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
The sounds come from different directions. A shrill sound of a chimpanzee and the response of others that denote fear. Others are more strident in many voices and of a very peculiar kind. In the night the sound are different: the roar of many big cats. Toto, newcomer chimpanzee to
An investigating judge of Río Negro, Argentina, Dr. Ruben D. Norry, on June9, facing the application of an Habeas Corpus in favor of chimpanzee Toti - who is captive in Bubalcó Zoo - agreed to send the request to a Court consisting of five judges, who must determine whether
Sad, not to call it absurd and incompetent. Loro Parque is a large zoo in Spain, which cares little for the mental health of the animals that it hosts. As a proof of its incompetence, we will describe what happened days ago. According to the direction of the Zoo, some
Two weeks ago, a team of GAP Sanctuary in Sorocaba ended with perfection a rescue in Leme Zoo, countryside of São Paulo, which was being disabled. Two lionesses, named Isa and Salena, and chimpanzee Toto were anesthetized, placed in boxes and driven by our truck at their new destination.
Thirty-five years ago, a female chimpanzee—identified only as "4X0139"—was intentionally infected with the hepatitis B virus by experimenters. She was then infected with HIV, hepatitis C, and other illnesses and has been imprisoned in a laboratory for use in traumatic experiments in the decades since. Recently, in an
We knew they would not be silent and would invent some justification to return to defend the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research, which earned so much money, and still render, for the various laboratories and research centers in North America, which are amply compensated by the use of great
He was born in a experimentation laboratory, the Institute for Primate Studies in Norman , Oklahoma State , in November 1980. There lived his parents,, Vanessa and Ali, relatives of another notorious chimp - . Nim Chimpsky , who led to the documentary Project Nim, recently aired on TV. When he was still a baby,
San Diego Airport finally conveys ad against Sea World
Passengers arriving at San Diego International Airport are now greeted with a polite reminder that says that people who really love animals would not pay to see them perform tricks in small tanks. The information is provided by The Dodo. For the next four weeks, about 50 thousand people who pass
South Africa: Chimpanzees in danger of being euthanized in Sanctuary
A new incident happened at Eden Sanctuary, in South Africa, which is a franchise or concession of Jane Goodall Institute to a private South African group. Two chimps, Nikki and Amadeus, assaulted handlers in the sanctuary, which, as we denounce in the past, does not meet the necessary safety standards
GAP Project International joins GAP / PGS in Spain , which, together with other organizations , has chosen May 24 as the date to fight against the water parks in the world. These parks keeps as prisoners hundreds of dolphins , whales and other aquatic animals to exploit them commercially. In front of every waterpark
The sun begins to project its rays through the clouds of autumn, the moon hides after presiding all night, illuminating the darkness that allows chimpanzees move without many restrictions. A cry of Peter waking unties a response from other enclosures. Each one has its own DNA and with time you
A coalition of animal rights organizations, as NEAVS , NAPSA , LPAG and ALDF, of United States, issued a statement and a request to the Department of Agriculture of the country in order to establish clear rules of handling in laboratory of thousands of monkeys , who are subjected to all kinds of
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