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A case report of macaque euthanasia after 11 days of self-injurious behavior recommends SIB 2 or 3 severity as threshold before euthanasia consideration in primate research settings.
Details: https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/animadv-0026-0018
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September 5, 2026 at 12:28 AM
🔍 NEW ARTICLE: The Primate Welfare INdicators project (PWIN): For an objective and standardised welfare assessment of non-human primates used in research

Authors: Joseph Caspar-Cohen 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

Read the full article: https://ow.ly/nZoM50Z2gek

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May 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🔍 NEW ARTICLE: Enclosures with flexible structures stimulate species‑typical locomotion in zoo‑housed Bornean orangutans (𝘗𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰 𝘱𝘺𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴)

Authors: Jens Willem Geijtenbeek, Lisette van den Berg, and Tom Roth

🔗 Read the full article: https://ow.ly/e4OX50YREbY

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April 29, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🐒 This #InternationalPrimateDay, we’re highlighting Primates, a curated Collection from #AnimalWelfare featuring free-to-access research on #primatewelfare.

🔗 Explore the Primates Collection here: ow.ly/yjMY50WP9w9

🔗 View all Collections here: ow.ly/anKn50WP9w8

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September 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our new preprint is out!

We explore how fluid control affects the affective state of laboratory macaques.
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Effect of fluid control on the affective state of laboratory macaques
Fluid control protocols are widely used in neuroscience to motivate laboratory macaques to engage with behavioural tasks. Despite strong evidence that the physiology of the animals is not compromised ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
There's another, very good list of primate people that I did not know about when I made this. There's some crossover but there will be differences too! Check out this starter pack and please do send your suggestions for additions to the list!

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December 20, 2024 at 1:02 PM
To celebrate #worldmonkeyday, we've opened a BlueSky account!

Pictured here are just two of the monkey species on whose behalf we work - the San Martin titi monkey and the yellow-tailed woolly monkey, both endemic to a small part of Northern Peru.

It's great to be here!

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December 14, 2024 at 1:40 PM