Today, GAP Project Brazil was informed about the death of the chimpanzee Martin, who lived in the Buenos Aires Zoo, currently converted into an ecopark. In 2017, NGO AFADA (Association of Employees and Lawyers for the Rights of Animals) filed a request for Habeas Corpus in court to transfer him, his
Sorocaba, February 7, 2021 With great sadness, the Sanctuary of Great Primates of Sorocaba, affiliated with the GAP Project, informs that the chimpanzee Black died yesterday, 02/06, at 21:02, due to cardiac arrest. On Thursday, February 4, Black showed lameness and mild apathy. He was then medicated and anesthesia was being planned for a complete
Africa: Far from COVID lockdowns bringing a lull to sanctuaries, even more primates need our help
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance The pandemic is exacerbating the complex causes driving the cruel illegal wildlife trade. Poaching and selling monkeys and apes is a rampant international problem. PASA members are working around the clock to arrest smugglers, bring confiscated primates to sanctuaries, and stop poaching in
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Young chimps need space to play. Especially Julius, the two-year-old chimp with only one arm. But because Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary recently rescued a shockingly high number of 23 orphans from the cruel wildlife trade, the nursery where Julius plays is bursting at the seams.
Scientist and primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh joins the Great Ape Project
January 12, 2021 - Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Director of Project Kanzi, the bonobo who learned the language of symbols, joins the Great Ape Project as a scientific advisor and creates the GAP Project in the United States. Her experience and her advanced communication work with great primates, and especially with the bonobo Kanzi,
Save the Chimps Sanctuary: In Loving Memory of Norene and Melissa
Save the Chimps Sanctuary: In Loving Memory of Norene and Melissa With great sadness, we announce that we lost two beloved members of our Save the Chimps family recently – Norene and Melissa. Norene was born Nov. 3, 1986, to her mother Rosemary at The Coulston Foundation (TCF). Norene was taken from her
Baby chimp gives hope for Guinea’s famous ape tribe
Conakry (AFP), Nov 26, 2020 A dwindling tribe of chimpanzees in Guinea that leapt to prominence for uncanny abilities to use tools has a glimmer of hope after its last fertile female gave birth. The tiny community of apes lives in a forest around the village of Bossou, in the far southeastern
Make it a Life-Changing #GivingTuesday for the Apes!
From Center for Great Apes In this time of uncertainty, there is always hope - that together we can do extraordinary things. Please join us as people around the world come together on Giving Tuesday, December 1st, to support the causes they care about the most. With a life-changing gift
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Do you remember Captain? As an infant, his mother was killed by poachers who then sold Captain as an illegal pet. He was kept alone for 11 long years in a barren cage that was so small, he couldn’t even stand. PASA and
GAP Spain grieves the death of two chimpanzees who were shot after escaping in a Dutch zoo
GAP Project Spain once again mourns the death of Mike and Karibuna, two chimpanzees who have been shot dead in the beginning if November at the Dieren Park zoo, in the city of Amersfoort (Netherlands), after escaping from their enclosure due to the carelessness of a keeper who left the
Argentina: AFADA fills Habeas Corpus lawsuit for chimpanzee Toti
On 11/06/2020, Afada Ong @afadaong filed a Habeas Corpus lawsuit with the Public Defense office of the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina, requesting the release of the chimpanzee Toti from the local zoo. The proposal is that he is transferred to the Great Primates Sanctuary of Sorocaba, in São Paulo,
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Right now, PASA is conducting our largest primate rescue ever – and we desperately need your help. In September, a truck smuggling monkeys from the Democratic Republic of Congo to South Africa was intercepted in Zimbabwe on a route that some investigators believe is
“The Chimpanzee Chronicles”, by Debra Rosenman: “Chimps do not belong to us and they certainly do not belong to science”
Book review by Alyson Baker* “Chimps do not belong to us and they certainly do not belong to science” – the simple message behind The Chimpanzee Chronicles, a statement written by Adriana Martin in her contribution to this wonderful, if harrowing, collection. The contributions detail the lives of chimpanzees in captivity;
From Save the Chimps Sanctuary Perhaps you've carved pumpkins, drank your pumpkin lattes, and enjoyed your pumpkin spice. Well, now it's time to get to know Pumpkin the chimp and learn how you can support him with a symbolic adoption! Pumpkin was born on October 27, 1986 at the Laboratory for Experimental
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