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posted in 24 May 2018

Tiny, Terrified, and Totally Alone. Help free Simon!

News from PASA (Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance) Simon is crying for help. He is locked in a cramped cage in a villager’s backyard in Guinea-Bissau. When people pass by, he stretches his small arm out between the bars, begging for someone to show him kindness. They ignore his suffering.

posted in 21 May 2018

How our beds are dirtier than chimpanzee nests

By Tim Walker (The Guardian) Your lily-white bed linen may, in fact, be less hygienic than the nest of an animal known for throwing its own poo around. According to a new study by researchers from North Carolina State University, chimpanzees have cleaner sleeping arrangements than humans – and that may

posted in 10 May 2018

Court ruling denies appeal for Tommy and Kiko, but not their rights

by ROBBY BERMAN On May 8, 2018, the New York Court of Appeals Decision once again denied the Nonhuman Rights Project’s (NhRP) petition to appeal a lower court’s ruling on the fate of chimpanzees Tommy and Kiko. Though nominally a defeat, the remarkable concurring opinion by the court’s Associate

posted in 09 May 2018

Hints of Human Evolution in Chimpanzees That Endure a Savanna’s Heat

By Carl Zimmer (NY Times) Nine years later, Erin Wessling can still remember the first time she visited Fongoli, a savanna in southeast Senegal. “You feel like you walk into an oven,” she said. Temperatures at Fongoli can reach 110 degrees Fahrenheit or more. During every dry season, brush fires sweep

posted in 09 May 2018

Great Ape Project is against the World Chimpanzee Day

Given the initiative launched to the media by different institutions to celebrate July 14th as the world's chimpanzee day, the Great Ape Project estimates that in any case it should be the world day of all non human great apes (bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans), since otherwise it seems that

posted in 09 May 2018

North American sanctuaries launches fundraising campaigns to support their work with rescued chimpanzees

Save the Chimps and Center for Great Apes are great apes sanctuaries located in Florida, United States. They receive chimpanzees and orangutans rescued from several kind of mistreating situations which are still allowed in the country and do their best to care and provide high standard conditions for the captive

posted in 08 May 2018

PASA/AFRICA: Babies chimpanzee and gorilla are saved, but they still need help

Just a few months ago, baby chimpanzee Tita was a victim of one of a horrific poaching story. With a lot of support and the dedicated care from the staff at Chimpanzee Conservation Center (CCC), PASA’s member organization in Guinea, Tita is growing stronger every day. She is even

posted in 28 Apr 2018

Friends of the Court – and of chimps

by Cherry Au (Dal news) Concrete walls in place of lush jungle trees, isolated confinement, rudimentary living conditions lacking enrichment opportunities: two chimpanzees by the names of Tommy and Kiko have been far removed from any semblance of their natural habitat. Ultimately, the hope is for these cognitively complex primates —

posted in 25 Apr 2018

Guinea-Bissau transfers, for the first time, chimpanzees to Sanctuary in Kenya

With the assistance of Born Free, Bo and Bella, two rescued chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau, will be moving to their new home at Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Kenya today. The two young chimps are victims of the illegal pet trade. Although the critically endangered western chimpanzee is fully protected by law,

posted in 24 Apr 2018

“I respect animals and appreciate their beauty”

Interview with Mio Hashimoto, artist and sculptor. By Jaqueline B. Ramos* When art speaks out for respecting all forms of living beings, the experience of sensing it is unforgettable. And kind of speechless… But to try to put on words the reasons behind the beauty, I talked to Japanese artist

posted in 23 Apr 2018

Ape only walks upright after spending 9 years stuck in this cage

BY ELIZABETH CLAIRE ALBERTS (The Dodo) It’s been more than two decades since Poco the chimpanzee was rescued — but anyone who visits Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, where Poco now lives, is reminded of where he came from. Poco spent nine horribly long years locked inside a tiny cage, which is

posted in 20 Apr 2018

Rescue Joanna and Rikita

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

posted in 12 Apr 2018

For a Great Apes Law in Spain

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

posted in 02 Apr 2018

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

posted in 26 Mar 2018

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

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