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posted in 06 Mar 2018

Chimp Flown to Freedom

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,

posted in 01 Mar 2018

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

posted in 28 Feb 2018

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

posted in 20 Feb 2018

GAP BRAZIL: Chimpanzees appreciate what is good

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

posted in 15 Feb 2018

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

posted in 09 Feb 2018

GAP BRAZIL: Luiza and her passion for jelly

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

posted in 31 Jan 2018

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'

posted in 29 Jan 2018

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

posted in 27 Jan 2018

Paris zoo is evacuated after 52 baboons escape their enclosure

The biggest zoo in Paris went into lockdown today after around 52 ‘large and potentially very aggressive baboons’ escaped from their enclosures. All were seen running amok in the French capital’s Zoological Park, in the Vincennes woods, soon after midday, but it is thought just four remain on the loose

posted in 23 Jan 2018

Three more chimpanzees from Argentina are transferred to a Brazilian sanctuary

January 22nd, 2018: Punia, Pweki and Zuri are about to enter in a new era of their lives. On this Tuesday, January 23rd, the chimpanzees (father, mother and daughter) are going to be transferred from the zoo of La Plata, in Argentina, to the Great Apes Sanctuary of ANAMI Institute, in

posted in 23 Jan 2018

The three of La Plata

We used to call them like that, throughout more than six years of conversation, bureaucracy and permissions of a lot of state departments in Argentina and Brazil. The three of La Plata belong to a family of chimpanzees that had caretaker Martin Davids dedicated to for a long period of

posted in 18 Jan 2018

Rescued chimpanzees face an uncertain future in Nepal

By Bhadra Sharma and Kai Schultz (New York Times) KATHMANDU, Nepal — A group of plainclothes investigators assembled outside an animal smuggler’s house in the Himalayas recently, waiting for signs of life. Working off a tip that two baby chimpanzees were illegally passing through Nepal, the investigators burst into the

posted in 11 Jan 2018

The amazing story of Wounda, the chimp behind the hug with Dr. Jane Goodall

Wounda enjoying her new life on Tchindzoulou Island

As Dr. Jane Goodall discovered nearly 60 years ago, chimpanzees are so like us; complex and intelligent beings sharing much of our emotions like fear, compassion, and love. When considering these traits, one chimpanzee in particular stands out: Her name is Wounda. You may have seen Wounda in the Jane Goodall

posted in 11 Jan 2018

Even chimps want to see Justice served

By Kate Wheeling Chimpanzees and children as young as six will pay to see offenders punished, suggesting justice-seeking behavior in humans has deep evolutionary roots Humans are social animals. We feel bad when misfortune befalls our friends, and pleasure when it befalls our foes. Plenty of research has documented justice-seeking

posted in 22 Dec 2017

GAP Project wishes all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We wish everyone a peacefull Christmas and a prosperous new year. And also lots of achievements for our cause: the fight for the rights of great apes!

The GAP Project

GAP is an international movement whose main objective is to fight for the basic rights to life, liberty and non-torture of non-human great apes - Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Orangutans and Bonobos, our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.

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