By CrowdScience - BBC World Service Something strange happened 35 years ago, when primatologist Mike Huffman was studying a group of chimpanzees in western Tanzania. Chausiku, one of the females, left her young baby with other animals of the species, climbed a tree and lay down in a nest. "It is
NASA’s Long and Controversial History with Animal Experimentation
By Tracy Keeling (One Green Planet) At the end of 2020, a controversial fact emerged about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). A Freedom of Information (FoI) request revealed that all the captive monkeys in one of its research centers had been put to death on a single day in 2019.
From Save the Chimps Sanctuary It is with a heavy heart that we share that Frieda passed away unexpectedly last week from natural causes. She was a dear member of Rufus’ family and will always be remembered for her sweet and loving nature. Frieda was born November 21, 1981 at Holloman Air
From PASA - Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Already under constant threat of rising COVID-19 cases in Cameroon, Limbe Wildlife Centre is facing yet another deadly virus. It started suddenly when two drills (large, endangered monkeys) were found dead early one morning. Only an hour later, another drill showed signs of
The Islamabad High Court Is Protecting the Legal Rights of Animals
Nicole Pallotta, Senior Policy Program Manager in the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Animal Law Program, analyzes the recent grant of legal personhood to animals and recognition of their natural rights by a landmark judgement given by the Islamabad High Court... In a ground-breaking decision, the Islamabad High Court in
Stop using “Purin” for entertainment! Sign the petition
A petition created by Voice for Zoo Animals Japan to be sent to Ikuo Kabashima, Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture Yoshioki Sato, Mayor of Aso City, urges that Miyazawa Theater, in Kumamoto Prefecture, stops the exploitation of infant chimpanzee Purin. Unfortunately this kind of entertainment activities with animals still happens in
Argentina / Chimpanzees: what will happen to the five individuals who live in zoos in the country?
They share more than 90% of chromosomes with humans; there is a specimen in captivity in Luján, another in Río Negro, another in La Plata and two in the Capital By Isabel de Estrada (La Nación) The chimpanzee is the closest relative to man. We share more than 90%
First great apes at U.S. zoo receive COVID-19 vaccine made for animals
By NATASHA DALY (National Geographic) An orangutan named Karen, the first in the world to have open-heart surgery in 1994, has made medical history again: She’s among the first great apes to get a COVID-19 vaccine. In February, Karen, three other orangutans, and five bonobos at the San Diego Zoo
Japanese research initiative with bonobos in DRC benefits conservation and support to forest people
By Jaqueline B. Ramos* / Photos credit: courtesy of SCB/WCBR Kiku arrived in the group when she was estimated to be 10 years old, on December 1984. She made a special bond with Halu, an older female, considered to be a “specific senior female” (SSF), using the scientific language of field researchers.
Happy World Wildlife Day 2021! In 2013, the UN defined March 3 as the date to celebrate wildlife and since then the day has been marked around the world with events and activities in support of wildlife protection. In 2021 the theme is Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet #DoOneThingToday to support forest
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A mysterious disease is killing chimps in West Africa. Scientists may now know the culprit
By Ann Gibbons (Science magazine) Disease ecologist Tony Goldberg was stunned in 2016 when he learned that a mysterious infection was swiftly killing chimpanzees at a lush sanctuary in Sierra Leone’s rainforest. “It was not subtle—the chimpanzees would stagger and stumble, vomit, and have diarrhea,” recalls Goldberg of the
World Bonobo Day, the most peaceful great ape and also in danger
By Jaqueline B. Ramos* Today is World Bonobo Day and also Valentine's Day (Valentine’s Day) in many countries. The date could not be more appropriate to celebrate this species of great ape whose trademark is its behavior, in general, more sweet and peaceful. Bonobos are the “less famous”great
Today, GAP Project Brazil was informed about the death of the chimpanzee Martin, who lived in the Buenos Aires Zoo, currently converted into an ecopark. In 2017, NGO AFADA (Association of Employees and Lawyers for the Rights of Animals) filed a request for Habeas Corpus in court to transfer him, his
Sorocaba, February 7, 2021 With great sadness, the Sanctuary of Great Primates of Sorocaba, affiliated with the GAP Project, informs that the chimpanzee Black died yesterday, 02/06, at 21:02, due to cardiac arrest. On Thursday, February 4, Black showed lameness and mild apathy. He was then medicated and anesthesia was being planned for a complete
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