Article published at Geographical Horizon Magazine (October 2008) - part 2PRIMATES AND US · Gorillas, bonobos, orangutans and chimpanzees belong to the great primates\' order, in which the humans are also included. · Chimpanzees
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARYMel\\\'s Amazing Journey On July 12, 2007, Mel was born. Her mother, Megan, was 8 years old and nearly a baby herself. Sadly, Megan had no interest in Mel and refused to even touch her. That meant Save the Chimps had to care for Mel. She required 24-hour care
CAPTIVE ANIMALS PROTECTION SOCIETY: LETTER TO EDUCATION AND CULTURE COMISSION
6th October 2008 Dear President, Animal circuses I write with regards to the forthcoming public discussion and vote to ban the use of animals in circuses. The Captive Animals\' Protection Society (CAPS), founded in 1957, is the leading UK-based charity working to end the use of animals
GAP PROJECT, AFRICA LOLA YA BONOBO SANCTUARY By Fernando Turmo, from Africa In 2002 it was created near Kinshasa, capital of Congo Democratic Republic, the first and unique centre for rescue of orphan bonobos of the world. Its founder is Claudine Andre, a Belgian lady who is engaged in saving the
CIRCUS WITHOUT ANIMALS ARE COOL: shows in Brasilia
Aiming to demonstrate to society the value of the circuses art and to show that this has nothing to do with exploitation of animals, GAP Project, ANAMI Institute, Ibama (Brazilian Institute for the Environment), World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA - Brazil) and Brasilia Zoo Foundation, with
The first challenge we had to deal with was to coordinate flights and hours so that the partners from different places could meet with us. The majority left from Barajas airport, in Madrid. Anna Mula joined us in Casablanca, and Oscar and Marta in Tambacuonda (Senegal). The operation worked with
TO JEROM IN MEMORIUM"Like every experiment with live animals, Jerom suffered a lot during the period that the disease was inoculated in his body. Without the use of medicines, not even to ease the pain, in order not to impact the experiment. I have been with Jerom in
GAP PROJECT URGES FOR CIRCUS BOYCOTT GAP Project (PGS, in Spanish) has launched in Spain an alert to all the citizens of Jerez da Frontera area and of cities on Andaluzia for them not to allow the installation of circuses with animals, specially one named Alaska, which uses several
NATIONAL PRIMATE LIBERATION WEEKOCTOBER 11TH - 18TH 2008 Make it count for the primates in labsJoin Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN) and Last Chance for Animals (LCA) for National Primate Liberation Week 1.3. CANDLELIGHT VIGIL UCLAMonday October 13th, 5:00 - 7:00
CRUELTY at Indonésia (Article published at Época Magazine)photo: The female orangutan Mutia, who was found chained inside a drain. The species is threatened to extinction Mutia, a 17 year-old female orangutan, was found by an animal defense NGO inside the drain of a fabric industry at
THAT\'S HOW LINNEAUS CLASSIFIED Homo troglodytes: from the origins till nowadays In the 18th century, taxonomist Carolus Linnaeus, who created the binomial naming system and the scientific classification, was the one who put together in groups the living beings considering their similarities and refined the species naming
NEW COMPLEX IN SOROCABA WILL REHOME FELINES (Translation of an article published at Folha de São Paulo in 1st October, 2008) Owner of a Sanctuary which house around 200 animals in Sorocaba (99 km from São Paulo), biochemist and businessman in the laboratories area Petro Ynterian
CIRCUS AND ORGANIZATIONS DISPUTE ANIMALS IN BRASÍLIA
Circus and organizations dispute animals in Brasília(Translation of an article published at Folha de São Paulo in 1st October, 2008) by VERÔNICA COUTO Circus and non-governmental organizations are going to battle in Brasilia, on November 4th, during a public audience at the Congress
ANIMAL RIGHTS: ETHICS AND RESPECT By Jaqueline B. Ramos* The analysis of the way we deal with Nature evokes a very important reflection: the way that human beings relate to, use and/or exploit the non-human animals. Today there is no more doubt about the sentience of the
THE PRIMATES MEGH AND DEBBY LILI WAIT FOR THE HABEAS CORPUS DECISION
THE PRIMATES MEGH AND DEBY ARE TREATENED AS DAUGHTERS BY THE FAMILY THAT IS ASKING IN THE JUSTICE FOR A HABEAS CORPUS IN ORDER TO AVOID THAT THEY ARE RELEASED IN THE WILD Photo: Debby, 3, enjoys her skate board in the 300 m2 game room Pet Chimpanzees by Flávia