Update: Negotiations on Vilas monkey colonies

The following letter represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s latest response to Dane County officials regarding the negotiations on the university’s monkeys from the Henry Vilas Zoo colonies.

The letter is the university’s final attempt to reach an agreement with the county before the university resumes earlier plans to transfer the rhesus monkey colony to the Tulane Regional Primate Research Center. If an agreement with the county is not reached with the county this evening, the transfer process will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, March 3. Plans will also continue with the government of Thailand to potentially transfer the stumptailed colony to a proposed sanctuary in that country.

New release of March 2, 1998 detailing negotiations between the county and the university.