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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R&R Project The Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act (H.R.1513/S.810) has been re-introduced in the 112th Congress! The bill has the leadership of Representative Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) as well as 42 cosponsors already signed on in the U.S. House and Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Susan
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY They must be already together with their partners who arrived first on April. The remaining ones of the group called Seve arrived this weekend in Florida and last Sunday were put together with the rest of the group, who were already waiting for them. Each trip/
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY Arcus Foundation, which generously support Save the Chimps Sanctuary, in Florida – the biggest great primates sanctuary in the world, hosting more than 300 animals – is committed with the direction of the sanctuary to collaborate with one dollar for each dollar raised during a year, until
SOROCABA SANCTUARY – May, 2, 2011 Since he arrived he hated me. Charles came from a zoo in Ribeirão Preto, countryside of São Paulo, and used to self-mutilate his arms especially during the times of more visitation and public harassment. He is very strong, large, kind with ones
The case of the Habeas Corpus to free chimpanzee Jimmy of his prison, a private zoo in Niterói city, state of Rio de Janeiro – he did not committed any crime – had a huge repercussion in Brazilian press. Justice Court of Rio de Janeiro denied the Habeas
The UK’s Remaining Wild Animals in Circuses Need You!
In spite of being one of the most developed of the world, United Kingdom is a country that still allows circuses with animals. For several years local and international activists fight and promote campaigns for the approval of a Law to ban definitely the use of animals in these kind
SEVERAL DEAD ANIMALSAt this time it happened in Bangkok, Tailand, in a zoo called Talad. With no evacuation plan, when the floods got into the zoo on April 7th the effort of the keepers to save the animals had no result.100 birds, 50 snakes, 5 crocodiles and one deer died in the
PARIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNext April 28, Executive Director of GAP Spain, Pedro Pozas Terrados, will participate at Paris International University of a series of conferences and debates about the future of the fight for the rights of great primates and the protection of their habitat. The representative of Jane Goodall Institute in
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