Fostering of a wild, injured, juvenile by a neighbouring group: implications for rehabilitation and release of Barbary macaques confiscated from illegal trade
Fostering of a wild, injured, juvenile by a neighbouring group: implications for rehabilitation and release of Barbary macaques confiscated from illegal trade
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10.1007/s10329-019-00729-w
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发表时间：
2019-07-01
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1.7
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Campbell, Liz A. D.
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作者：
Campbell, Liz A. D.
非法活体贸易是对濒危巴巴利猕猴的最大威胁之一。由于贸易的重点是年轻和巴巴利猕猴显示广泛的alloparent照顾，康复和释放到野生寄养群体是一个有前途的战略，以释放空间的保护区，以允许继续discriminations，提高个人福利，最大限度地减少圈养护理成本，并加强野生种群。然而，几乎没有关于巴巴利猕猴释放的文件，并且被释放的猕猴被寄养群体接受的年龄也是未知的。在这里，我报告一个野生的，近3岁的巴巴利猕猴男性，是从他的集团后，严重受伤的汽车碰撞分离。两天后，一个邻近的小组发现了这名苦恼的少年，接近他，为他梳理毛发，并与他建立联系，并接受他加入小组。他在寄养组呆了4个月，直到回到他的出生组。这一观察结果对只有婴儿和少年才可被接纳为非出生群体的关切提出了质疑，表明甚至年龄较大的被没收少年也可能被释放。这也增加了对痛苦和受伤个体的行为反应的文献，证明了野生猴子甚至对不熟悉的痛苦同种表现出亲和行为的能力，提供了一个罕见的未知个体潜在安慰的例子。由于目前几乎没有关于接受巴巴利猕猴进入野生寄养群体的文件，这一观察结果为制定没收个体的康复和释放策略提供了宝贵的信息，这对于继续打击这种濒危物种的非法贸易至关重要。
Illegal live trade is one of the greatest threats to endangered Barbary macaques. Since trade focuses on young and Barbary macaques show extensive alloparental care, rehabilitation and release into wild foster groups is a promising strategy to free space in sanctuaries to allow continued confiscations, improve individual welfare, minimize captive care costs, and reinforce wild populations. However, little documentation exists on Barbary macaque releases and the age at which released macaques would be accepted by foster groups is unknown. Here, I report on a wild, nearly 3-year-old Barbary macaque male that was separated from his group after serious injury from a car collision. A neighbouring group found the distressed juvenile 2 days later, approached, groomed, and affiliated with him, and accepted him into the group. He remained with the foster group for 4months until returning to his natal group. This observation challenges concerns that only infants and young juveniles may be accepted into non-natal groups, suggesting that even older confiscated juveniles could be candidates for release. This also adds to the literature on behavioural responses to distressed and injured individuals, demonstrating the capacity of wild monkeys to exhibit affiliative behaviours even towards unfamiliar distressed conspecifics, providing a rare example of potential consolation of an unknown individual. As so little documentation currently exists on the acceptance of Barbary macaques into wild foster groups, this observation provides valuable information for developing rehabilitation and release strategies for confiscated individuals, which can be critical for continuing to fight illegal trade of this endangered species.