Some Aspects of the Proposed Captive Breeding of Dwarf Chimpanzees

National Primate Plan of the United States of America

“…[11][12][13][14]. Their implementation, however, would place a very con siderable responsibility on the IPSC which is presently limited to federal employees.…”

“…Such an approach has been applied to importation of chimpanzees to our own laboratory, and has resulted in receiving healthy animals with transportation and quarantine mortality of less than 0.5 % [12]. We are skeptical about providing American involvement and funds, especially Federal funds, for surveys of primate populations in the countries of origin and for establishing captive colonies or wildlife management programs in those countries.…”

“…Initially frowned upon or misunderstood by some funding agencies [cf. Discussion in 12], it has resulted in a turnover of only 20 % in our own laboratory serving Metropolitan New York where more than 15% of the national health research is concentrated.…”

“…We can also heartily endorse the recommendation ‘…that sponsors supporting activities using wild‐caught primates provide support to develop methods that will reduce losses incident to trapping, holding and shipping’ (p. 23). Such an approach has been applied to importation of chimpanzees to our own laboratory, and has resulted in receiving healthy animals with transportation and quarantine mortality of less than 0.5 % [12]. We are skeptical about providing American involvement and funds, especially Federal funds, for surveys of primate populations in the countries of origin and for establishing captive colonies or wildlife management programs in those countries.…”

The status of the Pygmy chimpanzee Pan paniscus in the USA

“…from Zaire in 1975 (Table 1). The two youngest died within the first three weeks of arrival (Goldsmith & Moor-Jankowski, 1978), while the aging post-menopausal p 'Lokalema' died in September 1979. This paper is concerned chiefly with the pathology of the Pygmy chimpanzee, with some data on growth in both mother-and hand-reared animals which complements that contained in the preceding article on the species in European zoos (Neugebauer,.…”