| Summary: | This book is an outgrowth of a conference, "The Psychological Well-being of Captive Primates," which was held in September of 1988 at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. The catalyst for the conference was the 1985 amendment to the Animal Welfare Act, which specifically required primatologists to "provide a physical environment adequate to promote the psychological well-being of primates." The purposes of the conference were to identify and define the term "psychological well-being" for nonhuman primates, to determine ways in which psychological well-being might be enhanced, to consider the economic impact of the 1985 amendment, and to evaluate the effect of such legislation on the research enterprise. Diverse viewpoints were provided by researchers, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials, veterinarians, and animal welfare groups. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).
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