Resocialization of a group of ex-laboratory c... [J Med Primatol. 1991] - PubMed - NCBI

Resocialization of a group of ex-laboratory c... [J Med Primatol. 1991] - PubMed - NCBI

J Med Primatol. 1991 Oct;20(8):375-81.

Resocialization of a group of ex-laboratory chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes.

Noon C.

Source

Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611.

Abstract

In order to determine if socially deprived chimpanzees could establish an integrated social unit and reproduce, a group of wild-born individuals from a single-cage laboratory environment were released onto a small island in a South Florida tourist park in 1975. The present study was undertaken during June and July of 1988 to evaluate the long term results of the experiment and to document the reproductive history of the chimpanzees since their release on the island. The evidence presented in this paper suggests that it is possible for laboratory chimpanzees to be resocialized and to reproduce successfully.

PMID:

1803007

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