In the past, conservationists have accused academics of using wild animals caught by hunters for their research, and not long ago there was a case of a severely ill orang-utan which died in a wildlife halfway house set up by researchers, where a conservation group demanded that the researchers should take responsibility for the animal's death.
過去曾有保育人士指責學界利用獵人獵取的野生動物做研究；不久前也發生一隻病重的紅毛猩猩死於學校成立的野生動物中途之家，保育團體因此要求研究人員應負起責任。