Science priorities: Inappropriate use and portrayal of chimpanzees

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5869, 2008, Pages 1487-

  Ross, S R ^a,b   Lukas, K E ^c,d   Lonsdorf, E V ^a,e   Stoinski, T S ^f,g   Hare, B ^h   Shumaker, R ^i,j   Goodall, J ^k  

^a Lincoln Park Zoo   (United States)

^b Chimpanzee Species Survival Plan (SSP) of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^g Ape Taxon Advisory Group (TAG) at AZA   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Great Ape Trust of Iowa   (United States)

^j Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^k The Jane Goodall Institute   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ZOO;

ADVERTIZING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL USE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHIMPANZEE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GORILLA; LEADERSHIP; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MASS MEDIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC OPINION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PAN;

EID: 40849102601     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1154490     Document Type: Short Survey

References (4)

1. Although some states have strict permitting regulations, grandfather clauses, and other allowances, we have identified only six states in which it is impossible for a private citizen (nonzoo, nonresearch) to own a chimpanzee. Although there is progress on this front in several states, at least 21 states have no or minimum permitting requirements at all (S.R.R. and S. Baekler, personal communication).
2. Materials and methods are available as supporting materials on Science Online.
3. C. Tutin et al., Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of Chimpanzees and Gorillas in Western Equatorial Africa (Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Washington, DC, 2005).
4. In addition to these potentially broad effects on conservation attitudes, the use of chimpanzees by the entertainment industry deserves attention if only for individual welfare considerations. Although these animals are technically regulated by the Animal Welfare Act, enforcement of these regulations is difficult, and many chimpanzees are subject to suboptimal rearing, housing, and care, with short- and long-term welfare consequences.