150 thousand Piton snakes infect Florida On July 2009, an Asian Piton snake that was kept as a pet in Charles Darnell’s house escaped from its cage, went to his daughter room, two-year-old Hare, and suffocated her to death. Since 1980, these same snakes killed 12 children who kept them at home
Great Britain: 94% of the population do not agree with animals in circuses
The Government of Great Britain has informed that a research done with the population about the prohibition of wild animals in circuses showed that 94% of the people interviewed do not agree with it. The information was promoted by CAPS - The Captive Animal’s Protection Society last March 26. This
OPEN DEBATE The reason of gorilla Tufani’s (19 years old and more than 80kg) from Dallas zoo last February raised a debate about the need of keeping gorillas imprisoned in zoos for human entertainment and about the security provided by good structured zoos, like the North-American ones, which is
In December a sixteen-year-old chimpanzee was rescued from very dreadful circumstances. He is called Bazou. Bazou spent most of his life in a small cage with a rope around his neck. Bazou was kept by the widow of an important man. Apparently the man had a special relationship with chimpanzees.
Cameroon: More than 700 grey parrots are released in the wild
NEW ARRIVALSIn December 2009 the Limbe Wildlife Centre took in 503 African grey parrots. They were confiscated in Douala Airport – ready to be sent out of the country. On the 1st of February another confiscation took place in the airport and this time we received 1050 parrots. These parrots were supposed to
Animal Defense League of Canadá supports GAP Declaration
In the bulletim 175/ 2010, Animal Defense League of Canada reinforces its support of Great Primates Protection Declaration (GAP declaration). This NGO, which is very active in Canada, is also affiliated to WSPA.More information: http://animal-defence.ncf.ca/
80% of Spanish zoos keep chimpanzees in precarious conditions
GAP PROJECT ALERT A communication of GAP Project Spain published in several news agencies, alerts that 80% of Spanish zoos keep chimpanzees in “bad conditions” and five of them are imprisoned in cages in private houses with no kind of control. The alert informs that the majority of the
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY Carlos was born in Africa more than four decades ago. On 2007 he walked on the grass and entered in his island, which today is called Carlos’ island, where he enjoyed his life for the last three years. Carlos suffered several years of torture and his
To President Lula Do not be afraid. Chimpanzees, great primates and GAP do not have anything to do with that. This is related to my Cuban past. I am a former politic prisoner, who, according to our President, can be compared to the thieves that crowd the jails of S&
EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL On February 2007, in an Austrian Tribunal, it was presented a demand to designate legal custody to chimpanzee Mathew Hiasl Pan, who was in an animal refugee in Vienna and had an amount of money donated for him available. But the money could only be used if
RESCUE IN DRC On December, PASA (Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance) received the first information of the existence of three baby chimpanzees – one male and two females – abandoned in a rescue center at Democratic Republic of Congo. There have been days since they had eaten and drunk water and
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY Arcus Foundation, traditional sponsor of the Fort Pierce sanctuary, in Florida – the biggest of the world, with more than 300 chimpanzees – made an offer to donate USD 750 thousand if they managed to get donations from other sources in the same value. The sanctuary had already
GAP Project in Europe asks for all the aquatic parks to be closed
In a communication by GAP Project Europe, it has been asked to European authorities to close the two aquatic parks of the continent: one in France, Merineland, Antibes, with four whales, and other in Spain, at Loro Parque de Tenerife, which also has four whales. The communication, signed by GAP
GREAT APE TRUST OF IOWA SANCTUARY At Great Ape Trust of Iowa Sanctuary there is a group of six bonobos and six orangutans. The sanctuary has being developed techniques with the bonobos of talking with human language. According a work published by scientists Janni Pedersen, PhD of Iowa State University,
POPULATION AGREES A TV channel of Fort Pierce did a research with the city population and 100% of the people who were interviewed asked for the end of the presentations in Aquatic Parks that use whales, dolphins and other marine mammals. The population considers that keeping those extraordinary beings in
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