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posted in 10 Nov 2020
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
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posted in 09 Nov 2020
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,
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posted in 06 Nov 2020
PASA/Africa: Give 25 monkeys a chance to be free
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
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posted in 03 Nov 2020
“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;
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posted in 30 Oct 2020
It’s Pumpkin season!
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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posted in 14 Oct 2020
GAP Brazil: Play time at the Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba
It's children's week in Brazil and we would like to share some play time moments of chimpanzees from the Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, in São Paulo, Brazil. Some of the chimps are very young, but some others not that much :-)         https://www.youtube.
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posted in 13 Oct 2020
Support the Giving Day for Apes – October, 13, 2020
On October 13, 2020, join Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries for a global day of giving in support of 37 qualified sanctuaries and rescue centers providing rehabilitation or long-term care for apes throughout Africa, Asia and North America. It’s quite simple. You enter the website of the campaign - https://givingdayforapes.mightycause.
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posted in 09 Oct 2020
Welcome Home, Sinbad, Connie, Hanna, Pumpkin and Peanut!
From The Center for Great Apes (CGA) In spite of a pandemic, our mission and work to help great apes goes on. Just a few weeks ago, the Center for Great Apes accepted five more orangutans who needed an immediate sanctuary home. Since the Center is the only accredited sanctuary
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posted in 28 Sep 2020
Help Enrich Yvette’s Life
From Save the Chimps Sanctuary My name is Yvette and Save the Chimps is currently fundraising for new climbing structures on my island home, through their Giving Day for Apes campaign! I was born in Africa in approximately 1965 and spent over three decades being used as a breeder for laboratories,
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posted in 25 Sep 2020
The neural cruelty of captivity: Keeping large mammals in zoos and aquariums damages their brains
By Bob Jacobs, Professor of Neuroscience, Colorado College - The Conversation Hanako, a female Asian elephant, lived in a tiny concrete enclosure at Japan’s Inokashira Park Zoo for more than 60 years, often in chains, with no stimulation. In the wild, elephants live in herds, with close family ties. Hanako
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posted in 25 Sep 2020
A Gorilla Can’t Wear a Face Mask
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Happy World Gorilla Day—a day to celebrate our fantastic, hairy relatives and the PASA member sanctuaries that care for them! We also want to celebrate you, since you’re an essential part of our global community working to protect gorillas.   Gorillas
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posted in 18 Sep 2020
Answering the Many Questions About ‘The One and Only Ivan’
The new Disney+ film about a talented gorilla might leave you wondering about the real great ape that inspired the story. We have answers. By Amy Nicholson (The New York Times) Can a gorilla ape Banksy? That’s the setup of Disney’s new animal rights flick, “The One and
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posted in 17 Sep 2020
PASA turns 20!
For 20 years, PASA has been racing against time to save endangered primate species From PASA - Pan African Sanctuary Alliance In the year 2000, orphaned chimps, gorillas, and monkeys had little hope of survival when their mothers were killed for bushmeat or when they were captured as part of the illegal
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posted in 15 Sep 2020
Chimpanzee Kanako. Chimpanzee Down Syndrome.
Original article - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10329-020-00856-9  . Note by GAP: Kanako was diagnosed with trisomy 22, Down Syndrome in chimpanzees, and lived her entire life in a facility that was used for pharmaceutical research in Japan. With the end of research on chimpanzees in the country,
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posted in 31 Aug 2020
In loving memory of Little Rock
Little Rock / 1969 (estimate) -2020 From Save the Chimps Sanctuary With great sadness we share the passing of Little Rock, a beloved member of our Save the Chimps family. Little Rock’s origins are a mystery, as is how she acquired her name. Her earliest records are from 1981, but she was
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