{"id":782279,"date":"2026-11-05T09:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=782279"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:08:36","slug":"remember-the-name-joe-lonsdale-co-founder-of-palantir-plans-research-breeding-facility-for-30000-macaques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=782279","title":{"rendered":"MONKEY ‘FACTORY FARM’: Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir, plans research breeding facility for 30,000 macaques"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Lonsdale invests $20 million in the plan by Safer Human Medicine to build a breeding operation in Bainbridge, Georgia, in Decatur County. The facility could eventually house up to 30,000 long-tailed macaques. The plan reportedly begins with 500 to 1,000 animals sourced from Asian breeding facilities and grows toward the 30,000 mark. As reported by the Washington Post, the price of research monkeys at about $2,500 in 2019 and $22,000 in 2022.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MARCUS CHEN:<\/strong> Joe Lonsdale, a co-founder of Palantir Technologies, is tied to a plan to breed up to 30,000 long-tailed macaques in southwest Georgia, according to TechRadar and other reports. His venture firm, 8VC, reportedly put $20 million into Safer Human Medicine, the startup behind the proposed macaque breeding facility… Lonsdale framed the effort as a national supply question. He said, \u201cAmerica needs a reliable domestic supply of research primates to help rapidly advance cures for our kids.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Reports describe a proposal by Safer Human Medicine to build a breeding operation in Bainbridge, Georgia, in Decatur County. The facility could eventually house up to 30,000 long-tailed macaques. It would not start there. The plan reportedly begins with 500 to 1,000 animals sourced from Asian breeding facilities and grows toward the 30,000 mark over roughly 20 years…<\/em><\/p>\n

Scale is the striking part. Growing from 500 to 1,000 animals to 30,000 means a herd 30 to 60 times larger than the starting point. Spread evenly across 20 years, that works out to roughly 1,450 to 1,475 added animals a year on average…<\/em><\/p>\n

The plan starts with animals sourced from Asian breeding facilities. A domestic supply chain, at least at first, would still lean on the overseas suppliers it aims to reduce reliance on. That is a normal bootstrapping move, but it complicates the energy-independence style framing that \u201cdomestic supply\u201d invites…<\/em><\/p>\n

Prices for research monkeys moved from the low thousands to the low tens of thousands… Estimates from Evercore, cited by The Washington Post, put the price of research monkeys supplied by Charles River Laboratories at about $2,500 in 2019 and $22,000 in 2022. Other reports cite roughly $3,000 per animal in 2019 and more than $20,000 later. SOURCE<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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