The first chimpanzee sanctuary in Japan: An attempt to care for the "surplus" of biomedical research

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 226-232

  Morimura, Naruki ^a   Idani, Gen'ichi ^a   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Environmental enrichment; Postmortem utilization; Sanctuary

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COLONY; HOMINID; LABORATORY METHOD; POLICY MAKING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ETHICS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBJECT RELATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PAN TROGLODYTES;

AFRICA; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PAN;

EID: 79251488453     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20887     Document Type: Article

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