CORRIERE DE LA SERA, ITALIA Na article published by Reuters Agency about GAP Project and Great Primates Sanctuary of Sorocaba, the story of Jimmy (who is waiting, for months, for judicial decision about his liberty from a prison and absurd slavery that suffers for years in a small cage at
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY Connor and Kramer are half brothers, males and both are eight years old. They used to be kept by a family as “pets”, until they realized their strength when they became teenagers and found that it was impossible to control them in a house
II World Conference of Bioethics and Animal Rights
SALVADOR, BAHIA An important event starts on August 25 at Salvador, capital of Bahia state, in Brazil. The II World Conference of Bioethics and Animal Rights is being organized by Dr. Heron Santana, one of the authors of the Habeas Corpus ordered in favor of chimpanzee Jimmy, and a group of
R&R PROJECT With 149 positive votes at the Deputies Chamber on North-American Congress, Great Primates Protection Act Proposal is also on the Senate. And has the support of three important multiparty senators: Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), under identification S3694. At the Chamber the
GREAT APE TRUST SANCTUARY Bonobo Kanzi, the most famous one in the world, is highlighted in an article published by Time Magazine August 6 edition, which CNN and PBS channel are already promoting. Journalist Jeffrey Kluger, author of the article, visited Kanzi at the sanctuary in Iowa, where it is studied
By Emanuela Di Pasqua (newspaper Corriere de La Sera, Italy) Chimpanzees’ rights and duties Brazilian biologist begs for a Law to equal them to humans: they can end up being arrested by stealing a banana, but they will never more be mocked in slavery MILAN –
HUMAN GREED Both orangutans and chimpanzees and gorillas, who today live in thousand – when they used to be million – will not exist anymore in wild life and are the example of survival facing human greed. As long as humans enter their lands, they get out to most private
AVOID DEFORESTATION A project supported by Man and Nature Foundation and by GAP Project Spain is developed at Tai National Park, in Ivory Coast, one of the most punished areas for deforestation and destruction of habitats of several species, including chimpanzees. The best way to avoid that the inhabitants of
A historical decision took place on July 28 at the region of Catalunya – for some, in Spain, and for others, an independent region. No matter political-regional fights, it is important to celebrate the victory of the good sense: the ban of bullfighting. Although it is considered a cultural patrimony, it
One more martyr of the fight Juan was 34 years old and his mutilated body appeared more age. Humans destroyed him inside and outside, claiming for scientific reasons. One more martyr, like many others who died due to the aggression against their bodies. Juan was born on August 13, 1975 in a primates&
AT NEW YORK STATE Five hundred Black bears are going to be killed at New York State during six days of hunting, with official authorization. The objective is to reduce the population of bears, which raised a lot in the last 20 years, using this barbaric way. It is estimated that 3.400
MONKEYS COMMERCE AT UNITED STATES Animal trafficking exists because there are a lot of people who buy them as pets no only here, but all over the world. This is a proof that catching dealers is not enough. It is necessary to fight for the ban of the selling of
By Serge K. Soiret, GAP correspondent in West Africa, from Ivory Coast We have observed remarkable behaviors among chimpanzees. We know that in nature, chimpanzees use some plants for health treatment (they also often use the same plants as human healers). For example, in Ivory Cost, at Taï
ALERT! Primates’ mistreating and abuse at South Africa
Before the beginning of FIFA World Cup, GAP Project alerted about a serious problem that has been happening in Monkey Town, a private zoo at Cape Town, South Africa: the abuse and mistreating of animals, against them great primates, as chimpanzees. You can read the first denounces here and now,
PASA’s initiative Pan-African Sanctuaries Alliance – PASA – launched the initiative of raising funds in order to give home for more than 130 primates that are waiting for vacancy at African sanctuaries. A donator offered PASA to double the maximum of USD 25 thousand to the value the organization raised
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