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posted in 29 Mar 2011

Who are to be blame?

FROM FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA MARCH 24, 2011Slowly one by one, eleven chimpanzees who had arrived at Florida after a long a lomg trip from New Mexico (a lot of them getting in touch with the external world for the first time) get out their bedroom and dining hall to the island

posted in 21 Mar 2011

92000 Chinese signatures in a week

TORTURED BEARS Around 10 to 13 thousand bears are still imprisoned in metal cages, with catheters implanted in their gallbladder or with holes in their chests to get out bile to be converted in medicines. Twenty out of 31 Chinese provinces already disapprove this torture against bears and forbid this criminal practice.

posted in 21 Mar 2011

The drama of African sanctuaries

PASA IN NUMBERS The creation of African sanctuaries is not long past – less than 20 years – and their numbers increased with the creation of PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance, which coordinates them for a little bit more than 10 years. In 20 sanctuaries affiliated to the alliance, more than one

posted in 16 Mar 2011

Jimmy: trial about the Habeas Corpus will take place on April

According to the latest report of Magistrate José Muiños Piñeiro Filho, relater of the Habeas Corpus act to free chimpanzee Jimmy of his unfair and lonely prision at Niterói zoo, the date defined by Rio de Janeiro Justice Tribunal for the trial is

posted in 09 Mar 2011

China: support the ban of bears’ torture

SIGN THE PETITION In China there are farms where bears are put in cages and a tube is implanted in their gallbladder to permanent extraction of bile, which later is processed and converted in medicine. These bears suffer from terrible pain and die in less than five years of infections

posted in 09 Mar 2011

Bear and chimpanzee confiscated in Brazilian circus are already at GAP Sanctuary

SOROCABA SANCTUARYLast March 2nd, Brazilian Natural Resources Institute (Ibama, in Portuguese) confiscated from a circus in Minas Gerais state a North-American black bear and a chimpanzee. A person of the neighborhood where the circus was settled made a denunciation to the institute that the animals were being mistreated.After the

posted in 02 Mar 2011

Mountain gorillas are threatened

PROTEST AND SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN! Virunga National Park, at Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is one of the oldest and better care parks of Africa. It is a refugee of protected species, among them 700 species of birds and 200 of mammals. One of these species is the mountain gorillas, the only

posted in 23 Feb 2011

Bolivia: 25 lions fly to new life in USA

CIRCUSES WITHOUT ANIMALS In an operation coordinated by NGO Animal Defenders International (ADI) last February 16, called Lion Ark, 25 lions that were confiscated by Bolivian Government - which has recently approved a law that prohibits circuses with animals in the country - flew to United States , where a 320 thousand square meters

posted in 23 Feb 2011

China: 400 bears are tortured

SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT! Chinese organizations and people are promoting protests all over the country as it has never been done before. The purpose is to avoid that a company that extracts, process and sell the bile of black bears kept in captivity continue to increase this criminal operation. The

posted in 23 Feb 2011

Deep into the Congolese jungle

GORILLA SANCTUARY The communication is not easy with the area chosen, deep into the east jungle of Congo. An ONU Peace Force helicopter took the first four gorillas on April 2010 and other, a seven-month baby, went afterwards. The group of 30 gorillas which will be able to be hosted by sanctuary

posted in 23 Feb 2011

Billy discovers an extinct friend

CHIMFUNSHI SANCTUARYChimfunshi Sanctuary, in Zambia, is the largest sanctuary of chimpanzees in Africa. The history of the sanctuary and of family Siddle, which founded and manages it, is also linked to the history of hippo baby called Billy (they thought it was a female and put this name wrongly).Billy,

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posted in 23 Feb 2011

Gorillas in zoos suffer from human diseases

EARLY DEATHA concern is being spread in medical departments of North-American zoos. Gorillas are facing early and suddenly deaths at the zoos, caused by powerful heart attacks.Biology Department of Case Western Reserve University is studying the relation of the deaths, the feeding and the lack of activities of the

posted in 16 Feb 2011

No more animal exploitation

A decade ago we had the displeasure to visit Anderson Institute, in Bastrop, Texas, where several Rhesus monkeys are tortured for the development of remedies to cure human diseases. We went there thinking we would learn about administration and management of great primates, because 75 chimpanzees lived there – some still

posted in 09 Feb 2011

Brigitte Bardot Foundation features Omega’s rescue

Brigitte Bardot Foundation is one of the most active organizations of the world that work for the defense of animals. It has a quarterly magazine and in the last edition of 2010 it features the rescue of chimpanzee Omega, promoted by Anami Institute, GAP Project and NGO Animals Lebanon. To read

posted in 09 Feb 2011

After death of trainer, Sea World dismisses employees in USA

Last December, Sea World, which operates 10 aquatic parks where are promoted shows with dolphins and whales, announced the reduction of its team and the dismissal of 350 employees of three Sea World parks in Orlando. Sea World parks face a credibility crisis after the death of one of its most experienced

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