Act in Spain : “Great Ape Project , Eight Years Later”
CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES , JUNE 5 , 7PM This Act to be held in the Congress of Deputies will happen eight years after the controversy erupted , with the presentation of the proposition in the Court of Spain claiming the Rights of Great Apes . GAP / PGS Project was vilified by many politicians, bishops…
Steven Wise filed a Habeas Corpus on behalf of chimpanzees housed in the United States. He said he has to "break down barriers" as it was done centuries ago when slaves were "things" to justice. Chimp Tommy does not know that he can become a leading case on "non-human" animal
Rescue in Leme: Chimpanzee and lions are rescued from zoo and taken to GAP Sanctuary in Brazil
A male chimpanzee and two female lions were transfered, this Tuesday, May 13, from Leme Zoo, countryside of São Paulo state, to GAP Sanctuary in Sorocaba. The rescue of the animals was possible due to a report made by Environment Police, which was sent to the Fauna Department of Sã
We hear this term "environmental enrichment" for over a decade. When we were looking for a place to learn about the management of adult chimpanzees and the construction of suitable enclosures, as long as our experience was with babies chimpanzees, we ended up coming to the Veterinary School of
In a report sent to Argentine Justice, Vania Ynterian, leader of GAP Project International , who is visiting the country, warns that Toti’s mental state is rapidly deteriorating . Vania met Toti two years ago, when she visited the Representative of GAP Project in Argentina, Alejandra Juarez, and her Sanctuary of
The incident that occurred a few days ago in Belo Horizonte Zoo, where a father and his baby had been injured by a stone thrown by a young chimpanzee, who was angry and furious for the life that takes in that place, continues to show the truth of the zoos,
The scandal caused by a stone thrown at a child who was in her father's lap in front of the chimpanzee enclosure in the zoo of Belo Horizonte is showing the tragic reality of the exposure of large primates to an unprepared public. If you look at the video of
A denounce of GAP / PGS of Spain to the European Community about mistreatment practices of Zoo / Circus Park Schwaben, in Germany, was accepted by the Committee on Petitions of the European Union and an investigation into the practices and the situation of the 40 chimpanzees that are kept there in poor
"THE STONE WAS NOT A JOKE, IT WAS A PROTEST" What a chimpanzee subjected to days , months and years of imprisonment in a tiny space and harassed by a public who verbally assaults and even throws cans and other objects, can do ? A chimpanzee at Belo Horizonte Zoo, in Brazil,
On April 23, Vania Maria Ynterian, member of GAP Sanctuary of Great Apes in Brazil , who helped found the first sanctuary of Great Apes in the country and the representation of GAP Project on it, arrives in Argentina. One of the missions of Vania, who has 15 years of experience in the
Save the Chimps Sanctuary occasionally puts in the enclosures / islands that are home to diverse groups of chimpanzees boxes or envelopes with various items such as dried fruit, chocolates, jellies and other treats that chimpanzees like. In this photo, we see the joy of Melody when she "found" an Easter
En este 17 de Abril, el documental Virunga será exhibido en Premiere Mundial en el Festival Tribeca de Películas. Virunga es el Parque que abriga los últimos Gorilas de la Montaña en la República Democrática del Congo, que lucha para que no sea barrido del mapa por
Demonstrations for Toti in Argentina cover the whole country
Toti has turned into a chimpanzee known throughout Argentina. Due to the mobilization of Alejandra Juarez, representative of GAP Project, and her extensive group of collaborators, on the 11th of April, as the photos and videos show, the case of Toti covered the entire country. In Rio Negro Zoo itself,
Alejandra Juarez, GAP representative in Argentina, forwarded this message on the eve of great events to request the shuttle of chimpanzee Toti to a Sanctuary in Brazil. "To all who follow us by Toti: I know we have multiplicity of ideas and beliefs. But I know that deep in our
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