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
PASA/Africa: Violent Attack at Ape & Monkey Sanctuary
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance We still can’t believe what Drill Ranch went through. It’s the worst thing we’ve ever heard of at a PASA member sanctuary, but it’s important to tell you. Warning - the details of this incident may be disturbing to
Ape Days of Summer. How to Beat-the-Heat and Keep Cool… the Orangutan and Chimpanzee Way!
From Center for Great Apes (CGA) In the topsy-turvy world that we live in today it's no wonder our seasons are mixed up. In a normal year the old saying is "March in like a lion and out like a lamb" coordinating with spring. Did we even have a spring
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Do you know about the commercial wildlife trade? It is stealing the lives of thousands of innocent apes and monkeys, decimating wildlife populations, and putting human health in great jeopardy. We can’t let it continue any longer. COVID-19 has placed this multi-billion
Paris (AFP) Do you speak chimp? They are among our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, and new research published Wednesday shows that humans can tell when a chimpanzee is happy, sad, angry or scared -- simply by listening to their cries. Proving a hypothesis first posed by Charles Darwin,
From Center for Great Apes (CGA) In June around Father’s Day, we like to acknowledge our own great ape fathers who in the past (before coming to the CGA sanctuary) have sired offspring. Several of those offspring have ended up at the sanctuary, and a few have been reunited
Rafiki, Uganda’s rare silverback mountain gorilla, killed by hunters
One of Uganda's best known mountain gorillas, Rafiki, has been killed. Four men have been arrested, and they face a life sentence or a fine of $5.4m (£4.3m) if found guilty of killing an endangered species. Investigations showed that Rafiki was killed by a sharp object that penetrated his internal
PGS launches book “Great Apes and their Basic Rights”
On December 2019, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, GAP Project Spain - PGS launched the book “Los Grandes Símios y sus Derechos Básicos” Now the book was completely translated into English and this version has just been launched and can be bought at Amazon It’s also possible to
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