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
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
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