101. Baboon Study Suggests Paternal Care May Be Ancient Trait In Primates Baboon study suggests paternal care may be ancient trait in primates Not thatbaboons have a baddad reputation, but their links to females and immature http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/newswire/nw03/mnd/newswire091403-baboon.htm

MND NEWSWIRE HOME PAGE 2 COLOSSEUM ARCHIVE ... Your Link Here! Baboon study suggests paternal care may be ancient trait in primates September 14, 2003 MND NEWSWIRE In a finding that surprised researchers, a recent three-year study of five baboon groups at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya reveals that baboon fathers overwhelming side with their offspring when intervening in disputes. The study, which appears in the Sept. 11 issue of the journal Nature, was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Chicago Zoological Society, the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation and the National Geographic Society. Not that baboons have a bad-dad reputation, but their links to females and immature baboons is rather loose by primate standards. For example, females and males have multiple mating partners, and they do not form permanent bonds with each other. To identify true paternal care in a complex primate society, the project needed to determine paternity for many infants. To do this without disturbing the population meant collecting baboon feces and then, with a protocol adapted from the study of human stools, isolating and comparatively analyzing the DNA within it. Silk, who heads another NSF project that focuses on the adaptive value of social bonds among female baboons, said it has long been known that many primate males are dedicated fathers.

102. Shocking Exposé Of The Cruel Trade In African Baboons For Research the capture of wild baboons using cruel, crude bamboo traps. Nonhumanprimates are the most endangered animals in the world, said Dena Jones, http://www.charitywire.com/charity20/00879.html

Shocking Exposé of the Cruel Trade in African Baboons for Research Animal Protection Institute Wednesday, 1 November 2000 Sacramento, CA Today, the Animal Protection Institute (API) joined the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) in releasing the results of the BUAV's undercover investigation into the international trade in wild caught baboons for research. BUAV investigators infiltrated the primate supply network in Tanzania and filmed exclusive footage that reveals the shocking suffering inflicted on these highly sensitive non-human primates. The investigation revealed: - a lucrative trade in wild Olive baboons, sold for as little as $12 by trappers yet earning nearly $1,200 each on the international market. - the capture of wild baboons using cruel, crude bamboo traps. - entire baboon families ripped from the wild and kept in inhumane conditions. Tanzania is an increasingly popular tourist destination for those eager to experience wild animals in their natural habitat. Yet, there is a hidden side to Tanzania - the secret but lucrative trade in wild-caught Olive baboons captured for research. As BUAV's exclusive video shows, baboons are captured in primitive bamboo traps using food as bait. From the trapping fields, baboons sometimes whole families are moved to run-down holding stations where they may be kept for weeks. BUAV investigators filmed wild caught adult baboons held at the site of one of the main Tanzanian dealers, Zainab Wild Market. Prior to being packed into the cargo holds of commercial airlines to be shipped thousands of miles to primate dealers and laboratories internationally, the baboons are isolated in poorly constructed, small wooden crates with broken wire floors. They are unable to stand at full height and can barely turn around.

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