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Science 14 March 2008:
Vol. 319. no. 5869, p. 1487
DOI: 10.1126/science.1154490
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Policy Forum

SCIENCE PRIORITIES:
Inappropriate Use and Portrayal of Chimpanzees

S. R. Ross,1,2 K. E. Lukas,3 E. V. Lonsdorf,1,4 T. S. Stoinski,5,6 B. Hare,7 R. Shumaker,8,9 J. Goodall10

Depictions of chimpanzees as caricatures can lead people to think these animals are not endangered and is a problem for conservation and welfare efforts.

1Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL 60614, USA

2Chimpanzee Species Survival Plan (SSP) of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA

3Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH, and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA

4Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

5Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA

6Ape Taxon Advisory Group (TAG) at AZA, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA

7Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA

8Great Ape Trust of Iowa, Des Moines, IA 50320, USA

9Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA

10The Jane Goodall Institute, Arlington, VA 22203, USA

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: sross{at}lpzoo.org

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