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posted in 06 Jun 2015
Chimpanzees in Liberia, Used in New York Blood Center Research, Face Uncertain Future
29CHIMP-articleLarge By JAMES GORMAN (New York Times) After about 30 years of using a colony of chimpanzees in Liberia for biomedical research, which ended 10 years ago, the New York Blood Center has now withdrawn all funding for them, prompting animal welfare groups to urge the center to reconsider its decision. For now,
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posted in 02 Jun 2015
Towards death
Judy and Pongo mini I met her in Bwana Park Zoo, in Rio de Janeiro, which was about to be definitely closed by the Environmental Authority for abuse of its collection of animals. Judy may have been more than 20 years old, constituted a family, with her friend Tata and her partner Peter, and her
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posted in 02 Jun 2015
Claustrophobia
Pinho and Nega mini We have 55 chimpanzees at GAP Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, in the countryside of São Paulo state. More than 15 individuals are originated from circuses. If we observe them, we will realize the difference between them due to the type of life they have undergone. We have five chimpanzees who
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posted in 27 May 2015
What Steven Wise’s talk tells on the rights of chimpanzees
US lawyer Steven Wise, president of the NGO Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP), summed up in just less than 15 minutes the meaning behind the idea that chimpanzees are rather subjects of law and shall be regarded by the courts as people, not as objects. In a talk at TED event held
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posted in 26 May 2015
2050: will chimpanzees exist?
In the wild certainly not. A few years before bonobos, gorillas and orangutans will also be extinct. They will also have gone from the nature the elephants, lions, tigers, rhinos, hippos and most large terrestrial mammals. The natural habitat of these species has been devastated by human population growth. Consider
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posted in 19 May 2015
GAP Spain demands an end to the trading of chimpanzees among zoos
Great Ape Project Spain (PGS) has demanded an end to the trading of chimpanzees that is "frequently" carried by zoos because they affect the mental health of the great apes involved and has demanded explanations from Bioparc (at the city of Valencia) for having transferred all its chimps to other
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posted in 18 May 2015
Supporting visit do GAP Mexico
Zoo San Juan Aragon MX (8) Read the full report (in Spanish) of Pedro Pozas's (president of GAP Spain) visit to GAP Mexico. The activities happened from April 20 to April 29. INFORME VISITA MÉXICO GAP INTERNACIONAL
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posted in 07 May 2015
Adan is found dead
Chimpanzee Adan, who had fled days ago from Zoo-Safari Sa Coma, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, was found dead, possibly drowned, in the woods near the Safari. GAP Project asked the authorities a real investigation about his death, which is considered strange, and an autopsy, to settle the real cause
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posted in 06 May 2015
Proposal for closing the Zoo in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
GAP Project and other animal rights organizations have denounced the Zoo-Safari Sa Coma, which allowed the escape of two imprisoned chimpanzees  and the death of one of them. The hunt for the male Adan continues in the woods surrounding the Safari. An order requiring the Zoo closing is being made
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posted in 06 May 2015
Zoos owners should be held criminally liable
Organizations are presenting an application for criminal liability against the owners of the Zoo-Safari Sa Coma, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, for the murder of Eva, a female chimpanzee who escaped from this site recently. A wave of protests is happening in Europe due to this senseless action of the
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posted in 05 May 2015
Zoos in the anteroom of death: escape and death in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Chimpance Safari Espanha 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.
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posted in 28 Apr 2015
Continuation of Pedro Pozas and Paulina Bermudéz’s activities in Mexico
Zoo San Juan Aragon MX (8) 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
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posted in 24 Apr 2015
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.
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posted in 22 Apr 2015
Celebrate Earth Day 2015
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
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posted in 22 Apr 2015
First Habeas Corpus for chimpanzees in the US
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
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