Gruen Lori, Fultz Amy, Pruetz Jill
ILAR J. 2013;54(1):24-32. doi: 10.1093/ilar/ilt016.
Great apes have been systematically studied in the wild for over half a century. Great apes are now critically endangered and this raises significant ethical issues for field primatologists who study and work to conserve these primates and their habitats. The most immediate ethical concerns involve the well-being of the subjects, but there are also important ethical considerations involved in researchers' interactions with local human populations and extracting industry representatives. This essay will discuss some of the ethical issues raised by African great ape research, with the hope of generating greater dialogue about best practices. After briefly presenting the history of great ape fieldwork, the ethical issues associated with habituation, intervention, and conservation will be discussed. This text will end with specific proposals that focus on the ethical concerns in great ape field studies.
在野外对大猩猩进行系统研究已有半个多世纪。如今，大猩猩已极度濒危，这给研究并致力于保护这些灵长类动物及其栖息地的野外灵长类动物学家带来了重大的伦理问题。最直接的伦理问题涉及研究对象的福祉，但研究人员与当地人群以及矿业代表的互动中也存在重要的伦理考量。本文将探讨非洲大猩猩研究引发的一些伦理问题，希望能引发关于最佳实践的更多讨论。在简要介绍大猩猩野外研究的历史之后，将讨论与习惯化、干预和保护相关的伦理问题。本文最后将提出具体建议，重点关注大猩猩野外研究中的伦理问题。
