"We use healthy mice that take medicines to have symptoms similar to the ones of Parkinson disease. We also use paralyzed mice, with injuries in the spinal cord. In 2009 we are going to re-apply the study in tamarims, at Neurosciences Institute in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte"(&
CHIMPANZEES USE BRANCHES TO GET HONEY (with video)
CHIMPANZEES USE BRANCHES TO GET HONEY (with video) Images taped by scientists in Congo Republic revealed how chimpanzees "armed" with trees\' branches attack beehives to obtain honey. The primates prepare different tools, manufactured with trees\' branches, to be able to break the beehives, as it is
Coltan is the main cause of a conflict which has claimed the lives of four million people since 1997 and as also caused the disappearance of several populations of gorillas.The extraction of coltan, a very rare mineral used mainly for technological purposes, has led to a long internal conflict in
FONGOLI RESERVE, SENEGAL Anthropologist Jill Pruetz and her team put Aimee, a female 9 month-old baby chimpanzee, inside a bag less than 15 meters away of a group of chimpanzees that they were accompanied for more than 7 years. And they prayed for her. A young chimpanzee, Mike, got near, smelled the surprising
WORK MEETING IN UNITED STATES It has been almost one decade since the idea and PASA Project materialized. In 2000, in the first event in Uganda, a group of African sanctuaries participated of the first meeting, organized by Jane Goodall Institute and Reproduction Specialists for Conservation Group. After that pioneer meeting,
WHAT THE NEW NORTH AMERICAN LAW GUARANTEES Great Ape Protection Act - H.R. 1326, which has already been endorsed by 28 Congress men and is in the final phase for its approval in North American Congress, guarantees: It is forbidden: - Invasive research with great primates;- Federal fund will not
WORK MEETING IN UNITED STATES It has been almost one decade since the idea and PASA Project materialized. In 2000, in the first event in Uganda, a group of African sanctuaries participated of the first meeting, organized by Jane Goodall Institute and Reproduction Specialists for Conservation Group. After that pioneer meeting,
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARYSave the Chimps Sanctuary, from Fort Pierce, Florida, has several artists among their guests, who help to maintain that extraordinary project and its pictorial work.See the paintings: Galleria 14 website - http://www.gallery14verobeach.com/
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
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