AAAS:
Appeal for Conservation of Nonhuman Primates

The Council of the AAAS, composed of scientists of many disciplines:

• being aware of the unique value of nonhuman primates as man's closest relatives and as models serving the biological and medical sciences in the advancement of human health, welfare, and knowledge;
• being aware of their responsibility to preserve the existence of the whole spectrum of contemporary primate species;
• being aware that expanding human populations and the growing exploitation of nonhuman primates and their habitats have threatened some species and sub-species with extinction while others have become drastically reduced;
• in order to ensure the survival of all primates and their natural habitats for posterity and the benefit of mankind,

URGENTLY SUBMIT to International and National Organizations the appeal that scientists be selective in the usage of nonhuman primates and that governments contribute to the conservation needs of nonhuman primates by all feasible means.

[Adopted by the AAAS Council, December 30, 1972.]