Last week, NIH - US National Institute of Health announced that the last 50 chimpanzees who were chosen absurdly by the Institute as a strategic reserve, in case they had to use them in biomedical experiments, were also being released and will not be used anymore. For decades, NIH encouraged medical
On Saturday, November 21, we completed our first intervention in central Santiago (Ahumada Park), called "Put yourself in the place of Sandai". More than two dozen activists participated displaying a picture with half of Sandai's face, covering their own faces. In this way it was represented that we put ourselves in
Peter Singer supports campaign “Great Apes – Living World Heritage”
Philosopher Peter Singer, one of the founders of GAP Project and considered the father of the movement for the defense of animal rights, has signed the letter of adhesion to the campaign Great Apes - Living World Heritage, advocated by GAP with Unesco. He recorded a video explaining the reason
The wild chimpanzee who cared for her child with disability
By Melissa Hogenboom/ BBC Earth In the first case of its kind, a female chimpanzee has been observed caring for an infant with severe disabilities in the wild. The young chimpanzee was discovered in Mahale Mountains National Park in Tanzania. Known as XT11, she lived for 23 months. She was the
GAP Project Spain / International launches campaign “Great Apes – Living World Heritage”
November, 11, 2015: Anyone who believes that the four species of great non-human primates - chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos - help to tell the story of humanity and hold intelligence and sensitivity that justify that their basic rights are respected can help, with a click, to officially recognize these animals as
62% of North-Americans are in favor of Animal’s Rights
In 2008, according to Gallup agency, 25% of North-Americans believed that animals should have the same rights as humans. In 2015, one-third comes to believe in this. In addition, 62% of North-Americans now also believe that animals should have some legal protection, that they should be free from people abuse and exploitation, but without
If there is someone chimpanzees in Brazil should make a tribute for by the struggle for their survival and living conditions, this is Milan Starostik. Over the past 15 years with Milan, a citizen of Czech origin, who set up at Parana, south of Brazil, a powerful industrial group - Cia
For the first time in the world, a judicial system, in this case the Argentine, recognizes loud and clear that a great primate, Sandra, a female orangutan who lives in Buenos Aires Zoo, is a non-human person and has inalienable rights that must be respected. That was the sentence of
Oct 15, 2015: Today, we are rallying outside the New York Blood Center's headquarters in New York City with many other animal advocates. We have gathered together to call on NYBC to reinstate funding to care for more than 60 chimpanzees that the Center abandoned in Liberia. After decades of research and testing,
If the American society does not mobilize until November 16, Emory University will send six females and two males chimps into a fifth category Zoo in England. After exploring them throughout life, now that they cannot continue torturing them, they intend to send them to an unknown destination, regardless of the
Despite protests since its ban in 1994, next week the State of Florida will allow 1900 hunters to compete for a black bear for two days. To have this absurd opportunity to kill a bear, if you are a resident hunter in Florida will pay $ 100; if you are from out of state, $…
In the coming days, GAP Project and its representations worldwide will circulate among all social networks and the media the launch of its larger project: the recognition of the four species of great apes as "World Living Heritage". This request, which is fair, scientific, ethical, moral, emotional and supportive, will
October 24th is the date set by the authorities euphemistically considered to be the ones who protect the American Fauna to begin the hunt for wild black bears in Florida. In two days, 320 must be annihilated, with rifle shots, for more than 1,900 hunters registered for that official massacre. The protests
Sandra, a 30-year-old female orangutan, born in Germany, is in limbo at the Buenos Aires Zoo. The newspaper La Nácion, from Argentina, today published an article summarizing her case and mentions the possibility of she be transferred to the Great Primates Sanctuary of Sorocaba, affiliated with GAP Project, in
5 Things We Need to Stop Telling Ourselves About Zoos
We hear a lot of things to justify keeping animals in captivity. But are these justifications based on fact, or are they simply what zoos would have us believe? Here are five things we hear about zoos, and why we should think twice about them. Myth 1: Zoos exist for conservation
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