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.
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.
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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,
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
Orangutans Sandra and Jethro to be a loving couple at the sanctuary
From Center for Great Apes One of the most well-known orangutan residents at the Center is Sandra who arrived from Argentina last November after a legal court order designated her with nonhuman personhood status. Sandra had lived alone her last ten years in the Buenos Aires zoo, and everyone hoped
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Last month, a lone baboon was found slowly crawling outside a hotel in Kenya. An arrow pierced through his soft fur and ribs. It missed his lungs by just an inch. PASA member sanctuary Colobus Conservation rushed to save the baboon. They performed
PASA/Africa: Ten-Year Action Plan for Western Chimpanzees
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Despite the tremendous challenges of this year, we're thrilled to share this encouraging news with you: a ten-year action plan for critically endangered western chimpanzees was just released, developed by many partners including the IUCN (a worldwide conservation organization), PASA, and our member
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance No one knows what happened to Pongo’s family, but the area where this tiny bonobo was found in the Democratic Republic of Congo is known for illegal hunting. She was all alone and in desperate need of expert care. Investigators learned of
Pursuing dignified conditions of captivity for all non-human animals
By Jaqueline B. Ramos* Times of pandemic demand a deserved reflection on diverse ethical and moral dilemmas. Among them the way we relate to non-human animals. In this universe, there is a line of action whose objective is to provide beings who have suffered (or still suffer) in circuses and
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