Resources

Newslettters

December 2012 e-newsletter

August 2012 e-newsletter

May 2012 e-newsletter

February 2012 e-newsletter

Winter 2011 Newsletter

Spring 2011 Newsletter

Winter 2010 Newsletter

Spring 2010 Newsletter

Summer 2010 Newsletter

 

Meeting Summaries

Past meeting summaries

 

Retirement Success Stories

25 Java macaques were retired from a pharmaceutical company and retired to Primarily Primates in 2010!

Laboratory Capuchins Retired to Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary

Rhesus Monkeys Retired to Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary

"Tamarin Town: From Research to Retirement"

 

Videos

Explore Animals - educational videos about animals - explore.org

View Gray Langur Monkeys in India at: http://explore.org/explore/india/films/84

 

PodCasts

Interview with All God's Creatures, September, 2007:allgodscreaturespets.podomatic.com

 

Clicker Training Techniques: by Amy Kerwin

Clicker training in a nutshell: Simple clicker training techniques

Surveys

Monkey Retirement: Results

 

Educational Links

Animal Welfare Institute

Animal Behavior Management

AllianceAnimals and Society Institute

John Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing

American Sanctuary Association

The Association of Sanctuaries

Allied Effort to Save Other Primates

AltWeb

Think your link would be a useful educational resource for our website? Email us and let us know!

 

Important Links

Animals in entertainment: www.cbc.ca/fifth/cruelcamera/video.html

Chimpanzee conservation: www.helpachimp.com

Destruction of Orangutans' Habitat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxioapZ1nww

Please don't participate in the exotic pet trade and buy a pet monkey! petmonkeyinfo.org

Bush meat - endangering habitats!:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/cooking_in_the_danger_zone/7282187.stmIsthmus article - Oct 2007: www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=10191

Kerwin, 2006. Overcoming the Barriers to the Retirement of Old and New World Monkeys From Research Facilities. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 9(4), p. 337-347:
www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327604jaws0904_9?cookieSet=1& journalCode=jaws

Full article courtesy of Animals and Society Institute and can be downloaded here:
www.animalsandsociety.org/assets/library/140_jaws09049.pdf

How to Improve Animal Welfare at a Faster Pace - By Amy Kerwin (submitted to the USDA in 2005):
Click Here to Download PDF

 

Training and Enrichment Talks: compiled by Nicole Begley

The training and enrichment talks were originally printed in Wellspring, a journal printed by the Animal Behavior Management Alliance (ABMA). These enrichment talks are an important resource as they provide novel enrichment and training ideas from experts working with animals in captivity.

Fall 2003: Training Animals in a Group Setting

Winter 2004: Reducing Aggression

Summer 2004: Recognizing, Preventing, and Controlling Aggression

Fall 2004: Novel Enrichment Ideas

Winter 2004_2005: Training Terminology

Spring2006_enrichmenttalks.doc

 

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