Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Ngogo Chimpanzee Project, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Primates. 2024 Jul;65(4):257-263. doi: 10.1007/s10329-024-01139-3. Epub 2024 May 24.
Wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are caught in snares set for other animals and sometimes injure or lose body parts. Snaring can compromise the health, growth, survival, and behavior of chimpanzees and, thus, represents a threat for the conservation of this endangered species. During a long-term study of chimpanzees at Ngogo in Kibale National Park, Uganda, we started a project to remove snares in and around their territory. We compared the number of times chimpanzees were snared during the 12.75 years after the start of this project with the number of times individuals were snared during the previous 14 years. Only one chimpanzee was snared after we began removing snares compared with 12 individuals caught during the period before. This represents a clear reduction in the risk created by snaring at this site and suggests that removing snares can be employed to protect chimpanzees.
野生黑猩猩（Pan troglodytes）会被捕兽夹困住，这些捕兽夹是为其他动物设置的，黑猩猩有时会因此受伤或失去身体部位。捕兽夹会危及黑猩猩的健康、生长、生存和行为，因此对保护这一濒危物种构成威胁。在对乌干达基巴莱国家公园恩戈戈地区的黑猩猩进行的一项长期研究中，我们开始了一个项目，清除它们领地内及周围的捕兽夹。我们比较了在开始这个项目后的 12.75 年里黑猩猩被捕兽夹困住的次数，以及在之前的 14 年里个体被捕兽夹困住的次数。与项目开始前相比，只有一只黑猩猩在我们开始清除捕兽夹后被夹住，而之前有 12 只个体被夹住。这表明该地点的捕兽夹风险明显降低，并表明清除捕兽夹可以用来保护黑猩猩。
