The following is excerpted from an exchange with Frankenkitty, in the comments to one of her posts: http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/AngieK8265/ It is extremely rare for a primate to be able to be returned to the wild. In fact, I only have heard of one instance in which it was attempted with a female who had been raised in a human family; it was slow, and difficult, and just when it was looking like succeeding, poachers killed her. I recommend the book Next of Kin by Roger Fouts. The zoo... Sign in to see full entry.