Removal, early hand rearing, and successful reintroduction of an orangutan (<i>Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus/x abelii</i>) to her mother

Keiter, Mary D.; Reichard, T.; Simmons, J. S.

doi:10.1002/zoo.1430020106

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“…Accepting this hypothesis and with the aim of avoiding such failures, some institutions have developed training programmes to demonstrate appropriate infant care to inexperienced mothers. Various procedures have been attempted, including showing videos with caring conspecific mothers, training the apes with substitute infants (dolls or young primates of other species), direct physical interaction with keepers demonstrating how to behave towards an infant or even showing a human model of maternal care (Asano, 1967;Joines, 1977;Keiter & Pichette, 1977;Mager, 1981;Keiter et al, 1983;Markham, 1990;Desmond & Laule, 1994;Abello & Fernandez, 2003).…”

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Analysis of factors that affect maternal behaviour and breeding success in great apes in captivity

Abelló¹,

Colell

2006

International Zoo Yearbook

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In this paper the relationship between maternal behaviour and breeding success (or failure) in great apes is described. Data were gathered from a questionnaire survey returned by 48 zoos and from available studbook data, giving a total sample size of 687 individuals [Gorillas Gorilla gorilla (n= 277), Bonobos Pan paniscus (n= 37), Chimpanzees Pan troglodytes (n= 216) and Orangutans Pongo pygmaeus (n= 157)] born between 1990 and 2000 at 86 institutions. The factors influencing maternal behaviour are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the importance of learning and experience for the development of good maternal skills. The rearing background and social‐group circumstances of the breeding ♀ were analysed, including her rearing situation (own mother, conspecific surrogate or hand‐reared), opportunity (or not) to observe maternal behaviour in conspecifics during development and previous breeding experience. The effects of maternal training are also analysed. The results show that for a ♀ great ape to demonstrate good maternal skills, the most effective experience is to have been reared by her own mother and to have observed maternal behaviour in a social group comprising mature individuals and infants. This gives ♀♀ the opportunity to observe and learn how to care adequately for their own offspring.

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Analysis of factors that affect maternal behaviour and breeding success in great apes in captivity

Abelló¹,

Colell

2006

International Zoo Yearbook

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“…Several studies have described successful reintroductions of temporarily handreared young orangutans to their mothers [Hamburger, 1988;Keiter et al, 1983;Norcup, 1998;Sodaro and Weber, 2000]. Successful introductions of infant orangutans to surrogate mothers have also been described [Maple, 1980;Sodaro, 2007].…”

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The behavior of a zoo‐housed infant orangutan after the death of its mother

Whilde

Marples

2011

Zoo Biology

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The behavior of an infant female orangutan at Dublin Zoo before and after the death of her mother was recorded using scan sampling and compared. Social interactions and associations of the infant with the other individuals in the group were also compared before and after the death of her mother. Increases in climbing and object manipulation were observed, and a decrease in resting occurred. The infant orangutan significantly increased the amount of time she spent in close contact with another related adult female in the group after her mother's death. This case study describes an example of a zoo-housed infant orangutan being successfully fostered by a related female without human intervention. It also provides a quantification of the behavior of an infant orangutan before and after being orphaned. Zoo Biol 30:205-211, 2011. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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“…Only anecdotal accounts are available for successful efforts to reintroduce infants to mothers that were initially incompetent [Cole et al, 1979;Keiter et al, 1983;Wilson, 1993]. Research on other species more amenable to experimentation, however, bring revealing data to bear on the problem of inducing maternal responsiveness [review in Fleming and Blass, 1994].…”

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A method for encouraging maternal care in the giant panda

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We developed a method to facilitate maternal care in a giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female that rejected her cub immediately after parturition. After removal of the cub, the female was systematically exposed to a regime of infant‐related stimuli, including a surrogate toy panda, accompanied by infant vocalizations and urine, and the mother's own milk. The female displayed several measures of maternal behavior toward the surrogate, for example, spending 61% of her time holding the surrogate in positions typical for the species. There was some evidence that maternal proficiency increased across the 4 weeks of the experiment. Results also indicate that the female was responsive to both infant vocalizations and urine, but not milk. After a transitional period in which we assisted the female in her efforts to nurse and groom the infant, all maternal care‐giving responsibilities were returned to the mother. Over the next 3 months, the pattern of maternal care followed the species‐typical course of declining mother‐infant contact, grooming, overall interaction time, and responsiveness to the cub's vocalizations. This study marks the first successful reunification of a giant panda mother with an infant separated at birth and, it is hoped, will serve as a model for similar efforts elsewhere. Zoo Biol 19:53–63, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Removal, early hand rearing, and successful reintroduction of an orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus/x abelii) to her mother

Abstract: A newborn orangutan was removed from her mother 55 h after birth because no nursing had been observed. She was hand reared in a nursery for 3 d and then successfully reintroduced to her mother. Several factors that may have contributed to the successful reintroduction are discussed.

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Analysis of factors that affect maternal behaviour and breeding success in great apes in captivity

Analysis of factors that affect maternal behaviour and breeding success in great apes in captivity

The behavior of a zoo‐housed infant orangutan after the death of its mother

A method for encouraging maternal care in the giant panda

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