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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:47, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
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Rosalía Abreu
Rosalía Abreu, 1905
- ... that in 1915 Cuban animal collector Rosalía Abreu (pictured) was the first person to breed a chimpanzee in captivity? Source: "Anuma, the first chimpanzee to be born in captivity, was born at the colony [Abreu's in Cuba] on April 27, 1915." [1]
- ALT1: ... that there was an initial agreement for chimpanzees from Rosalía Abreu's (pictured) private zoo to be part of an experiment to breed a humanzee? Source: "Despite her very different background, Abreu was sympathetic to Ivanov’s request to mate a male chimpanzee with a female human." [2]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alfred Skrenda
Created by Lajmmoore (talk). Self-nominated at 19:45, 17 October 2022 (UTC).
Hi Lajmmoore, review follows: article moved to mainspace 17 October and exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline to what look to be reliable sources for the subject; I didn't pick up on any overly close paraphrasing from the sources; image is from a 1905 photograph obviously intended for wider distribution so copyright tag used seems reasonable; hooks are interesting, mentioned in the article and check out to source cited; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 09:29, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Lajmmoore:
I'm not sure The New York Times's op-ed opinion is reliable for the facts it states; are the facts verified by the SpringerLink publication? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:51, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Lajmmoore:
- Hi theleekycauldron. I can confirm the journal article cited (Wynne 2008) states: "Despite her very different background, Abreu was sympathetic to Ivanov’s request to mate a male chimpanzee with a female human ... Unfortunately, however, the publicity around Ivanov’s plans brought unwelcome attention to Abreu. She apparently received a threatening letter from the Ku Klux Klan for contemplating involvement in an experiment “abominable to the Creator” (Lapin and Fridman 1966, p. 30; Rossiianov 2002). Abreu became fearful of the impact involvement in Ivanov’s scheme might have on her status in respectable Cuban society, and withdrew her consent." All the best - Dumelow (talk) 06:47, 30 October 2022 (UTC)