National Primate Research Center System

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Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! S. A. E. N. "Exposing the truth to wipe out animal experimentation" Resources and Links National Primate Research Center System – Facts You Weren’t Supposed to Know The National Primate Research Center System tortures and imprisons almost 31,000 primates per year including chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, titi monkeys, squirrel monkeys, baboons and many other species. The eight laboratories that make up the National Primate Research Center System are connected with Harvard, Emory, University of Wisconsin (Madison), University of Washington (Seattle), Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, Tulane, Oregon Health Sciences University and the University of California (Davis). The eight facilities which comprise the National Primate Research Center System utilize tremendous amounts of federal funding every year. For Fiscal 2002 these laboratories wasted over $600 million in federal tax dollars. This is an increase of 182% in jus five years. For more details please see the table below. For specifics about the individual laboratories, please look at the links at the bottom of the page. Primate Center System Funding   Fiscal 2002 Fiscal 1997       Oregon Health Science University 128,067,513 40,770,052       University of Washington, Seattle 137,567,855 58,776,707       Emory University 102,974,826 11,825,854       University of Wisconsin, Madison 32,424,030 26,971,379       Harvard University 27,101,309 32,973,539       University of California, Davis 59,182,742 13,525,662       Tulane University 69,888,853 12,918,498       Total without Southwest 557,207,128 197,761,691       Southwest Foundation For Biomedical Research 51,860,036 n/a -- was not a part of the Center System in 1997       Total 2002 Primate Center System Funding $609,067,164         Funding Increase    1997 – 2002           $359,445,437   or   182% Return to National Primate Research Center System Return to Resources and Links