IUCN SSC PSG SGA Statement on the Translocation of Great Apes from Zoos to African Great Ape Range States

The Section on Great Apes (SGA) of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, a team of experts engaged in research, management, monitoring and conservation of great apes, provides this position statement to guide decisions on safe translocation of great apes that improve the conservation of great apes in the wild while posing minimal risk to resident wild populations of conspecifics and sympatric great ape species, other wildlife, and humans.