Primarily Primates

Primarily Primates (Established 1978)
Sanctuary
Web Site: http://www.primarilyprimates.org/

Director: Stephen Tello, Executive Director
Phone: 1 (210) 755-4616 Fax: 1 (210) 981-4618 E-Mail: primarilyprimates@friendsofanimals.org
P.O. Box 207, San Antonio, Texas 78291-0207 UNITED STATES

Mission: As a rehabilitation center and sanctuary for hundreds of primates and other animals, Primarily Primates is committed to being a model of excellence for sanctuaries worldwide. Today the refuge cares for 450 animals, including birds and 63 chimpanzees, and members of 32 species of other primates.

Training Opportunities: No training opportunities available

Number of Staff: 16+

Supported Species: Aotus trivirgatus (owl monkey), Callithrix pygmaea (pygmy marmoset), Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti (red-tailed monkey), Cercopithecus mona (mona monkey), Eulemur albifrons (white-fronted lemur), Eulemur fulvus (brown lemur), Eulemur sanfordi (Sanford's lemur), Hylobates lar (lar gibbon), Lemur catta (ring-tailed lemur), Macaca assamensis (Assamese macaque), Macaca arctoides (stump-tailed macaque), Macaca nigra (crested black macaque), Macaca nemestrina (pigtail macaque), Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque), Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque), Microcebus murinus (grey mouse lemur), Pan troglodytes (common chimpanzee), Saguinus midas (midas tamarin), Saguinus fuscicollis (saddleback tamarin), Saguinus oedipus (cotton-top tamarin)

Publications: Newsletters seasonally plus other letters and updates.

Primarily Primates News is the newsletter.

Comments: President of Primarily Primates Board of Directors: Priscilla Feral who is also president of Friends of Animals, the international animal advocacy group that manages Primarily Primates Inc.

Last Updated: 2009-03-18

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