Primate Freedom Project

Primate Freedom Project is a 501(c)(3) grassroots animal-rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. Its work focuses on ending the use of nonhuman primates—including monkeys and chimpanzees—in biomedical research and harmful behavioral experimentation in the United States. Rather than operating as a consumer-facing product brand, the organization functions as an advocacy and public-information platform. The project seeks to make laboratory primates more visible to the public and to policymakers. It gathers information about individual monkeys and chimpanzees held in American research facilities through the federal Freedom of Information Act and state open-records laws. The information may include identifying details about particular animals and is used in public education and memorialization efforts. One distinctive activity is the preparation of tags containing identifying information about individual laboratory animals, which supporters can wear as a way of drawing attention to their circumstances. Its advocacy model combines public education, constituent organizing, and direct political communication. The organization encourages supporters to write on behalf of specific animals and to contact members of the United States Congress by mail. It also provides information about the use of primates in biomedical and behavioral research and supports affiliated grassroots initiatives in different parts of the country. The Primate Freedom Project is also associated with the proposed National Primate Research Exhibition Hall, or NPRX. The project is described as the proposal's primary sponsor. The proposed exhibition site is identified as 26 North Charter in Madison, Wisconsin, between the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and the Harry Harlow Primate Psychology Laboratory. The project presents this initiative as part of its broader effort to document and expose the history and continuing practice of primate experimentation. Available reference material does not establish a founding year, named founder, current leadership team, operating budget, official website address, or present operational status. It therefore cannot be characterized reliably as a currently active organization beyond its description in the referenced encyclopedia material.

Primate Freedom Project is described as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit grassroots animal-rights organization headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its stated purpose is to oppose and ultimately end the use of nonhuman primates in biomedical research and harmful behavioral experimentation. The available reference material does not provide a founding date, founder, succession history, or detailed chronology of its organizational development. The project's work centers on information gathering and advocacy. It researches the treatment and circumstances of monkeys and chimpanzees held in United States laboratories, using the federal Freedom of Information Act and state open-records statutes to obtain records. The resulting material is used to inform the public about primate experimentation and, in some cases, to preserve identifying information about individual animals. Supporters may wear tags recording details about particular laboratory primates, linking personal advocacy with public memorialization. The organization encourages supporters to communicate directly with elected officials, including by writing on behalf of named or identified animals and mailing messages to members of Congress. It also supports affiliated grassroots efforts around the United States, suggesting a network-oriented approach rather than a campaign limited to Atlanta. The available material does not identify the names of affiliated groups, their dates of establishment, or their current activities. A major project associated with the organization is the proposed National Primate Research Exhibition Hall, known as NPRX. Primate Freedom Project is identified as the proposal's primary sponsor. The proposed hall is associated with a Madison, Wisconsin location at 26 North Charter, situated between the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and the Harry Harlow Primate Psychology Laboratory. The project appears intended to present information about primate research and its historical and ethical implications, although the available sources do not establish whether the hall was completed or remains operational. The organization occupies a position within the broader United States animal-rights and anti-animal-testing movement. Its approach combines records-based investigation, individual-animal advocacy, legislative correspondence, public education, and support for local organizing. No reliable source in the supplied material establishes current executives, financial figures, legal disputes, commercial products, or an official web address. Those fields remain unfilled rather than inferred.

• Organization described as a Georgia-based nonprofit

  [1]Primate Freedom Projecten.wikipedia.org

  Reference material identifies Primate Freedom Project as a 501(c)(3) grassroots animal-rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, but does not provide a founding year.

• Freedom-of-information research on laboratory primates

  [1]Primate Freedom Projecten.wikipedia.org

  The project uses the federal Freedom of Information Act and state open-records laws to gather information about monkeys and chimpanzees held in American laboratories.

• National Primate Research Exhibition Hall proposal

  [1]Primate Freedom Projecten.wikipedia.org

  Primate Freedom Project is identified as the primary sponsor of the proposed National Primate Research Exhibition Hall in Madison, Wisconsin.

A grassroots animal-rights advocacy organization focused on transparency, public education, and ending biomedical and harmful behavioral experimentation involving nonhuman primates.

• National Primate Research Exhibition Hall

  United States

  A proposed exhibition project intended to document and present information about nonhuman-primate research. The proposed site is at 26 North Charter in Madison, Wisconsin, between the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and the Harry Harlow Primate Psychology Laboratory. Primate Freedom Project is identified as the primary sponsor.

  Outcome. The available reference material does not establish whether the proposed exhibition hall was completed or remains operational.

  Source
• Individual laboratory-primate advocacy

  United States

  The organization encourages supporters to write on behalf of individual monkeys and chimpanzees in American laboratories and to contact members of Congress. It also uses identifying information about animals obtained through public-records requests in supporter-oriented memorialization efforts.

  Source

1. 1Primate Freedom Projecten.wikipedia.org