Merck announces that it will stop doing tests in chimpanzees
Pharmaceutical industry Merck & Co. is joining dozens of other companies and laboratories that have pledged to no longer use chimpanzees in research. Merck, which is the third largest pharmaceutical company in the world , was also the largest to make the change so far, according to the information provided by
The Judge of Control No. 4 , Dr. Cornejo , who had initially denied the Habeas Corpus in favor of chimpanzee Toti , now accepted that the appeal move forward to a court where the debate will be intense. He could have denied the appeal and not send it to the Court , but this
New appeal for a Habeas Corpus to Toti in Argentina
Lawyers and People for Animal Rights Association (AFADA, in Spanish ) has presented a new application for a Habeas Corpus to release chimpanzee Toti from where he was hidden from justice in Rio Negro , Argentina. At the same time, Alejandra Juarez , on behalf of GAP Project , filed an appeal to the
Belo Horizonte Zoo at the limit of irresponsibility
Everyone involved in the research and combating of leishmaniasis in Brazil know that Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais state, is an endemic area. The Zoo of the city is at the apex of this area and has contaminated animals for many years, and continues to have. The one who
More support for chimpanzee Habeas Corpus in Argentina
GAP Project Spain has managed to get more support for the Habeas Corpus filed by Alejandra Juarez, representative of GAP in Argentina, to liberate chimpanzee Toti, which is now in a zoo in Rio Negro and is isolated in a tiny enclosure. José María Bermúdez Castro, co- director
Argentine people are disgusted by the treatment given to chimpanzee Toti
A demonstration organized through social networks in Argentina gathered, on January 26th, at 11 am, more than 100 people in front of the Zoo Bulbaco, in Negro River, which received chimpanzee Toti from Cordoba Zoo, when a Habeas Corpus was on trial for his freedom and for him to come to the
With the release of the documentary Blackfish, showing the abuse and torture that orcas and other aquatic animals undergo at Seaworld Park, in Florida, several rock bands and popular artists canceled performances scheduled for 2014 in that "aquatic zoo". The famous country singer and social activist, Willie Nelson, at the request
This photo from PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance - shows two young chimpanzees hugging. They live at Jack Sanctuary, in Congo Democratic Republic. One of them has visual deficiency and is being supported by a friend in their daily routine at the sanctuary. Dr. Pedro A. Ynterian President,
Soap opera “Caras e Bocas”: Globo TV channel can join this family?
Days ago I offered to chimp Emilio coconut water and he smiles the way only he knows how. Days ago I was watching Globo TV channel and in the break of a soap opera it was announced the reprise of the soap opera “Caras e Bocas”, and chimpanzee Kate, who
PROTEST! A complaint is circulating in the internet (bellow) about a policy that is being practiced by European zoos, members of the Association of Zoos of the European Community: the castration of gorillas. The population of gorillas in the wild has dropped dramatically in recent years. Zoos need only a
GASPAR: SYMBOL OF ABANDONMENT The photo of Gaspar needs no words to be explained. It means the abandonment and loneliness of a young chimpanzee, in a Latin American zoo. This time the Zoo Las Delicias, in the city of Maracay, Venezuela. This zoo, which houses over half a hundred species,
Mara, a 22-year-old fenale chimpanzee, started the year doing what shw knows best: opening a hole in the wire that surrounds her cage in Puerto Rico Zoo and having a few hours of freedom. Other previous attempts of Mara were detected before she managed to escape. But this time, during
An Argentine NGO, Laura Baggio Foundation , requested information from the director of the Cordoba Zoo , in Sarmiento Park , on the justification for changing the chimpanzee Toti by a white tiger and on the benefits the municipality had with this operation , and if it was legally approved . Meanwhile, the environmental leader
A documentary that ended up being candidate to win an Oscar this year shows the mistreatment and exploitation that aquatic animals suffer in the famous Seaworld , in Florida . This time, the image of Seaworld will be deeply shocked , and perhaps will not stand the rejection of the public and will
Habeas Corpus is denied, but law discussion is still open
Judge Roberto Cornejo , from the City of Cordoba , denied the application for a Habeas Corpus applied by Alejandra Juarez , on behalf of GAP Project , to release the chimp Toti , 12 years old, who lives for 10 years isolated in this city Zoo . However , Dr. Cornejo left the door…
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