March 7th 2009: NGO Animal Defenders International (ADI) published a new report and launched a video that show the primate trafficking that supply cruel lab experiment in three continents. The video has images done by an investigator inside Huntington Life Sciences (HLS) lab, the main target of international organization Stop
Study in Sweden shows that chimpanzees has consciousness related to memoryMarch 9th 2009: A male chimpanzee in a Swedish zoo planned hundreds of stone-throwing attacks on zoo visitors, according to a paper published this week in journal Current Biology. Keepers at Furuvik Zoo found that the chimpanzee Santino collected and stored
After more than five months of construction, Curitiba Sanctuary concluded the building work of a new enclosure to great primates, which is considered as a model and as the most advanced to home them.The enclosure, which has an internal area with a dining hall and bedroom with more than
February, 12, 2009: What do chimpanzees and motor oil have in commonω If you said nothing, you probably missed Super Bowl 43, when these otherwise incongruent entities shared the screen in a 30-second commercial for Castrol Edge. In the spot (titled "Grease Monkeys" despite the fact that its simian stars
AT CONGO BAY More than 40 years ago, Jane Goodall did the first observations that surprised the world. She discovered that chimpanzees used tools to catch termites inside their nests. Now it has been discovered that they have developed their own technology. The branches rods they used to "fish"
TODAY, 11:30PM: ABC NIGHTLINE BRINGS CHIMPANZEES TORTURE IN LABS
BREAKING STORYTune in to ABC-TV Nightline tonight Dear Supporter: Please tune in to Nightline tonight (Wed. 03/04 11:30pm EST). This evening\'s broadcast* features an expose of the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC). The 9 month undercover investigation of NIRC brings the sad realities of a chimpanzee\'s life in
Since we gave start to our fight to show to Brazil and to the world that the great primates are our closest relatives, brothers for us, cousins for other people, something appeared to make things more difficult. The obstacles were created by some scientists, who affirmed that the human being
A bill proposal that had been presented to USA House of Representatives a long time ago and had not been voted - H.R. 80, named Captive Primate Safety Act - was approved with a majority vote of 323 to 95 on February 24th. The bill prohibits the continuation of medical torture with
A tragedy in Connecticut is a reminder of the mistakes we make when we try to turn the wild animals into pets and entertainers.By Jane Goodall February 25, 2009Last week in Stamford, Conn., a chimpanzee named Travis was shot and killed after he mauled a friend of his owner. The
BONOBOS: NEW SPECIES OR ADAPTED CHIMPANZEES (PART 2)
OPEN DEBATEContinuing the open debate, I present new information that sustains our arguing.When researchers of Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology analyzed gene Xq13.3, in 1999, they proved that some subspecies of chimpanzees were more distinct between them than between bonobos. It is very surprising. After all, bonobos and chimpanzees are
PASA NEWSIn a common effort involving several organizations that work in Africa and coordinated by PASA, an operation that lasted less than 3 weeks has rescued three baby chimpanzees from illegal dealers on the region of Kivu. The chimpanzees were sent to sanctuary Jack, in Lubumbashi, in Democratic Republic of Congo.
After watching the images broadcasted by North American TV, the audio of the desperate request made by Sandra Herold to the local police and the several declarations of supposed specialists in chimpanzees, we found ourselves obliged to try to explain to the general public and come to conclusions about what
Reuters and Associated Press NOVA YORK - A comic illustration published on Wednesday, 18, in newspaper The New York Post outraged civil rights leaders and politicians - as it reproduced stereotypes of racial discrimination with black people and monkeys. According the critics, the cartoon clearly refers to American president, Barack Obama.
Almost ten years ago, Guga, who was 7 months year old, used to live in our house in Itu. He had his room, his square and his toys and was part of the family. GAP Sanctuary did not exist yet. One day, a friend of my daughter Aline entered the house
Chimpanzee Travis used to live with a family in Stamford, in the state of Connecticut, USA, as a pet. He was very civilized. He took baths by himself, used the toilet, wore clothes and ate his meals at a table, according to his owner in a report made in the
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