Chimps raised by humans

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CHICAGO, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- It's estimated there are more than 700 pet chimpanzees currently living in the United States, many of them smuggled illegally from Africa. Should any of these 700 chimp owners grow disenchanted as their adorable infant quickly turns into a moody 200-pound ape -- and many will -- they'll likely call a local zoo or wildlife organization.

Though these chimps would certainly be safer in the hands of professionals, they're unlikely to ever adjust well to getting along with other non-human primates. New research suggests chimps raised by humans exhibit lifelong behavioral problems, and have difficulties being reintroduced to life with other chimps.

Most objections to wild animals being raised as pets are made on moral or ethical grounds. Biologists Stephen Ross and Hani Freeman, from the Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, wanted to approach the issue more scientifically. The potential for the spread of disease and risk of violence are already well documented reasons why raising a chimp in one's home is scientifically unwise. So Ross and Freeman elected to study the social and behavioral effects of domestic or human rearing of chimps.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/09/24/Chimps-raised-by-humans-have-lifelong-behavioral-problems/6251411568097/?spt=inf∨=1#ixzz3EFbWOsQE

So, why am I not surprised?

[Grandpa Greenman]

I watched a show about a woman who did experiment with raising an Orangutan and teaching it to talk using sign. It ended up put in a cage in the research institute it started in, then later after living in that hell, it was sent to a zoo. What was really sad, it could tell the people who taught him to talk just how sad he was. It was just cruel. The wild beings belong in the wild.

You can watch it here.

http://video.pbs.org/program/my-wild-affair/