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Space Requirement Stipulations for Caged Non-Human Primates in the United States: A Critical Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

V Reinhardt ,
C Liss  and
C Stevens
V Reinhardt*
Affiliation:
Animal Welfare Institute, PO Box 3650, Washington, DC 20007, USA
C Liss
Affiliation:
Animal Welfare Institute, PO Box 3650, Washington, DC 20007, USA
C Stevens
Affiliation:
Animal Welfare Institute, PO Box 3650, Washington, DC 20007, USA
*
† Contact for correspondence and requests for reprints: 4605 Crescent Road, Madison WI 53711, USA
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Abstract

Cage space requirements for non-human primates in the United States of America are less than those in European countries. Studies in support of the assumption that the US legal minimum cage size provides adequate space have limited value because they only tested cages without structural enhancement. It is not surprising that non-human primates cannot be animated to be more active or to behave in more species-typical manners by only providing them with extra barren space. Explicitly stipulating that all cages have to be equipped with properly installed, elevated structures appropriate to each species and age category would make the US standards more adequate. Such structures would no longer restrict the caged primate to an unnatural, permanent terrestrial lifestyle but would allow the animal to make use of the arboreal, ‘safe’ dimension to which she/he is biologically adapted. Minimal height requirements will have to be upgraded in the US to accommodate these ethological considerations.

Keywords

animal welfarenon-human primatesquality of cage spaceregulations
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , November 1996 , pp. 361 - 372
Copyright
© 1996 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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