Every Day is a Living Nightmare Every morning, Joanna awakes in the dark, damp corner of a cage in Angola. The floor of her prison is littered with old plastic bottles and trash that has collected over the years. She stares out beyond the metal mesh of her cage at
Letter from Dr. Pedro A. Ynterian, General Secretary of GAP Project International, on support of the sanction of Spanish Great Apes Law: "GAP Project believes that extending legal rights also to chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans is a fundamental requirement to prevent the continuation of torture and other violations to
Zoo Elephant Is So Lonely, Her Cage Is Covered With Trunk Marks From Scratching – Let’s Help Free Her!
Sunny the elephant is a heartbreaking example of what life can be like for wild animals who are forced to live in captivity. At the Nomi Ishikawa Zoo in Japan, this beautiful animal has been completely alone for 29 years – regularly shut in a small concrete cell, without ever seeing other
Life on Earth Is Under Assault—But There’s Still Hope
A major international report on biodiversity warns of serious threats to all living things, but many solutions are available By Stephen Leahy MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA- The Earth’s life support system is failing. Nearly everywhere, the various forms of non-human life are in decline, according to a series of landmark international
Baby Orangutan Chained Up At Zoo Is So Desperate For Help
A new video shows him reaching out to zoo visitors — but his chain is too short to reach them BY KRISTEN WARFIELD Bolted to the ground with a thick chain around his waist, a baby orangutan at Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo in Thailand has no choice but to pose
U.S. chimp retirement gains momentum, as famed pair enters sanctuary
By David Grimm (on line news editor of Science) After years of experiments, a protracted battle to grant them legal “personhood,” and a life spent bouncing between two scientific facilities, two of the world’s most famous research chimpanzees have finally retired. Hercules and Leo arrived this morning at Project
Breathtaking images of gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans and bonobos captured by some of the world’s top photographers are revealed in a new charity book that could help save them from extinction. A campaign to raise funds for a breathtaking new book featuring photographs of wild gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans and bonobos
Little baby chimpanzee Mussa’s rescue was breaking news this last week. He was saved by poachers who brutally killed his mother and family. His rescue was made even more miraculous when a bush pilot with Virunga National Park offered to fly him to safety at Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Center,
Venezuela’s woes spread to zoos as animals feed on each other
The situation in economically depressed Venezuela is so dire, workers at one zoo are slaughtering animals to feed others -- with two emaciated pumas poster kids of sorts for the distressing state of affairs. The zoo -- located in the town of San Francisco in Zulia state -- closed down
Our cousins chimps and bonobos use similar sign languages
By New Scientist staff and Press Association An analysis of chimpanzee and bonobo gestures suggests that if the two apes ever come face to face, they would probably be able to understand each other . Kirsty Graham, of the University of York, UK, and her team determined the meaning of 33 different
A few days ago we prepared the famous Brazilian cheese cake for the chimpanzees at Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba and some of them had never tasted it before. Those who were not that confident wait a little bit until we eat it, so they can began to taste the
GAP BRAZIL: Alex and his different way of eating “feijoada”
Chimpanzee Alex is more than 30 years old. He has no teeth and apparently they were all surgically extracted in the circus where he used to live since he was a newborn. Besides Brazil, this circus traveled by the countries of South America. When he arrived at the Great Primates Sanctuary
This is Luiza, female chimpanzee who was born in Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil. She is 15 years old, is already a mother and is raising her first baby. In this image it is clear her passion for jelly! Dr. Pedro A. Ynterian General Secretary, GAP Project
Renowned scientist claims a ‘humanzee’ was born in an American lab before it was killed by panicked doctors in the 1920s
A scientist has claimed that a 'humanzee' was born in an American lab nearly 100 years ago before being killed by panicked doctors. Renowned evolutionary psychologist, Gordon Gallup, told The Sun that the human-chimpanzee hybrid was born in a lab in Orange Park, Florida. Gallup, who developed the famous mirror 'self-recognition'
GAP Brazil: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, negotiation with a chimpanzee
This Sunday I was in chimp Lucke's enclosure, as I usually do when I am in the Sanctuary - to take some food that he most appreciates. While he played with the pocket of my coat, I took a nap. Usually I keep my keys in my pants pocket, where
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