ABSTRACT
Chapter 5 brings to light conflicts of ethics and efficacy in primate research and conservation. From debates about the welfare of individuals versus the viability of populations and species, to the rights of researchers and local actors, this chapter will extend recent trends in primatology (e.g., the ethnoprimatological approach) to the increasingly “managed” human–ape interface. Are zoological gardens efficacious conservation partners? Should we direct our limited conservation resources towards habitat protection or towards more hands-on, animal-focused measures (e.g., confiscation of illegally-kept pets; rehabilitation and reintroduction)? Here again, the dialectical approach is deployed in search of syntheses on topics for which polarising and polemical positions tend to dominate the debates.
