Chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest : Ecology, Behaviour, and Conservation

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wrist, hand, leg, ankle or foot of the victim (see Fig. 9.2.). The trap is attached to a metal
chain which is tethered to the ground. Traps are sometimes quite unnecessarily large —
big enough to seriously injure a buffalo or a human being. Chimpanzees do engage in
crop-raiding from time to time and as a result get caught in these traps, usually with
disastrous consequences (see below).

Fig. 9.2: A leg-hold trap of the kind found in fields around Budongo Forest (photo: V.R.).

Fig. 9.1: Typical Budongo snares made of wire (photo: V.R.).