NDLI: Deactivation of snares by wild chimpanzees

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Author	Ohashi, Gaku Matsuzawa, Tetsuro
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Snare injuries to chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) have been reported at many study sites across Africa, and in some cases cause the death of the ensnared animal. However, very few snare injuries have been reported concerning the chimpanzees of Bossou, Guinea. The rarity of snare injuries in this study group warrants further consideration, given the exceptionally close proximity of the Bossou chimpanzees to human settlements and the widespread practice of snare hunting in the area. Herein we report a total of six observations of chimpanzees attempting to break and deactivate snares, successfully doing so on two of these occasions. We observed the behavior in 5 males, ranging in age from juveniles to adults. We argue that such active responses to snares must be contributing to the rarity of injuries in this group. Based on our observations, we suggest that the behavior has transmitted down the group. Our research team at Bossou continues to remove snares from the forest, but the threat of ensnarement still remains. We discuss potential ways to achieve a good balance between human subsistence activities and the conservation of chimpanzees at Bossou, which will increasingly be an area of great concern in the future.
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Ending Page	5
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00328332
Journal	Primates
Volume Number	52
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	16107365
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Japan
Publisher Date	2010-08-11
Publisher Place	Japan
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Chimpanzee Snare Culture Bush meat Conservation Bossou Evolutionary Biology Behavioural Sciences Animal Ecology Zoology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Animal Science and Zoology

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