IVORY COASTA report sent by Serge Soiret, representative of GAP Project in Ivory Coast, informs that two chimpanzees of a 12 members group that used to live in the zoo of the capital, Abidjan, starved to death in the last few weeks due to the civil war that destroyed the country
SECOND COUNTRY IN LATIN AMERICA Following the example of Bolivia of one year ago, Peru Government has just approved a national law that forbids circuses with animals in the country. President Alan Garcia signed the law approved by the Congress. We hope that Brazilian Congress, which has a similar
SOROCABA SANCTUARY Jimmy arrived during the night and from the transport box he passed to an aerial tunnel that took him to his enclosure. He was still under some effects of anesthetics, which were necessary to put him into the box, and walked with some difficulty. In the morning he
Jimmy was not given the Habeas Corpus, but is already at GAP Sanctuary
Since the end of 2009, GAP Project and other animal protection organizations were struggling to get chimpanzee Jimmy out of Niterói Zoo (Zoonit) with a pioneer order of a Habeas Corpus to a non-human animal. Local Brazilian Justice had denied the order twice and the group was preparing to
Renowned British primatologist Dr. Richard Wrangham is the new member of PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance’s Board oif Directors. Richard Wrangham is well known among primates study world. He was one of the first presidents of IPS – International Primatology Society and is also a member of
The alerts we have published in our website about the dramatic situation of Abdijan zoo, in Ivory Coast – where 39 animals literally starved to death due to the civil war – has not caused a very good reaction in big international NGOs that work in Africa. WWF – very well
Video of alternative energy project at Ivory Coast
Watch a video about the project of production of combustible briquette at Ivory Coast supported by GAP Project Spain. The video is in French and has substitles in Spanish and can be seen here.To learn more about the project and how briquettes can replace coal and wood and help
QUEENIE: 1961-2011Sometime in 1968, criminal hunters killed the parents and caught two chimpanzees somewhere in an African forest and kept the babies Quennie and Francis. The order, from a animal poacher of Miami to clients like important zoo of USA, made them arrive quickly in the country. From the hands
An alert from Ivory Coast points the desperate situation of the zoo of capital of the country, Abdijan: 39 animals died for the lack of food and care last month. The situation was already critical and after the dispute generated by presidential elections, the state of the zoo was turned into
Article published at Miami Herald on April 26, 2011. By Chris Adams / McClatchy Newspapers Being used for medical research can have long-lasting effects on chimpanzees FORT PIECE – Donovan the chimp transformed from a friendly ape who “adapts well to peers” to one who beat his female cage mate so
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY The rest of the group of chimpanzee Seve – which, after this trip, joined the first ones who had arrived a few weeks before – finally entered their island last May 1st. Seve and his group are among the chimpanzees who were retired from Coulston Foundation
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY Save the Chimps Sanctuary runs an adoption program of chimpanzees by humans, which means that adoptive father or mother receive adoption documents that include a certificate, a biography, an annual report and a photo of the chimpanzee. The contribution given to your chimpanzee will also help
Doug Cress, former member of GAP and PASA, leads GRASP/United Nations
Doug Cress is leaving his job of Executive Director of PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance (he had been on the post since 2002) to lead the United Nation’s project GRASP – Great Apes Survival Partnership, a world wide programme for the protection and survival of great primates.
Great Primates Sanctuary of Sorocaba – Brazil Brazilian Environmental Institute – IBAMA – describes Zoonit as a 10 thousand square meters zoo that hosts 400 animals. Comparing the zoo with one o four sanctuaries, it is easy to see that the entire zoo fits inside one o our enclosures and there is
HUMAN IRRATIONALITY Dr. Peter Laufer, journalist in charge for Journalism and Communication School of Oregon University and author of 12 books, now is entering at the world of “exotic pets”. With the book “Forbidden Creatures”, he shows the illegal reality of hunters, poachers, breeding centers and theirs
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