Dear Fellow Primates,

Thank you for visiting the Primates Incorporated website. Please browse around our site to find out more information about us. Primates Incorporated aims to increase the retirement of monkeys from research facilities and private ownerships by constructing a secure, indoor/outdoor primate sanctuary in southern Wisconsin.

Our Mission

Primates Incorporated will provide lifetime enriched care and improve the quality of life for nonhuman primates who come from the entertainment industry, research facilities, zoos, refuges, and private ownerships.

Our Objectives

We plan to fulfill this mission by:

• Collaborating with an advisory board consisting of a combination of professionals with various backgrounds in order to provide the most appropriate accommodations for the primates


• Collecting behavioral information on animals prior to their placement, performing behavioral observations directed at improving their well being, and providing the rehabilitation results to the public via online resources and newsletters


• Educating the public about primate-related issues such as their habitat in nature, the importance of their psychological well-being in a captive setting, and progress made in the 3R’s of nonhuman primate research: reduction, refinement and replacement.

Did You Know?

• The 2007 USDA Animal Welfare Report indicates that 69,990 primates are housed in U.S. laboratories. We don't know how many primates are involved in terminal studies.


• What we do know is that there are researchers out there who are planning for the retirement of their primates from research as we speak.


• The problem is that it is difficult to find funding to retire monkeys and it takes a lot of effort by both the sanctuaries and researchers to coordinate the retirement of the monkeys.


• If funding is not available and/or the primate sanctuary cannot accommodate additional primates, the researcher may get turned down, and then the primates will likely be sold to another study or kept on as a breeder.


• Primates Incorporated aims to build a sanctuary and serve as a prototype for other communities to establish their own sustainable sanctuaries so that the thousands of primates who have a chance at retirement can get the peaceful sanctuary they deserve.

Various Ways to Help Our Cause

Donate Online

Donations can also be sent by mail to:
PO Box 7384 Madison, WI 53707
We are an official nonprofit organization, and so donations are tax-deductible as charitable contributions.

Purchase Our Fair Trade Coffee

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Buy Our T-Shirt

Organic cotton t-shirts! Only $20 Email amy@primatesinc.com to purchase!

Bands - Donote Live Show Proceeds

Book a show and donate 50% of your proceeds to Primates Incorporated! We will send you the promo materials for the event. Email amy@primatesinc.com for more info!

Concerned Citizens

Buy the ingredients to host a dinner party at your place for your friends and family. Ask them to make a donation to Primates Incorporated instead of donating toward the cost of dinner. Your cost to buy the groceries will be a tax deduction and the amount of money you raise will likely be 5-6 times the cost of your groceriesJ Primates Incorporated will send you a package of promotional materials for your party as well as a tax-deduction thank you letter to you and all of your donors.

Help Us Find Land

Please let us know if you have any promising leads on obtaining an affordable piece of property! We have teamed up with 8 other nonprofit animal sanctuaries and are in search for approximately 150 acres so that we will be capable of rescuing various species of animals with several nonprofit programs in place.

The sooner we have land, the sooner we can provide the many animals in need of retirement with a natural environment! If you know of a land owner who may be interested in providing us with a lease-to-buy option, please let me know! amy@primatesinc.com.

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Newsletters

Download Winter 2011 Newsletter

Sign Up for E-news

Email amy@primatesinc.com and type "subscribe" in the body of the email. You will be informed of our monthly progress.

Meetings

We will now be having our meetings online, first starting with our new e-newsletter, and then we will have a comments corner to keep the collaborative effort going.

Resources

Click here to explore videos, listen to podcasts and read interesting articles relating to primate issues.