Captive Care links

An online resource promoting marmoset welfare http://marmosetcare.com/

A presentation by Mark Prescott on Harmonisation of Weaning.

A paper by Mark Prescott on "Finding New Homes for Ex-Laboratory and Surplus Zoo Primates":

The final report of the "Expert working group on severity classification of scientific procedures performed on animals"

A multi-authored report on "Refinements in husbandry, care and common procedures for non-human primates", produced by the BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW

Joint Working Group on Refinement

Defra's "Code of Practice on the Welfare of Privately Kept Non-Human Primates" - the Code provide owners and keepers with information on how to meet the needs of their animals, as required under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. It can also be used in courts as evidence in cases brought before them relating to poor welfare

The International Federation for Animal Welfare's report on the keeping of primates as pets: "Born to be wild: Primates are not pets"

Veterinary Times article, published in February 2010 "Push for primate pet ban despite new welfare code" (reproduced here with kind permission of the Editor of the Veterinary Times)

The International Primatological Society's Captive Care Grants

The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance