From distance we did not understand the situation quite completely. A Habeas Corpus filed by the AFADA Organization for the release of the chimpanzee Cecilia obtained a positive Judgment from a Court of Guarantees of the Mendoza Province that recognized her as a Subject of Law - a non-human person
Chimpanzee released by Habeas Corpus is transferred from Argentine zoo to Great Apes Sanctuary affiliated to the GAP Project in São Paulo, Brazil
Cecilia makes history as the first great ape to have the right to live in a sanctuary by means of a human legal instrument 17/04/04: The date will enter the world history of the struggle for freedom and the rights of non-human animals. The chimpanzee Cecília, who lived in the
This photo is the proof that, after months of struggling to secure Cecilia's release, her journey to live with her peers in a non-exploitive environment, unlike where she lived for over 19 years, finally began. Cecilia is going from Mendoza to Buenos Aires on this date and from there, early tomorrow,
Cecilia, first chimpanzee released by Habeas Corpus
Next week, the first chimpanzee in the world who has been released from captivity in a zoo through a human legal instrument, Habeas Corpus, will arrive at Guarulhos airport, in São Paulo, from Mendoza, Argentina. Cecília, who is the only survivor of a group of four chimpanzees who
By Karin Brulliard (The Washington Post) The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on behalf of two captive plaintiffs — both of them chimpanzees. Their self-appointed attorney, the crusading animal-rights lawyer Steven Wise, will once again be making the case that U.S. law should
Horn removed from four-year-old Vince in ‘act of extreme violence’, says park director by Kim Willsher, in Paris (The Guardian) Poachers have broken into a French zoo, killing a four-year-old white rhinoceros and sawing off its horn. Keepers found the dead animal, named Vince, in the African enclosure of the
Esq.: Dr. Juliana Kihara. Dir.: Dr. Camila Gentile On February 17, another successful procedure was carried out by a multidisciplinary team at the Sorocaba Maintainer (Sorocaba Great Primates Sanctuary, affiliated with the GAP Project). The team formed by Prof. Dr. Antônio Carlos Costa, Orthopedic Specialist in Microsurgery and Hand Surgery,
GAP BRAZIL: Chimpanzees Feel Safe in Latin America’s Largest Primate Sanctuary
SAO PAULO – Far away from their nerve-wracking days as a spectacle for the public, some 50 chimpanzees live together in Sorocaba, a small Brazilian town repurposed as a refuge for big primates recovering from a traumatic life in zoos and circuses. High up a cement tower, a 20-year-old chimpanzee named Dolores
African drama: Chimpanzees in Guinea Stranded without Safe Water
The Chimpanzee Conservation Center is a PASA _ Pan Afican Sanctuaries Alliance - member that gives long-term care to 52 chimpanzees who have been rescued from bushmeat hunting, the illegal wildlife trade, and other forms of cruelty, and works to save chimps from extinction. CCC is in an extremely remote location in
On January 31, 1961, the United States Air Force sent a baby chimpanzee, a little over 3 years old, to the space in a 16-minute flight that would test the risk of the journey for the first human astronaut, Alan Shepard Jr., who would later fly out of Earth's atmosphere. Ham was born
GAP IVORY COAST: Forests Cavally and Goin Débé biodiversity threatened by cocoa production
By Serge Soiret The forests of Cavally and Goin Débé, the last ones still well protected in Ivory Coast are threatened! Why? Because 40 % of the national production of cocoa come from these forests. Ivory Coast (West Africa country) is the world's largest producer of brown gold since 1978. According to
GAP Mexico: Invictus – How a black bear helped end cruelty in Mexican circuses
In Mexico, it took the fight to end the cruelty of the circuses that exploit animals more than a decade to achieve its main goal. The story of an American black bear contributed in stopping this animal abuse. This American black bear was called Nait the Dancer, and was forced
The massacre and flight of human prisoners in Manaus prisons in the state of Amazonas, north of Brazil, has sparked a debate in Brazilian society about the cost of keeping human primates prisoners. Due to the disparity of costs that we are going to display here, there is no doubt
Baby Chimp Makes New Friends While He Waits To Reunite With Mom
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts (The Dodo) Little Larry the chimp was a big surprise to everyone — perhaps even his own mother. Little Larry's mother Loko has lived at a sanctuary in Cameroon run by Ape Action Africa since 2007, when she lost her own mom to poachers as a baby. Loko
Orangutan in Zoo Who Refuses to be Caged Causes $200,000 Worth of Damage
Orangutans are incredible primates, they are highly social, emotional, and intelligent. Amazingly, orangutans share 97 percent of the same DNA as humans. Sadly, despite the genetic and social similarities that we might share with orangutans, some people insist on keeping these beautiful creatures held in captivity. One orangutan, captive at the
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