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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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posted in 01 Feb 2012
50 thousand signatures claiming to USA Government to protect chimpanzees
The same organizations that intimated US Fish and Wildlife Service to change, definitely, the conservation status of chimpanzees in United States insist again on a position, because the Government had given the date of January 30 to give a final answer and nothing was decided.This time the arguments were sent
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posted in 24 Jan 2012
Adoption of orphan chimpanzees in the wild
By Serge K. Soiret, GAP correspondent in West Africa, from Ivory Coast In chimpanzees’ lives, the adoption of an orphan child is a usual practice. The child is adopted by a dominant female or male dominant in case the real mother is dead. Walking in the forest, the mother
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posted in 28 Dec 2011
Chimpanzee Said to Be Cheetah in Tarzan Films Has Died
By DAVE ITZKOFF (New York Times)An animal sanctuary in Florida has announced the death of a chimpanzee it says was Cheetah, one of the most famous animal stars of the 1930s, who appeared with Johnny Weissmuller in Depression-era adventure films like “Tarzan the Ape Man” and “
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posted in 27 Dec 2011
Jimmy is not alone anymore
Some people say that magical things happen in Christmas time. After four months of unsuccessful attempts, Jimmy left his loneliness behind in Christmas Eve. He accepted the companionship of a young female chimpanzee, who has been was close to him since he arrived at GAP Sanctuary of Sorocaba in July.
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posted in 17 Dec 2011
U.S. will not finance new research involving chimps
By JAMES GORMAN, NY Times, December 16, 2011 The National Institutes of Health on Thursday suspended all new grants for biomedical and behavioral research on chimpanzees and accepted the first uniform criteria for assessing the necessity of such research. Those guidelines require that the research be necessary for human health, and that
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posted in 16 Dec 2011
Medical specialists conclude that chimpanzees are not necessary in research
NEAVS, New England, USA: The National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (IOM) released on December 15th results of their nine-month long study, called for by the NIH, to investigate the current and future need for chimpanzees in research. The IOM concluded that ‘…most current biomedical research
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posted in 14 Dec 2011
CNN features Great Chimpanzee Migration
Today, the last 10 chimpanzees from former Coulston Foundation, in New Mexico, will arrive at Save the Chimps Sanctuary, to live a long life with no medical exploitaton. CNN covered the entire trip of the 300 chimpanzees and will feature the story today.More information: Article on Alamogordo Daily News about the
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posted in 06 Dec 2011
The doors of horror are closed
Former Coulston Foundation can be considered to be the worst one in terms of a chimpanzee torture center marked by abuse, violence and lack of moral and ethics in United States. The doors of this place are being definitely closed this December. The final 10 chimpanzees living at Save the Chimps
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posted in 01 Dec 2011
Ringling Slapped With Largest Penalty in Circus History
Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, must now pay the largest settlement of its kind in U.S. history?$270,000?for violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) dating back to 2007. PETA has been after the USDA all this time to take action against
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