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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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posted in 24 Apr 2014
Belo Horizonte Zoo flees the responsibility
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
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posted in 23 Apr 2014
German zoo will be investigated
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
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posted in 23 Apr 2014
Visitors are injured in Belo Horizonte Zoo
"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,
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posted in 22 Apr 2014
GAP International supports the fight in Argentina
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
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posted in 22 Apr 2014
Melody “finds” the Easter Egg
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
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