Chimpanzee sanctuaries are under fire. Can a new science-based tool improve ape welfare?

Chimpanzee sanctuaries are under fire. Can a new science-based tool improve ape welfare?

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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/chimpanzee-sanctuaries-are-under-fire-can-new-science-based-tool-improve-ape-welfare

MORGANTON, GEORGIA—On a chilly morning in early October, primatologist Steve Ross drives up to a chain-link gate blocking a narrow dirt road in northern Georgia. He steps out of his car into a swath of the Blue Ridge Mountains and watches the cresting Sun illuminate low fog on the wooded hills. “When I went to Tanzania,” he says, thinking back on the first time he saw wild chimpanzees, “it was just like this.”

A green sign on the gate reveals why Ross is here: “Project Chimps,” it reads. “Providing Lifelong Sanctuary to Chimpanzees Retired from Research.”

Chimpanzee sanctuaries are under fire. Can a new science-based tool improve ape welfare?

Dec 2, 2020, 8:15pm UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/chimpanzee-sanctuaries-are-under-fire-can-new-science-based-tool-improve-ape-welfare > MORGANTON, GEORGIA—On a chilly morning in early October, primatologist Steve Ross drives up to a chain-link gate blocking a narrow dirt road in northern Georgia. He steps out of his car into a swath of the Blue Ridge Mountains and watches the cresting Sun illuminate low fog on the wooded hills. “When I went to Tanzania,” he says, thinking back on the first time he saw wild chimpanzees, “it was just like this.” > A green sign on the gate reveals why Ross is here: “Project Chimps,” it reads. “Providing Lifelong Sanctuary to Chimpanzees Retired from Research.”