The United States hasn't had enough non-human primates to go around the last few years.
First, America’s largest supplier, China, ceased exporting them in 2020. Then the COVID-19 pandemic drove up demand for primates used in lab testing. Then animal trafficking allegations in America’s new largest source, Cambodia, caused the importer Inotiv to pause distribution last year.
Alec Dent is a former culture editor and staff writer for The Dispatch.
