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posted in 18 Sep 2018
Health Is Wealth
From Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust It’s the time of the year when the chimpanzee community at Ngamba Island gets shivers; it’s health check season. This year was so exciting since we live streamed the procedure for one day to enable our friends and supporters all over
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posted in 18 Sep 2018
Animal advocate lawyer suffers car accident in Argentina
The Argentine lawyer Pablo Buompadre, well known for his defense in favor of animal rights, was the victim of a serious accident yesterday (16) on the Pan-American Highway, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He suffered cranial trauma and underwent risk surgery. According to information from the responsible medical team,
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posted in 11 Sep 2018
In Loving Memory of Iris, Garrey, and Tiffany
By Molly Polidoroff, Executive Director, Save the Chimps Sanctuary Just this summer, we marked the first World Chimpanzee Day, a day set aside to celebrate our closest cousins. We at Save the Chimps have the honor of being part of the community that provides the best possible care as chimps
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posted in 05 Sep 2018
Help Monro and Lily
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Standing for sale in the middle of a crowded market, little Monro was alone and terrified. Overwhelmed by frightening voices and smells, he cried desperately for the mother who was murdered in front of his eyes. His captors had cruelly tied a rope
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posted in 01 Sep 2018
Center for Great Apes is celebrating 25th Anniversary
Originally established in 1993 as a permanent home for an infant orangutan (Pongo) and an infant chimpanzee (Grub) who were both kept at a Miami tourist attraction, the Center for Great Apes has to date cared for more than 60 great apes!  Our Founder Patti Ragan did not ever expect to have
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posted in 01 Sep 2018
Trump administration wants to reinstate cruel hunting practices in Alaska, like killing hibernating bears, shooting wolf pups in dens
From Humane Society United States The Trump administration is trying to bring back some of the worst and most appalling hunting practices for wolves, grizzly bears and other wildlife on 20 million acres of federal public lands in Alaska. A rule proposed in May by the Department of the Interior would
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posted in 27 Aug 2018
Support Ngamba Chimps this Apegiving day – September 25th
What if we all gave for the sustainability of Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary? We can! On September 25th, 2018, our animal advocates will come together for a 24 hours of unprecedented giving day to support the amazing work of Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary through Giving Day for Apes. Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife
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posted in 27 Aug 2018
Stolen from their mothers
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance No one knows how long little Chickaboo was trapped with a vicious wire snare around her hand, all alone in the forest. Can you imagine the panic this baby gorilla felt? She was in terrible pain and starving when she arrived at Ape
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posted in 19 Aug 2018
GAP Spain names legendary Biruté Mary Galdikas as president of honor
The Great Ape Project Spain named, after her consent, Birute Mary Galdikas as president of honor of the organization. Galdikas is one of the three women who the anthropologist Louis Leakey chose for the field study of the great apes and today is the only one who remains in the
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posted in 08 Aug 2018
Help change the fate of former lab chimpanzees in United States
From NEAVS - New England Anti-Vivisection Society (USA) Did you know that hundreds of chimpanzees still languish in government owned or supported facilities? You read that right. In November 2015 our government, via the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced that it would no longer support the use of chimpanzees in
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posted in 03 Aug 2018
Yes! Brussels to end experiments on animals
The government of Brussels-Capital Region is putting an end to experiments on dogs, cats, and primates! Starting January 1st, 2020, experiments on these animals will be forbidden, significantly reducing the number of living beings used for testing in the region. Five years later, starting January 1st, 2025, animal experiments will also be
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posted in 31 Jul 2018
She won’t let go of her sister
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Oumou and Nana cling desperately to each other. They are tiny babies who look like twins, but in fact, they’ve only just met. Fear and confusion overwhelm them as they hear cars whizzing by, men shouting at one another – confusing sights and
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posted in 29 Jul 2018
Thomas Cook to end trips to parks with captive killer whales
From The Guardian Thomas Cook is to stop selling trips to animal parks that keep killer whales in captivity, following, it said, customer feedback and evidence from animal welfare specialists. “This was not a decision we took lightly,” Peter Fankhauser, CEO of Thomas Cook Group, said in a blog posted
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posted in 27 Jul 2018
Orangutan: How 70,000 years of human interaction have shaped an icon of wild nature
The evolution of the orangutan has been more heavily influenced by humans than was previously thought, new research reveals. Source: Cardiff University Professor Mike Bruford, of Cardiff University, was part of the team of scientists shedding light on the development of the critically endangered species. Their findings offer new possibilities
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posted in 24 Jul 2018
When volun-tourism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be’ – ‘It was pretty much a zoo’
By Garth Bray (Fair Go) Orangutans are being kept in cages for up to 14 hours a day without drinking water at a self-described research facility in Malaysia, a Fair Go investigation has revealed. Bukit Merah Orang Utan Island Sanctuary defended its treatment of the critically endangered animals, saying cages are
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