Zoos in the anteroom of death: escape and death in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
We received information that a Safari in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, notified yesterday the escape of two chimpanzees who lived trapped in small cubicles at the zoo. The order was to kill them, because the zoo is not prepared to do the chemical immobilization, such as any similar institution protocol.
Continuation of Pedro Pozas and Paulina Bermudéz’s activities in Mexico
Information in Spanish: PEDRO POZAS VISITA MEXICO 21 a 24 DE ABRIL 2015 PEDRO POZAS VISITA MEXICO 25-27 Y 28 DE ABRIL 2015 Related news: https://www.projetogap.org.br/noticia/resumo-das-atividades-de-pedro-pozas-e-paulina-bermudez-no-mexico/ April 25 – Visit to San Juan de Arágon Zoo April 27 – Antoher interview of Pedro Pozas to TV channel Green TV April 27 – Conference at
The activities of Pedro Pozas and Paulina Bermúdez in Mexico
April 21st – Interview of Pedro Pozas to TV channel Green TV April 22nd – Interview to webnews site IZQ April 23rd – Visit to Chapultepec Zoo News reports (in Spanish) http://izq.mx/noticias/23/04/2015/conoces-proyecto-gran-simio-estan-en-mexico-visitaron-a-toto-y-jami-en-chapultepec/ http://izq.mx/noticias/24/04/2015/conoces-proyecto-gran-simio-nos-hablan-de-toto-y-jambi-orangutanes-de-chapultepec/ http://www.diariodemexico.com.mx/?p=137535 # Related news: https://www.projetogap.
Today we honor Mother Earth and all of her beauty. Here are some of the ways we try to be green at Save the Chimps. We collect and reuse water bottles to occasionally give the chimpanzees juice and ices, a favorite, of course! We shred our paper and give it
The month of April 2015 will be a milestone in the fight for the Rights of Great Apes in the world. For the first time in the judicial history of the United States, it was granted a Habeas Corpus to two chimpanzees who suffered the damage from captivity and torture of
On April 14, he reached the city of Cordoba, and was later transferred to the refuge of Caraya Project at La Cumbre. He was the first capuchin monkey that Argentina Justice granted a writ of amparo and his release from a cage at the zoo Rawson. This appeal, which is similar
In a joint work with the representation of GAP Project in Mexico, the director of GAP Spain, Pedro Pozas Terrados, will visit for a week, starting on April 21, the country. In an extensive schedule that includes meetings, conferences and visits, Pedro Pozas will be lecturing on the need to create
For several hours, in silence, a group of chimpanzees, with dark aspect and sad look, circulates the body of dear friend who has just died unexpectedly struck by a heart attack. I have witnessed this kind of scene, each one with their differences, and it is amazing to see how
Solidarity is a quality that every day more scarce in the human race, but among non-human primates it is a characteristic that marks the species. It is very common to see chimpanzees trying to heal the wounds or bruises on the other after fights, forgetting quickly the animosity. The relationship
As we have mentioned before, we discovered that chimpanzees love tunnels and walkways; but some of them are so fanatic that dispute their use when they are shared. Bongo is a chimpanzee born in Angola who came from Portugal, where he lived with a family who saved him from death
GAP Project denounces captive of orangutans in Mexico
Toto and Jambi are two orangutans living at Chapultepec Zoo, in Mexico City. Animal welfare organizations and GAP Mexico have denounced the situation and conditions of life in which these orangutans are, without access to sunlight and in depressive state. A petition with 6,500 signatures, collected in two weeks, led to
I arrived a little after dawn where Caesar was with his mother, Samantha, and his sister Sofia. I entered their enclosure and the family was at one of the two-storey houses, in the external area, on the roof. I asked to bring me Caesar, since I could not climb up
North- American television aired days ago a drama that takes place in San Francisco Zoo, which is a testament to how zoos consider their animals mere entertainment objects for the public, without any other commitment. At the Californian Zoo, three chimpanzees live for over 40 years: two females, Minnie and Maggie, 45
Canoe, the Bangkok chimp, getting help form authorities
From Wildlife Friends of Thailand (WFFT.org.br) Finally a chance for change! On February 18th Edwin Wiek, founder of WFFT, was able to hand over 25,000 signatures of a petition on CHANGE.ORG to the director-general of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNP), under the ministry of Natural
February, 15th, 2015 Samantha really knows all that we speak! At the moment I cannot illustrate what I witnessed with Samantha and Caesar, because she does not like camera and gets nervous. Sometimes she lets me, but that's when she allows me. Oh ... you think shooting chimps is easy?! It is