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
The fight lasted nine years. On Saturday, April 5, the Lebanon court ordered the confiscation of chimpanzee Charlie from a zoo and his delivery to the NGO Animals Lebanon, which has rescued some other primates and sent them to GAP Sanctuary in Paraná, Brazil. Charlie is 9 years old, was smuggled from
Many wonder about the origins of the Brazilian attitude "take advantage". It is not exclusive to our people, as long as many other people in other countries also practice it. If we try to return to the past, maybe we will face that the origin comes from a few million
The article of ANDA that we reproduce below proves that whales from SeaWorld , and quite possibly of all water parks, including Loro Parque in Spain, are doped with Valium and other benzodiazepines , to keep them calm, so they do not harm themselves and the keepers. In the explanation of SeaWorld
Virunga National Park is one of the last areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo protected of the ambition of timber, oil, mining and expansion of palm oil production. At the park, a group of Mountain Gorillas still survives, surrounded by enemies and deforestation which are only a few miles
OUR FAUNA IS ABANDONED On Friday, March 28, a team of the local Environmental Police went to Sorocaba Sanctuary with a wounded Howler Monkey. He had been rescued by some citizens and taken to a clinic for dogs, which gave first aid but were unable to keep him. Police called the
The campaign for the return of chimpanzee Toti to Cordoba Zoo and a subsequent transference to a GAP sanctuary in Brazil remains intensely . A new feature is being presented to the Federal Court this week given the lack of the Municipality of Cordoba decision, which was triggered to ask the
Victory The last parks of the United States that continued to force orangutans to act on stage - Universal Studios of Hollywood and Orlando - officially retired the primates of all their shows with "animal actors". Since 2009, NGO PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) advocates for the parks
It was a Saturday in March, usually a quieter day at the Sanctuary. However, early in the morning, chimpanzees more attuned to the routine sensed that the day would be different. Chimpanzee Pinho (Felipinho) would be operated. A multidisciplinary team of human and veterinary doctors was prepared for this mission.
See the images of a program called “Gabriel O Ecológico” (in Spanish) about the situation of chimpanzee Charlie and Mendoza zoo, in Argentina, which are in a very bad conservation state. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SVBuI-8tNY Dr. Pedro Ynterian President, GAP Project International
GAP Project Spain launched a worldwide warning of the imminent danger of the disappearance of the Cross River gorilla subspecies. It is estimated that there are less than 230 individuals in the wild on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon and that they may no longer exist in Nature. Limbe Sanctuary (
If there is something that really scares chimpanzees is the wind, a component of nature that make them to tremble in fear. When we were in the woods with Guga’s group and the wind began to blow, they came and stood around us or the handlers in order to
At the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, it is one of the paintings by Brent, a 38-year old chimpanzee, resident, until days ago, of Chimp Haven Sanctuary, in Louisiania. Brent arrived at the sanctuary in 2006. For most of his life he lived alone, apparently in a family home.
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