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posted in 17 Oct 2012

Opportunity to close an unnecessary Zoo

The recent news of the IBAMA intervention at a party being held at the premises of the park Beto Carrero World, in Santa Catarina, south of Brazil, raised the question of the welfare of zoo animals and their real function, both for animals and for men. Read below an article

posted in 11 Oct 2012

The mutilated ones

Last Saturday (October 6th) the day was dawning and we were still handing out the first meal at GAP Sanctuary in Sorocaba when an ugly fight began in front of us, between a couple of chimpanzees: Carol and Alex. The cause of the dispute was a fruit called Pinha

posted in 10 Oct 2012

Gorilla Idi Amin: Post Mortem exploitation

A life cut in half. 37 years of exploitation. 37 years as a tourist attraction. 37 years of suffering in an enclosure. And the exploitation seems to have no end. The news that the body of the gorilla Idi Amin is being preserved to be exposed in Belo Horizonte shows that sadism and

posted in 08 Oct 2012

NIH deceive humans and chimpanzees

A report that looks good was conveyed days ago by North American Health Institute (NIH), an agency of the U.S. Government that controls the research with chimpanzees and other animals and fund laboratories and medical centers of torture, to search new drugs against diseases that affect human population. One

posted in 02 Oct 2012

Tuca

La encontramos en una jaula, en un Circo cerca de S. Paulo, en la región de Atibaia. El piso estaba forrado de papel periodico, que ella usaba como alimento cuando la comida no era suficiente. El Circo aceptó cambiarla por una zebra. Tuca era su nombre y

posted in 02 Oct 2012

Case Morgan: is the end of water parks near?

The images of the wound of whale Nakai caused outrage on the internet Perhaps the greatest contribution that Morgan gave to the debate established worldwide for his rescue on the Dutch coast, and arbitrary and pernicious attitude of the Government of that country - without listening to the voices of

posted in 27 Sep 2012

Two orphaned gorillas are rescued in Congo

Two babies gorillas rescued in Congo are receiving care in a national park by its staff, which fear that this can be a result of an increasing in wildlife trafficking due to the situation of rebel groups fighting among themselves and against the army of Congo. The information is from

posted in 27 Sep 2012

The walls

Journalists and cameramen who visit Sorocaba Sanctuary sometimes inquire after theur first walk in the facilities: why the walls? We also asked ourselves that when we started the Sanctuary. The experience of more than a decade living with chimpanzees now gives us the answer. Is there a high security prison

posted in 20 Sep 2012

The absurdity of a zoo

In the 1980s, thirty baboons of the species Papio hamadryas, coming from Europe, were donated to a Uruguayan Zoo, located in a residential neighborhood called Villa Dolores, in Montevideo. Since they had no enough space, the baboons were sent to Parque Lecocq, where there were already 500 animals of 33 different species

posted in 20 Sep 2012

10 Billion dollars!

This is the estimated value calculated by WWF that poachers of wild animals and their parts are going to win this year. Tens and thousands of elephants will succumb, especially in central Africa, where 50% of them died in less than 20 years. Nearly 10 tons of illegal rhino horns reach Asian markets,

posted in 20 Sep 2012

On the brink of extinction

It was a blue cloudless sky Sunday, with a summer heat in winter at GAP Sanctuary in Sorocaba. More than 60 days without rain assaulted nature and its components. Ignoring this drama, more than 50 parrots flew from tree to tree, making a deafening noise. The day before, a fire alarm coming

posted in 19 Sep 2012

Chinese men are arrested poaching chimpanzees

Police authorities of Guinea, in collaboration with the organization Galf (Guinea Application of the Wildlife Act, arrested several Chinese men, who had in their possession three baby chimpanzees that were to be smuggled from that African country to China. The chimpanzees will be delivered to CCC (Centre de Conservation

posted in 17 Sep 2012

Two Ways You Can Help PASA Today – Vote until Sept. 19

Africa’s chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and monkeys are rapidly disappearing. They are sold as bushmeat, and their babies are illegally sold as pets. PASA's 22 sanctuaries educate 1000s of children & families every year about the value of primates and forests. We empower local residents with training and resources, and

posted in 11 Sep 2012

The enigma of chimpanzees

Rodrigo is a deaf-mute boy from Rio, student of the eighth grade. One day he was visiting the zoo of Rio de Janeiro, reluctantly, since he hates seeing animals as prisoners in cages; but it was a task of Sciences. With this amazing dialogue, this simple 61-page book begins,

posted in 10 Sep 2012

Aerial view of GAP Sorocaba Sanctuary

Check out an updated aerial photograph of GAP Sorocaba Sanctuary.

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