Mukunda - a Silverback Gorilla in Congo's Virunga National Park - had been leaving the forests to eat the crops (corn, bananas etc) of local villagers. The Rangers feared for his safety because he was literally destroying the livelihood of the communities around the forest.
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Examples of problem primates: Humans and primates often come into conflict, especially when it comes to human food supplies. Click here to watch a baboon raiding a truck full of bananas and pineapples. Video by Ian Redmond.
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When gorillas find a banana plant they tear it apart to eat the nutritious pith which does not endear them to banana farmers. In this case Mugaruka is eating a banana plant growing wild near the edge of Kahuzi Biega National Park, DRC.
Working Group - Problem Primate
The Problem Primate Working Group, In collaboration with People and Wildlife, creating conservation solutions for living together.
Human and non-human primates sometimes cause each other problems. Some species of primates are opportunistic in their foraging and when they come across human crops or food supplies this creates conflict. On the other hand, when humans destroy their habitat or with the best intentions approach so close that disease transmission can occur, we cause them problems. Solutions to these problems are being tried and tested wherever they occur but there is a need for better dissemination of the results.
The Problem Primate Working Group, looks at all non-human primates coming into conflict with people, not just apes. Anyone with experience of problem primates and solutions that they would like to share please email .
American journal of primatology | Priston, Nancy E C;Wyper, Rebecca M;Lee, Phyllis C | October 2011
One consequence of anthropogenic habitat alteration is that many nonhuman primates are forced into conflict interactions with humans and their livelihood activities, especially through crop raiding. These problems are particularly acute for the endemic and threatened Buton Island macaque (Macaca ochreata brunnescens), in southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Our study investigated the crop raiding behavior of this species over time. Foods eaten and the behavioral repertoire exhibited by macaques during crop raiding at and inside farm perimeters were observed over a period of 8 years (2002-2009).
International Journal of Primatology | Henzi S. Peter et al | August 2011
Abstract:Primates living outside protected areas frequently come into conflict with humans. While the focus of most research has been on the costs and consequences of crop raiding in relation to subsistence agriculture, large-scale commercial agriculture presents conservation challenges of its own. Baboons that occupy commercial pine plantations in southern Africa often damage young trees and, consequently, are shot in large numbers. We here aim to describe the population structure and resource and habitat use by baboons in such areas to provide the data needed for the formulation of viable long-term conservation policies.
One Ranger has been killed and one critically injured in a second major FDLR Rwandan militia attack in less than a week in Virunga National Park in DR Congo. Ranger Muhindo Mburungani was hit in the chest and died instantly when their unit intercepted a group of FDLR looting a public transport minibus on the Kabasha escarpment to the west of the park yesterday evening. The driver was shot through the eye, arm, and chest and is in critical condition at Kayna hospital.
Both were part of a civilian protection unit positioned along the road. The attackers have not been apprehended.
Goma, 4 August 2010 (IRIN) - On a Friday in Goma central prison in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 dirty, barefoot men accused of illegal fishing in Lake Edward are gathered before three judges, who come once a week to hear cases against those locked up in a building unrenovated since the Belgian colonial era.
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