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
Founders of GAP Project will be awarded in Germany
Peter Singer, Australian philosopher, and Paola Cavalieri, Italian philosopher, created in 1994 the GAP – Great Ape Project, together with other scientists and personalities renowned internationally. Giordano Bruno Foundation (Giordano Bruno Stifungs), created in 2004 in Germany, has as the main purpose to promote evolutionary humanism in the world. Peter Singer and
Malaysia: zoos are denounced for animal mistreating
Apart from the great number of denounces coming from several organizations against Malaysia Government, nothing is done to avoid that zoos in this country continue to mistreat animals. The last denounce, from NGO Nature Alert, points the case of orangutans that fight for cigarettes’ butts thrown by visitors for
THE DEATH OF A BABY GORILLA Professor Volker Sommer, a leading evolutionary anthropologist, said in one word: incompetent. And we add one more: irresponsibility. That’s how London zoo is appearing to public opinion of its country and of the world for not avoiding the death, which was a
A few days ago executive director of GAP Project Spain, Pedro Pozas Terrados, pointed in a conference in Paris the problem of the politics of zoos in European Community, because of the constant exchange of great primates with no respect at all for the family bonds of these individuals. One
JUSTICE WAS MADE! A five-year old process against Circus “Le Cirque” for the practice of mistreating of animals has definitely got into an end. This week Brazilian Superior Court condemned the circus of violation of basic rights of animals. The practice had already been condemned when Ibama (Brazilian
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY We have already published our observations about the behavior of chimpanzees facing death. Like humans, they sensitize, express on their face and yell in sadness and during a period of time they mourn the death of a relative or friend, Now a study conducted by
Due to the visit of executive director of GAP Project Spain, Pedro Pozas Terrados, on April 28 to a lecture at Spain School at Paris International University, it was launched a new delegation of GAP Project in France. The representatives will be led by Helena Haibakelena, an environmentalist who has been
CENTER FOR GREAT APES SANCTUARY Center for Great Apes Sanctuary, in Wauchula, Florida, is launching a campaign to “Human Mothers’ Day”. The sanctuary is asking everyone who support the work to donate any value in order to contribute with the maintenance of the group of mothers chimpanzees
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARYTo pay tribute to Humans Mothers` Day, Save the Chimps, Florida, is launching a campaign for the adoption of a adopted chimpanzee mother, for donations that contribute for their maintenance in the next months. Contributors will receive a photo of the chimpanzee, an adoption certificate, a biography
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