A survey applied by newspaper Extra (local newspaper of Rio de Janeiro) due to the repercussion of zoo chimpanzee Jimmy’s case shows that the best place for the animal is Great Primates Sanctuary of Sorocaba, affiliated to GAP Project. Almost 72% of the people interviewed affirmed that Jimmy must
The denounce made a few days ago by GAP Spain about Loro Park, at Canary Islands – which submits orca whales, dolphins and marine lions to abuse treatment, forcing them to do acrobatics in exchange for food/fish, and keeps them in small water tanks, when in the wild these
CENTER FOR GREAT APES SANCTUARY Center for Great Apes Sanctuary, in Wauchula, Florida, was planned to host 15 great primates in the beginning. In a few years there are already 44 (30 chimpanzees and 14 orangutans). The majority came from the entertainment industry, Hollywood and some lived with families for decades, with no contact
NASA is funding space radiation studies that will be done on live squirrel monkeys. The plan — which will cost $1.75 million — was proposed by Jack Bergman, PhD of McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA. The monkeys will be exposed to radiation at Brookhaven National Laboratory and then be shipped to
Loro Park: GAP Spain asks for its closing due to mistreating
LORO AQUATIC PARK Director of GAP Spain, Pedro Pozas Terrados, did a presentation to Spanish environmental authorities and explained the situation of mistreating faced by orca whales and dolphins at Loro Park, in Santa Cruz, Tenerife. He asks for inspections of the practices and of the utilities and for its
In the main Picture of this article, a lady, “Jimmy’s owner”, gives a kiss in the chimpanzee as a demonstration of her love for him. However, it is a strange love. Jimmy lives imprisoned in a zoo cage by himself for years, isolated and the lady
LAWYER ALFREDO MIGLIORE, SÃO PAULO UNIVERSITY Thesis defends that primates knows the principles of morality and, consequently, deserve more than care and protection: they should also have their rights recognized May 15, 2010: A chimpanzee show his tongue. Due to the similarities with humans, primates must have the
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY Today, May 2, 2010 marks the first anniversary of the passing of our Founder Carole was an amazing spirit who wandered to the far corners of this wonderful planet of ours until she found her calling in the hearts and souls of chimpanzees. The path that
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY In a few weeks Sanctuary Save the Chimps, in Fort Pierce, Florida, the biggest chimpanzee sanctuary of the world, managed to reach its goal of raising USD 782.895,53 in donations, so that Arcus Foundation would donate the same value. This will guarantee the maintenance of the sanctuary
R&R Project announces that the signature of representative Pierluisi (D-PR) can make it possible that Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA H.R. 1326), which will allow all the tortured chimpanzees to retire from medical labs in the US, turns to be true. It is necessary a strong effort of
AT NORTH-AMERICAN CONGRESS A debate is about to happen at North-American Congress about a subject that used to be ignored: what is the utility of the zoos and aquatic parks to North-American people? Do these places have any educative component, like they announce, or they are just entertainment and animal
The recently work published at Current Biology journal that shows the consciousness and solidarity of chimpanzees related to the death of their partners reinforces our defense of the extension of our rights to them. We can even argue that there is a tendency in scientific community of denying observations
“EARTH DAY” GAP Project International joins all environmental and fauna and flora protection organizations all over the world to demand, on this Day, that the Forests are preserved and that the habitat of millions of native species is safe. The world cannot support a constant and growing destruction
NEW GORILLA SANCTUARY According to a PASA communication, next week helicopters of Peace Force of United Nations are going to transport 10 gorillas to a new sanctuary at Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), called Grace. This sanctuary is located in a big reserve called Tayna Natural Reserve and has the approval
GAP PROJECT SPAIN Executive Director of GAP Project Spain, Pedro Pozas Terrados, prepared a large work about the problem faced by great cetaceans in the oceans all over the world and by those that live in captivity being exploited for human entertainment in aquatic parks. Visiting the site bellow, you
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