Laboratory Primate Advocacy Group (LPAG) is a community of former and current primate laboratory workers whose shared knowledge and experience are combined to promote the interests of nonhuman primates held in laboratories and other captive settings. The primary mission of LPAG is to speak on behalf of monkeys and apes in research and breeding institutions. LPAG is firmly opposed to the use of nonhuman primates in biomedical research, and has several main objectives:

• to serve laboratory primates by telling their individual stories and providing current information about their plight, including laboratory conditions and research activities;

• to educate the public about the behavior, emotion and intellect of nonhuman primates; to use our first-hand experience to become a resource for others working to help nonhuman primates;

• to provide education, support and advice in order to empower former and current primate laboratory workers;

• to speak only the truth, without embellishment or exaggeration, and to meet all goals and objectives through non-violent measures.