CONGO REPUBLIC, AFRICA In a violent action, rebel army, of the minority Tutsi, commanded by Congolese general Laurent Nkunda, invaded the operation centre of Virunga Park Forest Police, which takes care of 200 gorillas of the mountain. The forest officers had to hide in the vegetation not be caught and killed.
YVORY COAST, AFRICA The population of chimpanzees in west of Africa that lives in Ivory Coast has declined 90% in 20 years. According to a census developed in 1990, there were 12.000 live chimpanzees, considering the number of nests in a specific region. Using the same methodology in the same area in 2007, the
GREAT APE TRUST OF IOWA SANCTUARY Hollywood and show business artist in Las Vegas, Popi, a 37 year-old female orangutan, is the third primate in a group of eight that still used to work that retires. She worked with Clint Eastwood in the 1980 movie "Any Which Way You Can&
CONGO REPUBLIC, AFRICA In a violent action, rebel army, of the minority Tutsi, commanded by Congolese general Laurent Nkunda, invaded the operation centre of Virunga Park Forest Police, which takes care of 200 gorillas of the mountain. The forest officers had to hide in the vegetation not be caught and killed.
GREAT APE TRUST OF IOWA SANCTUARY Hollywood and show business artist in Las Vegas, Popi, a 37 year-old female orangutan, is the third primate in a group of eight that still used to work that retires. She worked with Clint Eastwood in the 1980 movie "Any Which Way You Can&
CONGO REPUBLIC, AFRICA In a violent action, rebel army, of the minority Tutsi, commanded by Congolese general Laurent Nkunda, invaded the operation centre of Virunga Park Forest Police, which takes care of 200 gorillas of the mountain. The forest officers had to hide in the vegetation not be caught and killed.
"THE BEAR THAT HAS ALREADY DANCED" IBAMA found him chained to a cage, in the border of a highway near the city of Sobral, in Ceará state. He was the bear known as Dimas, the dancer. He had been mistreated in the circus in order to
FROM THE DEPHT OF OUR ORIGINS Millions of years ago a group of primitive Homos started the journey to the depth in African continent, aiming to populate the still unknown world, in other latitudes. His evolutionary brother, Homo troglodita, from whom he had separated, stayed at the tropical forest,
VOTING IN DEPUTIES CHAMBER\'S SITE, BRASILIA In the same way that the voting of TV programme Fantástico showed what the population think about animal in circus, a voting at the site of the Deputies Chamber - http://www2.camara.gov.br:80/comissoes/blog-da-comissao-de-educacao-e-cultura/ results in 97% of the
VOTING IN DEPUTIES CHAMBER\'S SITE, BRASILIA In the same way that the voting of TV programme Fantástico showed what the population think about animal in circus, a voting at the site of the Deputies Chamber - http://www2.camara.gov.br:80/comissoes/blog-da-comissao-de-educacao-e-cultura/ results in 97% of the
VOTING IN DEPUTIES CHAMBER\'S SITE, BRASILIA In the same way that the voting of TV programme Fantástico showed what the population think about animal in circus, a voting at the site of the Deputies Chamber - http://www2.camara.gov.br:80/comissoes/blog-da-comissao-de-educacao-e-cultura/ results in 97% of the
96% OF THE POPULATION DO NOT WANT ANIMAL IN CIRCUS
FANTÁSTICO RELEASED THE FINAL VOTE "96% OF THE POPULATION DO NOT WANT ANIMAL IN CIRCUS" In an astonishing reporting, program Fantástico, from TV Globo, released on November 2nd, promoted the final verdict for the dilemma of the use of animals in circus. In
TIME FOR MOBILIZATION FOR THE END OF USE OF ANIMALS IN CIRCUS: CREATION OF A PARLIAMENT GROUP IN DEFENSE OF BRAZILIAN CIRCUS
Brasília, October, 29, 2008: The public audience about the bill proposal 7291/06, which prohibits the use of animals in circus in Brazil, was postponed today in the morning for the third time in less than six months. It won\'t happen on November 4th anymore, as it was scheduled. National Congress
A CAMPAIGN TO FREE THE CHIMPANZEES FROM MEDICAL TORTURE
R&R PROJECT - USA R&R Project published in its site and in New Yorker Magazine (October, 13 issue) a call asking for the retirement of all the chimpanzees who are in North American laboratories, which counts a lot. This campaign started one year ago with the photo
GAP PROJECT PARTICIPATES OF BIOETHICS CONGRESS IN SALVADOR, BAHIA
I World Congress on Bioethics and Animal Law on October, 10th, 2008Lecture: The Future of Zoos (October 10, 2008)Participants: Elba Muñoz, from Peñaflor Primates Centre (Chile), Selma Mandruca, from GAP Project, Tatiana Matos, Special Advisor of the Environment Secretary of Salvador, Gerson Norberto,