From Save the Chimps Sanctuary We announce with heavy hearts the passing of our beloved resident and friend, Tarzan. Tarzan was a sweet and playful chimpanzee who proved to be an expert at making friends during his introductions into Bobby's family. “We are deeply sad to lose such an important
Almost chimpanzee, by Jon Cohen, an extensive overview of human/chimp relationships
Book review by Alyson Baker* In 1925, the American psychologist and primatologist Robert Yerkes published his book Almost human, arguing that the similarities between humans and chimpanzees would make chimps good objects for scientific study. In Almost chimpanzee, Jon Cohen explores how different our two species are, and what that might
The Manifesto: Chimpanzees Are Living Human Fossils
A few days ago a 15-page paper was published in the magazine Human Evolution, Vol. 34, with four more worldwide references on this subject. The title of the work is “Pan Survival in the 21st Century: Chimpanzee Cultural Preservation, Rehabilitation, and Emancipation Manifesto”. See the full version here: Roffman_Pan The
GAP Brazil: Chimpanzee Black has a mate in the Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba/SP
Four months after the transfer from the city zoo to the Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba/SP, affiliated to GAP Project, chimpanzee Black could not have been better. He is fully adapted to the sanctuary routine and has no health problems, despite his estimated 50 years and the fact that he
In recent days, a BBC video circulating on social networks features chimpanzees of an African Sanctuary walking on two feet and requesting food from their African keepers. BBC is known for producing extraordinary documentaries of wildlife and the animal world. It could not conclude that two-foot chimps would be a
By Alyson Baker* I stood next to Boris, a Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary caregiver, I was volunteering at the Sanctuary. I mentioned to Boris that Medina, the chimpanzee who was browsing on the other side of the fence, had something stuck on her back. “Medina, what’s on your back?”
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Captain, a young chimp, has endured constant abuse and neglect in his short life. When he was an infant a poacher slaughtered his mother in front of his eyes, then captured and sold Captain as an illegal pet. He was alone, torn from
Argentine activists ask judge to send orangutan Sandra to Brazil, not to US
The Association of Animal Rights Officials and Lawyers (AFADA, in Spanish) asked Judge Elena Liberatori “to change her criteria” so that the ape does not come to the US because of travel time and costs, among other reasons. After several months in office and after the Argentine courts decided to
From Center for Great Apes With the recent arrival of chimpanzee Chloe, our elder chimp “grandpas" Joe and Bo moved from their quarantine habitat over to the new expanded chimpanzee area. They made their way through the aerial trailways (about ¼ of a mile) rather quickly amidst many pant-hoots (and a
How Social Media Supports Animal Cruelty and the Illegal Pet Trade
Images of chimpanzees and other species appear cute, but they may actually depict animals in dangerous situations. Here’s how to tell what’s safe to share — and how that helps conservation. by Ashley Edes - The Revelator Whether you find it fascinating or disquieting, people recognize the inherent similarities
Some Monkeys Entered The Stone Age More Than 3,000 Years Ago
Brazilian tool-using monkeys have not just been engaging in the practice for far longer than we realized, they've also changed the way they use stone tools over time, going through recognizably different styles over thousands of years. Three years ago it was announced capuchin monkeys were using stone tools and
In a first, chimpanzees seen smashing and eating tortoises
By Douglas Main (National Geographic) Tortoises’ thick shells protect them from most predators. But our closest relatives have found a way to circumvent this defense: vigorously bashing them against trees. In a paper published today in the journal Scientific Reports, scientists report seven chimpanzees breaking open forest hinge-back tortoises in
Chimpanzees in the wild reduced to ‘forest ghettos’
by Marlowe HOOD Paris (AFP) | All four sub-species of the African primate are threatened with extinction, with at least one — the western chimpanzee — declining in number by more than 80 percent over three generations. Forty chimp experts from around the world — with a combined 300 years of field experience — issued…
What is magic without ape parts? Inside the illicit trade devastating Nigeria’s apes
Demand for ape body parts for spiritual purposes drives a complex and lucrative trade. BY ORJI SUNDAY* - Mongabay Series: Great Apes OHOFIA, Nigeria — The fading sunlight, half-coned and yellow, turns the evening murky. The crowing of roosters mingles with the rattling of motorbikes as farmers make their way home
United States: A CA University poisoned seven baby monkeys to death
From NEAVS - New England Anti-Vivisection Society They didn’t have a chance. Seven baby monkeys, one only a day old, were poisoned and died at the primate lab located at the University of California, Davis. The babies were only doing what comes naturally, nursing from their mothers. Due to
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