Created by Alan Stirling Parkes
Dec 1946
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'Memorandum on the Proposal to Breed Monkeys (Macacus Rhesus) at the New Building

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Necessity for breeding monkeys

Breeding colonies of macaques have long been established in the U.S.A., and there is no doubt about the possibility of the idea. It is not anticipated that it would be worth while, in the immediate future, to breed and rear monkeys for ordinary experimentation; this requirement is at present met more easily by importation of half-grown specimens. There is, however, a demand for pregnant and newborn monkeys which can only be met by the establishment of a breeding colony in this country. If the M.R.C. do not intend to establish a breeding colony elsewhere, then I think that they could arrange for the establishment of one at Mill Hill.'