In the heart of North America: a history of horror
Scotty was born on October 21, 1982, from a female chimpanzee who had no name, she was the number CH-490; and from an unknown father. When he was two years old, he was immersed in a small cage hanging from the ceiling of a laboratory name Lemsip, in the State of New
The theatre is full. "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" develops captivating the attention of the ones present, especially children with parents and teenagers. Caesar, the chimpanzee who won the genetic barrier of speech, communicates with words and, hurt by the duplicity of human conduct, says "apes do not
According to UN information released in June at a meeting in Nairobi, in 2030, 90% of the habitat of the great apes in Africa and 99% in Asia will no longer exist. The first consequence is that orangutans, gibbons and bonobos will be extinct in the wild, followed by gorillas and chimpanzees. The
Zoos for what? Costa Rica is a small country in Central America; a single country in this world armed to the teeth, which has no army and has an abundant biodiversity. Costa Rica was important weeks ago, when the country showed that it is able to compete in the World
Another chimp from Lebanon is transferred to GAP Sanctuary in Brazil
07/11/2014: Charlie, a nine-year old chimpanzee who lived in a zoo in Lebanon, arrived today at GAP Sanctuary of Paraná, maintained by Anami Conservationist Institute, Charlie is the third chimpanzee who comes from Lebanon to Brazil - Omega and Bico went to the same sanctuary in 2011 and 2012 respectively - and, according
A recent work signed by several primatologists of University of St. Andrews, in UK, published in the journal Current Biology, shows how a group of free-living chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, Uganda, developed a language of gestures, to communicate between them. Primatologists who carried out this work came to develop
Sold into extinction: great apes betrayed by protectors
Commentary By: Daniel StilesMongabay.org Special Reporting Assignment Fellow In what appears to be corruption in high places, the international body charged with protecting endangered species has turned a blind eye to massive illegal trade of endangered Great Apes. This was my distinct impression on reading the Great Apes report
South Africa: Nikki and Amadeus are still in danger
The latest information coming from Eden Sanctuary, in South Africa, indicate that PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance sent a representative to inspect the site and know the details of the attack of chimpanzees to a handler, as well as avoid a possible euthanasia of those innocent chimpanzees . PASA sent
Scientists Decode Meaning Of Chimpanzee Gestures For The First Time
Image: Chimpanzees enjoy the sun at Gut Aiderbichl's Sanctuary for Traumatized Chimpanzees and Other Primates in Gaenserndorf, Austria, about 30 miles northeast of Vienna, Sept. 14, 2011. Reuters By Kukil Bora@KukilBoraon July 05 2014 3:32 AM Chimpanzees, the closest living relatives of humans, have their own way of communication, which includes various gestures. A team
The moral bankruptcy of the city of Belo Horizonte
The Municipality of Belo Horizonte city, in Brazil, has provided 42,000 dollars for the year 2014 to care for abandoned dogs and cats, estimated at 8,000 individuals in the city. Meanwhile the same Mayor, who recognizes that the city cannot even sustain a kennel to care for pets, spends millions to bring gorillas
Balance 2013: The numbers are terrifying. They show the destruction of the habitats of the largest wild species of the planet, in Africa and Asia, and the money illegal trade in wildlife and timber products generate. Between June 23 and 27, members of the UN Environmental First Assembly met in Nairobi, Africa, and
I wonder what makes us so afraid of our proximity to apes. Maybe we are afraid to stay in front of our animality. There are four great apes: chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans. Chimpanzees and bonobos are separated from us with only 1% of the genome. We can even exchange blood
Belo Horizonte Zoo continues at the limit of irresponsability
We do not know how the Mayor of Belo Horizonte considers that its zoo is a good postcard of his management. The news that have been coming from there in the last few months are tragic and negative. The latest now is that the death of the giraffe Zola, confirmed
Every day, more often, we reach information about the capacity and intelligence of chimpanzees to understand and solve problems posed in front of them, as humans do. In a latest discovery of Japanese scientists, working with a couple of chimpanzees and humans on the game developed in 1994 by Nobel Economics
A Universal Declaration of the Rights of Great Apes
Who looks more like a Human Person: Spanish bank Santander or a Chimp? This amazing and unusual question was asked at an event in the room Clara Campoamor , in the Chamber of Deputies of Spain last June, 8th . The challenge consisted in a manifest read by philosopher and poet Jorge
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