The Chimpanzee Community Virginia Landau, Ph.D., Editor Erica Metelovski, MA, Editorial Assistant Beth Ann Stair, Word Processsing ChimpanZoo 2001 OVERVIEW: October 23, 2000 Tucson, Arizona The 2000 ChimpanZoo Conference was a very special event in many respects. First, we celebrated 40 years of Dr. Jane Goodall's continuous study of the Gombe chimpanzees. The Conference was held October 18th-22nd in Tuscon, Arizona, formerly a home to the Jane Goodall Institute. The Gombe 40 celebration took place in a large outdoor pavilion at Westward Look Resort opening with the sound of African drums beating out the rhythm of colorful African ceremonial dances. After a delicious dinner, Dr. Duane Rumbaugh introduced Jane Goodall and spoke of the importance of her work in shaping our opinions of the great apes. Dr. Goodall shared 40 years of memories with us through never before viewed footage recorded on her 40th anniversary trip to Gombe. She pointed out the sites of several of her historical discoveries including: chimpanzee tool production and tool use; cooperative hunting and meat eating, sophisticated political and social behavior, complex problem solving, altruism and much more. Dr. Goodall's observations of the Gombe chimpanzees have changed not only how we view chimpanzees but also how we view and define humans. The second meaningful aspect of the 2000 Conference, A Reason for Hope: The Increasing Awareness of our Obligation to Our Closest Relative, was the number of extraordinary conference presentations. Papers focused on the welfare of chimpanzees, from the opening of a new chimpanzee sanctuary to house chimpanzees retired from experimentation to the role of a small sanctuary in captive chimpanzee care. Dr. Duane Rumbaugh presented a paper on the "common ground" shared between great apes and us. Along this line, we also learned of the suffering and death of great apes orphaned in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to war. We viewed videotape of another area of behavior we share with great apes, a mother's birth experience. Dr. Dieter and Netzin Steklis reported on the behavior and conservation of the mountain gorilla in the 21st century. Presentations included new interactive software for studying and teaching about chimpanzees as well as chimpanzee subjective well being and social adjustment. Drs. Sue and Duane Rumbaugh narrated new videotape of their language acquisition study featuring bonobos named Kanzi and Panbanisha. Third, we visited Columbia University's Biosphere 2 for a Roots & Shoots Day festival. Roots & Shoots is a youth program of the Jane Goodall Institute that promotes active participation in projects that involve care and concern for the environment, care and concern for animals, and care and concern for humans. Not even desert rain stopped participants from touring the huge facility with a rainforest, ocean and beach under glass. Among the many studies currently underway, is a research project measuring the effects of carbon dioxide in the air on plant growth and determining the types of trees that would grow best in a degraded environment. Lastly, the Conference opened with a wonderful evening of Spanish music performed by Tucson High School's Mariachi Band. Dr. Sarah (Sally) Boysen of Ohio State University Ape Cognition Lab gave the opening presentation. Dr. Boysen presented the initial results of her study of chimpanzee food vocalizations and the discrete information found and recognized within a vocalization. All in all the 2000 ChimpanZoo Conference was a memorable occasion filled with new insights into chimpanzee behavior and care. The participants' and public's enthusiasm for Dr Goodall's message renewed our determination to help and protect these intelligent creatures. Virginia Landau, Ph.D. Director of ChimpanZoo CONTENTS: RandomSubject Program 1 Kevin Barnett C.H.I.M.P. (Chimpanzee-Human Interactive Manipulation Project) at the 3 Sacramento Zoo Kristina Casper-Denman Marbles Doesn't Reproduce and Other Interesting Statements 14 Laura King and Emily Weiss A Mother's Birth Experience: Something Else We Have in Common with Chimpanzees 18 Virginia Landau, Mary Jo Caliendo, Roger Blurton, and Laura King Building a Sanctuary for Chimpanzees 21 Carole Noon Chimpanzee Psychopathology and Subjective Well-Being and Social Adjustment 25 Lynn E. O'Connor, Jack W. Berry, Virginia Landau, James King, Amy Pederson, Alex Weiss, and David Stiver Social Interactions of a Captive Infant Chimpanzee 34 Demelza J. Poe The Apes and Us: Brain and Emergent Processes 50 Duane M. Rumbaugh Standing Between Mankind and the Primates: An Introduction to Natural Movement and Natural Standard for Health 52 Yijing Sun Orphans of War: Bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo Today 57 David Tannenbaum Update on the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Movement 62 Erna Toback The Importance of Individual Differences in Research in Chimpanzees 67 Alex Weiss Abstracts of Papers not Printed: Holistic Healing with Animals: The Gift of Hope 72 Cathy Jo Hendricks The Future of the Interactive ChimpanZoo Observer and Study Guide: A Demonstration of New Software and Ideas for Using it in Zoos, Schools, and Sanctuaries 73 Eric Matthews and Virginia Landau The Role of a Small Sanctuary in Captive Chimpanzee Care 74 Patti Ragan, Lisa Leitten, and Tina Gilbert The Bushmeat Crisis: Strategies, Solutions, and Social Change Capacity 74 Anthony L. Rose Mountain Gorilla Behavior, Biology, and Conservation in the 21 Century 75 H. Dieter Steklis and C. Netzin Gerald-Steklis The Iowa Child Project 75 Ted Townsend WHERE TO ORDER: ChimpanZoo The Geronimo Bldg. #308 800 E.University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 PHONE: (520) 621-4785 FAX: (520) 621-2230 PRICE: 18.00
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