The Captive Primate Safety Act of 2025 changes the Lacey Act to add a new definition for "prohibited primate species." The definition lists live nonhuman primates such as chimpanzees, galagos, gibbons, gorillas, lemurs, lorises, monkeys, orangutans, tarsiers, and hybrids. The bill makes it unlawful, with specified exceptions, to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, breed, or possess any prohibited wildlife species or prohibited primate species.
Listed exceptions include: custody for the purpose of quickly moving animals to an authorized entity; people or entities who possess animals that were born before this law takes effect if they register each animal with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within 180 days, do not breed, buy, or sell such animals after the law takes effect, and do not allow direct public contact with those animals; and research facilities that are registered with the Department of Agriculture and hold that registration in good standing.
The Secretary of the Interior must issue regulations to implement these changes within 180 days. The bill states that enforceability of the new rules does not depend on whether the Secretary issues those regulations on time. The bill also makes several technical corrections to existing Lacey Act text.
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