The scientists carelessly ripped her away from her adoptive family that she loved without warning and placed her into a dangerous situation. The introduction of a single chimpanzee into an established group has always been dicey. The new monkey is often beaten and sometimes even killed. Fern was thrown into an enclosure with multiple older males when she had no knowledge of chimp society. She could have easily been killed. The scientists could have educated her before introducing her completely to help the transition. Best case scenario would to have to raised educated on chimpanzee life, but that had been abandoned long beforehand. The experiment and method of disbanding the experiment caused unnecessary risk and harm to Fern’s psychological and physiological
The scientists carelessly ripped her away from her adoptive family that she loved without warning and placed her into a dangerous situation. The introduction of a single chimpanzee into an established group has always been dicey. The new monkey is often beaten and sometimes even killed. Fern was thrown into an enclosure with multiple older males when she had no knowledge of chimp society. She could have easily been killed. The scientists could have educated her before introducing her completely to help the transition. Best case scenario would to have to raised educated on chimpanzee life, but that had been abandoned long beforehand. The experiment and method of disbanding the experiment caused unnecessary risk and harm to Fern’s psychological and physiological