New Cases of Intergroup Violence Among Chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania

@article{Wilson2004NewCO,
  title={New Cases of Intergroup Violence Among Chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania},
  author={Michael Lawrence Wilson and William Wallauer and Anne E. Pusey},
  journal={International Journal of Primatology},
  year={2004},
  volume={25},
  pages={523-549}
}
Despite considerable attention to chimpanzee intergroup violence, the number of observed cases remains small. We report 4 cases of intergroup violence that occurred in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, between 1993 and 2002. We observed (3 cases) or inferred (1 case) males from the Kasekela community to attack members of their 2 neighboring communities: Mitumba and Kalande. In 1993, Kasekela males killed and ate a female infant from Mitumba. In 1998, Kasekela males captured 2 infants (sex unknown… 
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