MIAMI METROZOO Josephine is 42 years old, weights 70 kilos and is the oldest gorilla who lives at Metrozoo, in Miami. She practically did not see anymore, did not recognize food or her partners. In the beginning of October, human eye doctor Dr. Frank Spektor, from Kendall district, Miami, supported by a
AFRICAN AND BRAZILIAN SANCTUARIES This dramatic photograph, which has already been promoted by world newspapers and the Internet, shows a group of chimpanzees in front of the funeral of a matriarch of Sanaga-Yong Sanctuary, at CameroonRepublic, West Africa.Dorothy was more than 40 years old and lived as a slave in
The Gorilla Organization is one of the twelve finalists in The World Challenge 2009 competition, with a project developed at VirungaNational Park, in Democratic Republic of Congo, with the mountain gorillas, which are extremely threatened. To help gorillas to fight against extinction, vote on line in the Project by November 13th.
A CRUEL ENEMY Hunters of Uganda hide hundreds of snares in the forests to catch pigs, antelopes and other mammals. They are made of metal and wire and when the legs get stuck in them, it is very hard to get them free without external help. Sometimes primates chew their
JUNGLE KING DISAPPEARS Leela Hazzah, still a teenager, as his father used to do when he was young, climbed the roof of her house at her home country, Egypt, when it was night already and waited patiently to listen to the roars of the lions in the forests around. But
Chimpanzees from Israel arrive at GAP Sanctuary in Paraná
After more than a year of importation bureaucracy procedures, a couple of chimpanzees that lived in bad conditions, in a small cage, in a private zoo in Israel arrived in Brazil. In the evening of last Thursday, October 15th, the male Mizrachi, 24 years old, and the female Katty, 35, arrived at
DEAD IN TANZANIA If the predatory hunting, the lost of habitat, human diseases that get into the forests, poachers looking for babies were not enough, now a virus – the SIV, similar to our HIV – starts to extinguish chimpanzees in Africa, in an unbelievable speed. For almost 30 years, since
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY David is part of the last journey of migrations that the sanctuary is promoting to transfer the 266 chimpanzees who were at Coulston Foundation torture centre to its islands in Florida. He was born in Africa and since he was a baby he lives a squalid life
Sanctuary hosts a couple of chimpanzees from Israel
PARANÁ SANCTUARY After more than a year of bureaucracy procedures in Brazil and in Israel, a couple of chimpanzees who was living in bad conditions in a private zoo in Israel arrive this Thursday, October 15th, in São Paulo. The chimpanzees must arrive at CumbicaAirport, where all
Humans are put in cages in zoo in Salvador, northeast of Brazil
In Brazil, Children’s day is celebrated on October 12th. And at SalvadorBotanicalZooPark, in Bahia state, children had a great surprise. Instead of lions, bears and jaguars, they found humans inside one of the cages of the zoo. “My God, mother! Why are they locked inside this cage&
PASA NEWS Chimpanzee Roy, who is about three years old and was poached, probably, from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Sudan, arrived by plane in Kenya, where his is going to live together with other 43 orphans at Sweetwaters Sanctuary. Roy was probably given as gift to corrupted authorities and
GAP Project participated of the celebrations of World Animal Day, on October 4th, in an event promoted by Animal Cultural Circuit at the city of São Paulo. Several Animal Protection and Defense NGOs were at event, promoted their work and explained to population the importance of defending animals.
“WORLD BANK SUSPENDS FUND” In an unprecedented decision, IFC (International Finance Corporation), affiliated to World Bank, decided to suspend all the funding direct to organizations and entities that produce palm oil, which is used as biofuel and also for food and cosmetics. PGS GAP Project Spain (PGS), together
Interview with Jane Goodall (published at The Miami Herald on July 2009) By Pat Morrison* Chimpanzees and humans share about 99 percent of their DNA. If affinity and awareness count, Jane Goodall may have a smidge more. As the world's most renowned primatologist, she and her work have changed
Why have a sanctuary for chimpanzees in Ivory Coast?
By Serge K. Soiret, GAP correspondent in West Africa, from Ivory Coast A sanctuary in Ivory Coast is a necessity. Many chimpanzees of captivity exist in the country and the zoo of Abidjan is the only establishment which can accommodate these animals. However, the capacity of its enclosure
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