Arizona P. O. Box 20027 Mesa, AZ 85277-0027 Approximately 80 chimpanzees. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Facilities with primates - populations unknown

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CPH Primate Laboratory Department of Psychiatry University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Campus Box C249 4200 East 9th Avenue Denver, Colorado 80262 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Department of Comparative Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine / Bowman Gray School of Medicine Medical Center Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1040 910-716-1555 Fax: 910-716-1515 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Michigan Department of Public Health Bureau of Laboratories and Epidemiological Services 3500 N. Logan P. O. Box 30035 Lansing, MI 48909 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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