Alpha Genesis

Alpha Genesis Incorporated (AGI) is a company in Yemassee, South Carolina, that breeds cynomolgous, rhesus, and capuchin monkeys for use in research. The company also manages the federal macaque colony on Morgan Island, South Carolina, known as "Monkey Island" for its free-ranging monkey rhesus macaques. Led by CEO Greg Westergaard, the company is one of the world's largest of its kind. It is a Class B dealer, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.