GAP PROJECT TRIBUTE Last December 27 was the 25th anniversary of Dian Fossey murdered, at Virunga Mountains, in Rwanda, committed by hunters of gorillas, animals she used to protect. In 1967 – reminds GAP Project Spain – Dian Fossey created Karisoke Investigation Center, at Rwanda Mountains, and showed to the world the
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY It there is a chimpanzee who is symbol of suffering in medical torture laboratories of United States, maybe Rufus is the one. Primatologist Carole Noon found him in a place she called “dungeon”, alone and abandoned, when she assumed the control of the labs
Article about GAP Project published at Ark and Tent Travel Magazine, an on-line magazine devoted to uniting people and animals through travel.The article can also be read at http://arkandtent.com/taking_care_98.html TAKING CARE Great Ape Protection: An Organization Strives to Save Our Closest Cousins By Jeannine
Habeas Corpus of chimpanzee Jimmy: decision is postponed
The decision about the Habeas Corpus of chimpanzee Jimmy, who lives isolated for years in a Cage at Niterói city zoo (Rio de Janeiro), was previewed to happen last December 16, but was postponed to January because of the members of the Tribunal asked to analyze the process more
THE SMOKING CHIMP Last December 14 the quarantine of chimpanzee Omega, known worldwide for being a smoker, came to an end. He arrived at the Sanctuary managed by Anami Institute, in Paraná – one of the sanctuaries affiliated to GAP Project – one month ago from Lebanon, where he lived
NASA CHANGED ITS PLANS NGO PETA, celebrities like Paul McCartney, Bob Barker, Alicia Silverstone, members of North-American Congress and even a North-American astronaut pressured NASA – apart from 100 thousand letters, telephone calls and e-mails – and made it change its plans and call off an absurd experiment: to submit dozens
By Serge K. Soiret, GAP correspondent in West Africa, from Ivory Coast Gnonsio Denis, 79 years old, is Guéré, an ethnic group located in the West of Ivory Coast. He left his village in 1966 to settle in the forest region, specifically at Southwest of the Taï Park
A few weeks ago we received one denounce from Portugal of three bears that were living for five years in a Cage after being abandoned by a broke circus in the countryside of Portugal. They lived due to the public charity. Last week good news came from Lisbon: the bears
Third in Comgo In 2006 vandals entered Lububamshi Zoo, at Katanga Province, in Congo, and put fire at the facilities. In a small enclosure there were two young chimpanzees, who had been recently rescued by a French couple - Franck Chantereau and his wife Roxane. They were initiating a sanctuary
Carmen won the sun and a daughter, but her heard did not resist
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY Carmen arrived a few months ago at Save the Chimps Sanctuary, in Florida. She left behind a terrible history of torture and insanity. She had been caught in Africa when she was still a baby, maybe in 1972, and she was near 40 years old. In 1975 she entered
JGI-EDEN SANCTUARY, SOUTH AFRICA Claude is about 8 years old, is a young chimpanzee and was abandoned, together with the zoo he was at a location called Bangui, at Central African Republic since 2008. Claude used to be kept in a small cage and was fed due to donations of people from
Government of Democratic Republic of Congo return birds to poacher
Last September, Environmental Congolese Authority (ICCN) confiscated 523 grey parrots (the bird that is considered to be the most intelligent one) at the airport. They were ready to be sent to a bird poacher in Singapore, with no official documentation. The birds were sent, in emergency status, to Lwiro Great Primates
"Cooper: Kanzi and Panbanisha are "superstars in the world of science"Photo: CNN's Anderson Cooper visits with Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh during his tour of Great Ape Trust and the bonobo language research program. The bonobos Kanzi and Panbanisha are going prime-time. The bonobo language research efforts at&
CENTER FOR GREAT APES SANCTUARY Casey and Murray waited for years for this moment. No sanctuary in United States had room to receive more chimpanzees. Casey, 22 years old, and Murray, 18, used to live in small cages in a house in New York since they were babies. Their owners failed in
Coronel Avi Sivan, commander of Israeli troops of Duvdevan unity and security assessor of Cameroon Republic President, Paul Biya, died last November 23th in a helicopter accident occurred between the cities of Douala and Yaoundé. He was together with the local Military Commander. Coronel Avi Sivan was the director
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