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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 “
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.
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
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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