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posted in 14 Jul 2009

Chimpanzees and French Revolution

By reading the headline one can ask: what chimpanzees have to do with the French Revolution? Today, July 14th, it is celebrated the 220o anniversary of the fall of the Bastile. For those who do not know, the Bastile was a jail built on 1370 to imprison political opponents and those

posted in 09 Jul 2009

Bolivia first country in the world to ban wild and domestic animals from travelling circuses

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales signed on July 2nd a new law to end the use of wild and domestic animals in travelling circuses. After a successful passage through the Congress, the Bill passed the final hurdle, awaiting the President’s signature, and the new Act is expected

posted in 08 Jul 2009

Rio de Janeiro zoo is found guilty for stone thrown by chimpanzee

Rio de Janeiro zoo was condemned to pay R$ 5000 (around USD 2500) due to moral injury to a visitor who has suffered an aggression by a chimpanzee, who threw a stone at her that harmed her forehead. The visitor, Rejane Viana de Olimpio, denied she was teasing the chimpanzee, as the

posted in 07 Jul 2009

Chimps escape from UK zoo

Chester Zoo, Britain's most popular wildlife attraction, was evacuated on Sunday, 5, after 30 chimpanzees escaped from their enclosure. At the moment of the runaway about 5,000 visitors were asked to leave the zoo site as a security measure. The animals made their escape at lunchtime and found their way into a keeper

posted in 07 Jul 2009

Circus with animals: more than physical damages

Chimpanzees who live in inadequate conditions use to have abnormal behavior originated both by physical and mental traumas. In general, we see that those who came from circus are more affected by physical damages, like castration and teeth pulled out, while the ones who came from zoos present psychological traumas

posted in 03 Jul 2009

Former circus animals finally retire

GAP PROJECT ON TVWatch the video here (in portguese) http://www.redetv.com.br/portal/jornalismo/IndexGOOD.aspx

posted in 02 Jul 2009

Ivory Coast, Africa: Defenders of the Great Apes

FROM IVORY COAST GAP PROJECT AT TAÏ NATIONAL PARK This is the first one of a series of news coverage that Dr.Serge Soiret, specialist in Tropical Ecology, will be sending us from his observation base at Taï National Park, Ivory Coast, on west Africa, where several

posted in 02 Jul 2009

Former circus lions’ odyssey has finished and now they live in peace at the sanctuary

SOROCABA SANCTUARY On April 2009 four lions who worked at a circus were confiscated by Ibama (Brazilian Environment Institute) in a city in the countryside of Pará state, north region of Brazil. The lions were kept in tiny cages, were very thin and in terrible health conditions. Ibama provide the

posted in 30 Jun 2009

Michael Jackson’s chimpanzee Bubble

CENTRE OF GREAT PRIMATES, FLORIDA Due to misunderstandings about the situation of Bubbles, a chimpanzee who used to owned by Michael Jackson, director of the sanctuary Centre of Great Primates (CGA), Patti Ragan, from Wauchula, Florida, published an official communication to the press, explaining the situation of Bubbles: “Bubbles,

posted in 30 Jun 2009

Why chimpanzees are at threshold of humanity

An article published at Veja Magazine, one of the main magazines in Brazil, this week tells the story of African grey parrot Alex and his owner, and his ability to communicate and learn. The same article brings a table of some species of animal kingdom and their intelligence abilities (beside).

posted in 17 Jun 2009

Bonobos are reintroduced to their habitat

LOLA YA BONOBO SANCTUARY, AFRICA After five years of preparation, which included the identification of a special area at Democratic Republic of Congo, in Basankusu equatorial zone – and with the commitment of local population to protect and not to hunt -, a first group of bonobos is being reintroduced

posted in 16 Jun 2009

Chimp chomps Berlin zoo director’s finger

BERLIN ZOO Doctors are trying to save the finger of the Berlin zoo director Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, 55, after a male chimpanzee named Pedro bit it off a day earlier. Director was feeding walnuts to the chimpanzee and Pedro grabbed his arm and bit his right index finger almost completely off. Doctors

posted in 12 Jun 2009

Simba and Chitara getting close

SOROCABA SANCTUARYJune 11, Valentines’ Day Eve. There was no better day for us to try that the two tigers of the sanctuary get closer.We have been observing the tigers for a few days, but we did not know what would be their reaction. The situation indicated that Simba seemed

posted in 10 Jun 2009

Help Great Apes out of Mass Media

Message from Jane Goodall InstituteDear Friend,Do you remember Travis the chimpanzee? It’s only been a few months since Travis’ untimely death following his attack on his caretaker’s friend. As we continue to see more and more instances of chimpanzees working in the entertainment

posted in 10 Jun 2009

GAP Project educating

Monday, June 8, 2009 Biologist Msc. Luiz Fernando Leal Padulla, from GAP Project in Sorocaba, has visited us. He presented Great Ape Protection Project (GAP), created on 1994, and told us that Sorocaba hosts one of the sanctuaries that guarantee the right of a fair life to the great primates. The lecture also

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