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posted in 10 Apr 2012

Chimpanzees have no geographic boundaries

INTEGRATION IN PARANÁ SANCTUARYOmega was born in Africa and when he was a baby was taken to Lebanon, where he worked in a bar, serving water to hookah. When he became a teenager, was locked in a cage in a lost zoo at a village in the countryside. Omega

posted in 28 Mar 2012

Jimmy wins a family

SOROCABA SANCTUARY For more than six months we have worked every day at the Sanctuary to approximate Jimmy with other chimpanzees. First with Samantha, and then with her two daughters, Sofia, three years old, and Sara, two. First of all, we should know the character of Jimmy, his mental disorders

posted in 22 Mar 2012

Republic of Congo: the last primitive chimpanzees

Chimpanzees in the wild in Africa, for the most part, already had contact with humans and in some areas they live with them in a delicate balance, which can quickly disappear. There is an area in the Republic of Congo, called Triangle Goualougo, with approximately 150,000 hectares, where chimps, gorillas and

posted in 16 Mar 2012

Citizen Diana, a true story

Diana was a chimpanzee who lived with humans as part of a family for 16 years. Andres, a human child of same age, was raised together with her. They shared their games, adventures, desires and anxieties. The human society ended up locking her in a zoo and did not allow her

posted in 12 Mar 2012

Project GAP supports the book: Legal Personality of the Great Apes

São Paulo, Brazil: non-human beings are not commodities, but holders of subjective rights. In general this is the main argument advocated and demonstrated by Alfredo Domingues Migliore in the book "Legal Personality of the Great Apes." The book is the result of years of study and

posted in 09 Mar 2012

Humans, gorillas more alike than previously thought, say scientists

By Nora Doyle-Burr, Christian Science Monitor, March 9, 2012Chimpanzees are humans nearest genetic relatives, but gorillas come in at a close second, according to a recent study. For the first time, scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of a gorilla. The research team, led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger

posted in 08 Mar 2012

Id Amin: a predictable death

Belo Horizonte Zoo Months ago we had criticized the initiative of the Belo Horizonte Zoo to import two young gorillas, born in a zoo from John Aspinall Foundation, in England - at a cost of over half a million dollars to put them together with a gorilla who had no

posted in 08 Mar 2012

The Kingdom of Alejandra

It is difficult to understand how the howler monkeys, very common in our Atlantic Forest, reach so far in the south, in the hills of Cordoba, Argentina. But the Primate Center, located just over 100 km from the city of Cordoba, is home for 11 groups of howler monkeys Alouatta caraya,

posted in 29 Feb 2012

Hulk is waiting for corneal transplant

SOROCABA SANCTUARYOn February 25, a multidisciplinary team coordinated by Dr. Michael Vaudano, Assistant Coordinator of the GAP Project for Latin America, was assembled to examine chimpanzee Hulk, after more than two years of the recovery of one of his eyes’ vision.The same team of the first operation, conducted by

posted in 15 Feb 2012

Chimpanzees from Israel are about to be liberated to continue the trip to Brazilian sanctuary

February, 15, 2012 – São Paulo:After a long trip which began in Israel, chimpanzees Judy and Gena (10 and 20 years old) arrived today early in the morning to São Paulo International Airport. They were accompanied by an Israeli veterinarian. At this moment the team that will conduct the

posted in 15 Feb 2012

Judge dismisses PETA´s case against Seaworld

The Nonhuman Rights Project today issued the following press release: Feb 8th, 2012: Seventy-two hours after hearing oral argument on SeaWorld’s Motion to Dismiss PETA’s case, the Federal Court in San Diego dismissed PETA’s claims that the plaintiff orcas were enslaved within the meaning of

posted in 14 Feb 2012

Chimpanzees from Israel are in their way to GAP Brazilian affiliated sanctuary

February, 14, 2012 – São Paulo: After months of negotiation between Brazilian and Israeli organizations, female chimpanzees Judy and Gena finally left Israel and arrive in Brazil tomorrow morning, where they will live at GAP Brazilian affiliated sanctuary of Paraná, sponsored by Anami Conservationist Institute. Judy and Gena live

posted in 09 Feb 2012

Historic Day for SeaWorld Orcas in Court

It was a landmark day in the U.S. District Court in San Diego today. For the first time ever, a federal court is considering whether or not the 13th Amendment, which prohibits slavery, applies to five orcas—Tilikum, Katina, Kasatka, Ulises and Corky—who are now incarcerated

posted in 09 Feb 2012

Historic Day for SeaWorld Orcas in Court

posted in 02 Feb 2012

Brazilian air company TAM is denounced for transport of animals to medical experimentation

TRANSPORT OF CAPUCHIN MONKEYS TO USAEnglish organization BUAV (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection), which inspects several airline companies that accept to transport animals to different locations under bad conditions, denounced Brazilian company TAM last January 30, for the transportation of capuchin monkeys to Nebraska University, in United States.Probably

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