Conservation of primates in the wild and their protection in captivity. Bringing an end to the cruel international trade in primates by monitoring the trade and campaigning against export of live monkeys from countries where they reside. Working to stop the illegal trade in endangered species. IPPL works for all primate species, whether common or endangered.

IPPL publishes a quarterly magazine. The first issue was published in 1974 and there have been three issues of IPPL News every year till the present. IPPL is active in social media and has an active presence on Facebook and Twitter. We have 53,000 "Likes" on our home page. Our staff investigate crimes against wildlife and campaigns for action in smuggling cases. One case involved six baby orangutans en route to Russia who were confiscated on Bangkok Airport and sent to a rescue center in Indonesia. IPPL was able to provide immediate care and document the itinerary and names of the smugglers. We worked to get the network prosecuted and several were incarcerated. IPPL has been represented at every meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) since 1977. We work to keep primates legally protected wherever they are found.

IPPL has a budget of around $1. 3 million a year. We have four full-time officer staff, four animal care staff, and two maintenance staff. Employees get attached to the gibbons and tend to stay many years. We make presentations at several conferences each year. Our animal care staff get training in safe capture techniques both at Headquarters and at organized courses around the country.

IPPL makes over 20 small grants yearly to sanctuaries in Africa, Asia, and Africa. The applicants submit detailed applications and interim and final reports. These grants are highly coveted. Export bans on primates, and arrest and incarceration of offenders are markers of successful efforts. IPPL's work had received outside recognition from the British Royal Family (our chairwoman Shirley McGreal received the Order of the British Empire). IPPL received an award from Interpol for its investigations of the illegal traffic in endangered species, a Conservation Award from Chevron-Texaco and Dr. McGreal received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Primate Sanctuary Association.

IPPL has developed expertise that helped us persuade the Governments of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand and Nepal to ban monkey exports. These campaigners have united people around the world to work towards export bans. Every two years, IPPL has assembled primate specialists from around the world for a conference at our Headquarters in Summerville. Our overseas grantees make presentations that encourage our supporters to continue their support for our small grant program. We are continuing efforts to get Mauritius to ban export of monkeys and are very concerned at the huge numbers of monkeys being exported from China.