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posted in 30 Dec 2008
A FOREST OF HOPE
AN AFRICAN PROJECT BY GREAT APE TRUST OF IOWA With this phrase, President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, defined the project that Great Ape Trust of Iowa Sanctuary, in collaboration with the country\'s government, is implementing at Gishwati Forest. The project is directed by anthropologist Dr. Rebecca Chancellor, selected
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posted in 30 Dec 2008
GAP PROJECT AND MAX-PLANCK INSTITUTE
AGREEMENT TO A PARTNERSHIP WORK IN IVORY COAST GAP Project Spain (PGS) is beginning a partnership collaboration work with the renowned German Evolutionary Anthropology Institute Max-Planck, in Ivory Coast, where the majority of the chimpanzees has been disappearing in the last years. The destruction of the forests, already
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posted in 29 Dec 2008
GORILLA IZAN DIES IN AFRICAN SANCTUARY
Last December 26th, after a long period suffering with a disease, gorilla Izan died. He was part of a group called "Taiping Four", at Limbe Sanctuary in Republic of Cameroon. The group was formed by Izan and three females. One of the females, Oyin, also died in June,
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posted in 29 Dec 2008
A HEARTFELT MESSAGE OF THANKS
Dear Friends,I wanted to write to thank all of you for your expressions of support and condolence after Gregoire\'s passing. We received hundreds of very kind and heartfelt messages. Each letter meant so much to me, and to all of us at JGI. It \'s wonderful to see
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posted in 29 Dec 2008
CHRISTMAS: GIFTS DAY
Christmas Day at Curitiba Sanctuary was a different day, like every other year.The chimpanzees receive the presents and enjoy them intensely.
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posted in 22 Dec 2008
A SYMBOL HAS DIED
PASA NEWS Gregoire lived for 40 years isolated in a substandard zoo. In 1997 he was taken, by plane, to Tchimpounga Sanctuary, when the civil war was exploding in Congo Brazzaville, and the zoo was a zone of the conflicts. It is estimated that Gregoire was 66 years old. He resisted to
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posted in 18 Dec 2008
THE LENS THAT REVEALS THE SOUL
GAP PROJECT AFRICA Aisha Bonet was born in Ibiza, a Mediterranean island that belongs to Spain. With 30 years old she has a long resume of journeys through the world. She has been with Borneo orangutans, the mountain gorillas in Rwanda, the Congo chimpanzees and with her powerful lens that
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posted in 10 Dec 2008
TWO SPIDER MONKEYS ARE BORN IN TWO WEEKS
SOROCABA SANCTUARY   During November on Sorocaba Sanctuary there were born two females spider monkeys of red face (Ateles paniscus), both abandoned by their mothers. We are taking care of them and when they are strong enough they will be reintegrated to their mothers\' routine.   Nica and Teca
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posted in 04 Dec 2008
ORANGUTANS IN IMMINENT DANGER
BORNEO DEVASTATED   bY Fernando Turmo, PGS/ GAP Spain   Four hundred dollars per ton. This is the approximated amount paid for the palm oil, a trade that threats to hit the final stroke to the unavoidable climate change on our Mother Earth.   Millions of square kilometers of tropical
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posted in 03 Dec 2008
LOLA YA BONOBO WINS INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
LOLA YA BONOBO SANCTUARY One decade ago, Claudine André, who is Belgian but lives for many years at Congo Democratic Republic, founded the sanctuary Lola Ya Bonobo, near the capital Kinshasa, where currently 63 orfan bonobos are being taking care. Claudine did not only do this extraordinary rescue work, but
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posted in 26 Nov 2008
HOMO SAPIENS: THE FIFTH GREAT APE
How far it goes the reasoning capacity of a chimpanzeeω And of an orangutanω Of a gorillaω In captivity it is easy to observe dissimulation behaviors and even the planning of attitudes by the chimpanzees, which go against the arguments given back by anthropologists who insist on
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posted in 26 Nov 2008
SIXTH SENSE: INTRINSIC ONLY TO HUMANS?
A lot is known about the sixth sense, but few - or no - scientific base is able to explain it. It is a phenomenon that is not explained, but is believed to exist only between humans. Have you ever felt a different sensation, as if you had been oriented
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posted in 26 Nov 2008
CONCERT TO RAISE FUND
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARYThe well known blues musician Harry Hmura (who used to be a member of the band Cotton Blues Band) is presenting his third annual concert to raise fund to Save the Chimps Sanctuary, on Florida. This year the concert will take place on the The Falcon House,
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posted in 19 Nov 2008
WHAT IS IT TO BE A HUMAN?
OPEN DEBATE   Monday, November 17, I was talking with Dr. Pedro and he came to me with a intriguing question: what is it to be a human beingω I thought for some minutes and answered using a biological logic, with the definition of the species Homo sapiens. But the
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posted in 18 Nov 2008
AN ART EXHIBITION FOR GREAT APE CONSERVATION
GREAT APE TRUST SANCTUARY  After a successful debut in 2007, Great Ape Trust\'s Apes Helping Apes art exhibit and conservation fund-raiser has returned for a second year. The exhibit opened to the public Friday, Nov. 14, at The Avenue Gallery in West Glen Town Center, Des Moines. Two paintings auctioned
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