Law & Policy Active Updated Aug 14, 2026
The PRIMATE Act
Lawmakers introduced the bipartisan PRIMATE Act to ban US imports of monkeys used in laboratory testing, as nearly 285,000 monkeys entered the US for research between 2015 and 2025, nearly all bound for labs, and wild long-tailed macaque populations face a projected steep decline. The fight is whether the bill advances through a Congress that has rarely restricted animal research imports.
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Aug 14, 2026 Latest
Lawmakers introduced the bipartisan PRIMATE Act to ban US imports of monkeys for lab testing. Nearly 285,000 monkeys were imported into the US for research between 2015 and 2025, nearly all sent to laboratories, and the IUCN projects a 50% decline in long-tailed macaque populations over the next three generations if current trends continue.
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