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posted in 23 May 2014
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
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posted in 22 May 2014
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
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posted in 21 May 2014
World Protest : On May 24, empty the tanks
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
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posted in 21 May 2014
Dawn in the sanctuary
Amanhecer -Sofia Sara e Suzi1 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
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posted in 20 May 2014
Thousands of monkeys at the mercy of torturers
Darla_-_edit 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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posted in 20 May 2014
Another unexplained death!
MG_bh_1024px-Girafa The mother giraffe, called  Zola, from Belo Horizonte Zoo (southeast of Brazil) , which has been highlighted in the media by its tragic news, was found dead on Sunday ( 18 ) prematurely. As always, the first news is that there was no explanation, since the 17-year-old giraffe was healthy. Later, it started the
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posted in 19 May 2014
Cages of 21st century
Cruelty against animals usually come from large developed countries, which have left, throughout history, trails of blood and suffering to millions of innocent beings.  The cages also come from there, as captivity was also invented in the world called more "civilized." United States is the country that has the larger
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posted in 16 May 2014
Americana Zoo: history repeats itself ?
EA9C1550F6A Americana  Zoo, in the countryside of São Paulo state,  has the same administration for a decade and  still suffers from the same problems , perhaps now even more acute by the lack of money. According to local newspaper O Liberal, the zoo has a debt of more than 3 million dollars
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posted in 16 May 2014
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…
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posted in 15 May 2014
The lawyer who wants to free the enslaved animals
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
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posted in 14 May 2014
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
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posted in 07 May 2014
Environmental Enrichment: A lie!
  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
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posted in 07 May 2014
Chimps: “Legal Persons” With Basic Rights?
Steven Wise continues to fight to release chimpanzee Tommy from a cage and to transfer him to a Sanctuary in USA, proving he has legal personhood:  
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posted in 30 Apr 2014
Toti’s mental state is in danger
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
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posted in 29 Apr 2014
The stone which accuses us
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,
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