Resolutions, Policies, & Statements

Approved by the Executive Committee in 1983 The American Society of Primatologists promotes and encourages the discovery and exchange of information regarding primates, including all aspects of their behavior, genetics, physiology, reproduction, conservation, husbandry, and use in biomedical research. The society acknowledges the important contributions to human health which result from studies of nonhuman primates. […]

From: ASP Bulletin 20(3):2, 1996 The following statement was reviewed by the Research and Development Committee of the American Society of Primatologists and the Society’s Board of Directors. The Board of Directors officially approved this policy statement in its present form on August 12, 1996. WHEREAS chimpanzees are present in the U.S. in research centers, zoological […]

This resolution is now superseded by an updated ASP Resolution Regarding Conservation of Wild Primates, approved by the ASP Board of Directors on November 6, 2023. On September 10, 1993, the ASP Board of Directors approved a resolution outlining the Society’s position on the conservation of wild primate populations. The text of the resolution follows: […]

The following guidelines were formulated by the ASP Research and Development Committee, for the purpose of providing a public document regarding ASP standards for the use of nonhuman primates in research. The Board of Directors officially approved this policy statement in its present form on October 2, 2001. The finalized guidelines may be used by […]

The following resolution was drafted and submitted by the Past Presidents of ASP in attendance at the 14th annual meeting of ASP, Veracruz, Mexico (R. Dukelow, D. Lindburg, W. Mason, O. Smith). Passed by majority vote at the Business Meeting, 26 June 1991: WHEREAS the continued existence of non-human primates is essential to the purposes […]

The following resolution was proposed by the Research and Development Committee, and was approved by the Board of Directors on 23 June 1995: WHEREAS recent advances in technology have increased both the success rate of organ transplantation, and the need for such services; and WHEREAS, a serious organ donor shortage exists, such that in 1994, […]

The risk of disease transmission between humans and nonhuman primates has been well known for some time now. This risk has shaped routine procedures in captive primate facilities; all who gain close proximity to primates in laboratories and zoos are required to follow fairly strict procedures to assure the health of their subjects (as well […]

The American Society of Primatologists condemns the terrorist actions of the Animal Liberation Front, most recently, the March 7th firebombing of a car at the home of a UCLA primate researcher. In the past three years there has been an escalation in the number and level of violent acts directed at primate researchers across the […]

The American Society of Primatologists condemns the recent terrorist action by animal rights activists who have targeted a University of California Los Angeles graduate student engaged in nonhuman primate research. As announced by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office (NAALPO), the “Justice Department”  (a subgroup of the NAALPO) reports that they “mailed to [name of […]

The following statement was approved by the Board of Directors on 30 June 1998, and amended on 3 October 2001: WHEREAS nonhuman primates can pose a health hazard when not adequately maintained and securely contained; and WHEREAS, the care and well-being of nonhuman primates in scientific and educational institutions is federally regulated through the U.S. […]