In the North of Democratic Republic of Congo and in south of African-Centre Republic (Africa’s heart) there is, maybe, the last fight that one species of chimpanzee - Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii – sustains for survival in their wild refuge areas. In the region known as Bili-Uér&
Congo Democratic Republic: 523 parrots are confiscated
An illegal shipment of 523 endangered African Grey parrots was confiscated September 18 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and taken to the Lwiro sanctuary, placing an incredible strain on staff and resources. Lwiro is already home to over 100 orphaned chimpanzees and monkeys, but has no provision for birds. The parrots were
GAP Spain asks for several aquatic parks to be closed
In the campaign of free great apes and cetaceans, GAP Project Spain sent a denounce to Nature Protection Agency and to ‘Seprona’ (Civil Guard Nature Protection Service, in Spanish) of the country, listing several irregularities of Spanish aquatic parks. Director of GAP Spain, Pedro Pozas Terrados, declared in
For 17 years living part of his life with chimpanzees at Guinea, Africa, Kenda Diallo spends three weeks with them and a week with his family. He was awarded this year as Conservation Hero, an award that Disney Foundation gives each year to a person who highlighted in the area in
Chimpanzees’ Massacre: the last refuges invaded in Africa
The north of Congo Democratic Republic (CDR) has half of the wild chimpanzees of Africa. But this can change completely in a few years more, because the region is being invaded by million of gold and diamond miners, who are also hunters and exterminate adult populations. They keep the baby
Great Primates out of medical experimentation in European Union
VICTORY IN EUROPE After months of discussion, European Parliament approved this week a new rule for the use of animals in scientific experimentation, prohibiting the use of great primates – chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans – in the experiments. The other smaller primates can only be used considered a lot
The Huffington Post: Pedro Ynterian Rehabilitates Abused Circus Apes In Brazil (VIDEO)
In this video, Reuters reports on a chimp sanctuary in Brazil, where abused apes from circuses and illegal zoos are getting a second chance at a healthy and happy life. Biologist and activist Pedro Ynterian founded the sanctuary near Sao Paulo to rehabilitate chimps that have spent years in
Great Ape Project (Proyecto Gran Simio) pleads to keep Orangutan ‘Silvestre’ in Spain
Wednesday September 1, 2010 THE GREAT APE PROJECT PUBLICLY APPEALS FOR ‘SILVESTRE’, THE NINE-MONTH-OLD ORANGUTAN NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM FAMILY TIES IN SANTILLANA DEL MAR ZOO IN CANTABRIA TO BE TRANSFERRED TO A ZOO IN THE UNITED KINGDOMThe Great Ape Project criticizes the widespread practice of zoos, which,
Hundreds of chimpanzees have been dying in Africa, and also gorillas and bonobos, captured by traps that human hunters install in their forests, aiming to catch them and other animals. One of the tasks of NGOs and organizations that defend them in the continent is to disarm these traps. But
The Huffington Post: Pedro Ynterian Rehabilitates Abused Circus Apes In Brazil (VIDEO)
In this video, Reuters reports on a chimp sanctuary in Brazil, where abused apes from circuses and illegal zoos are getting a second chance at a healthy and happy life. Biologist and activist Pedro Ynterian founded the sanctuary near Sao Paulo to rehabilitate chimps that have spent years in
Great Ape Project (Proyecto Gran Simio) pleads to keep Orangutan ‘Silvestre’ in Spain
Wednesday September 1, 2010 THE GREAT APE PROJECT PUBLICLY APPEALS FOR ‘SILVESTRE’, THE NINE-MONTH-OLD ORANGUTAN NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM FAMILY TIES IN SANTILLANA DEL MAR ZOO IN CANTABRIA TO BE TRANSFERRED TO A ZOO IN THE UNITED KINGDOMThe Great Ape Project criticizes the widespread practice of zoos, which,
The Huffington Post: Pedro Ynterian Rehabilitates Abused Circus Apes In Brazil (VIDEO)
In this video, Reuters reports on a chimp sanctuary in Brazil, where abused apes from circuses and illegal zoos are getting a second chance at a healthy and happy life. Biologist and activist Pedro Ynterian founded the sanctuary near Sao Paulo to rehabilitate chimps that have spent years in
Great Ape Project (Proyecto Gran Simio) pleads to keep Orangutan ‘Silvestre’ in Spain
Wednesday September 1, 2010 THE GREAT APE PROJECT PUBLICLY APPEALS FOR ‘SILVESTRE’, THE NINE-MONTH-OLD ORANGUTAN NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM FAMILY TIES IN SANTILLANA DEL MAR ZOO IN CANTABRIA TO BE TRANSFERRED TO A ZOO IN THE UNITED KINGDOMThe Great Ape Project criticizes the widespread practice of zoos, which,
In a long article about “Human Cruelty” towards animals, Veja Magazine reports, in this week edition, an interesting subject that we have already been discussing: the signs of intelligence of great primates. The article shows the worst cases of human cruelty, from slaughter of animals for consumption to
Mozambique (Africa): GAP delegate escapes from the country
VIOLENCE IN MOZAMBIQUE On September 1st popular protests exploded in Maputo, capital of Mozambique, and in other cities of the country due to the rising in the prices of bread and electricity. Cars were burn, ten people were killed, hundreds were arrested and the public force went to the streets