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posted in 15 Oct 2008
DEFENDING OUR COUSINS
Article published at Geographical Horizon Magazine (October 2008) - part 1Defending our cousinsAll the primates should have their rights to life, freedom and protection against torture, mistreating and degrading captivity ensured. This is the main value defended by the movement called GAP International (The Great Ape Project), organization founded 14 years ago
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posted in 15 Oct 2008
“LOOK AT THE EYES OF A CHIMPANZEE WHEN YOU GO TO THE ZOO”
Article published at Geographical Horizon Magazine (October 2008) - part 3"LOOK AT THE EYES OF A CHIMPANZEE WHEN YOU GO TO THE ZOO"NEW PRESIDENT OF GAP PROJECT SAYS HE INTENDS TO INCITE BRAZILIAN LAW SYSTEM SO THAT IT WOULD PRONOUNCE ABOUT GREAT PRIMATES\' RIGHTS.GH - Why
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posted in 15 Oct 2008
PRIMATES AND US
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
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posted in 15 Oct 2008
“LOOK AT THE EYES OF A CHIMPANZEE WHEN YOU GO TO THE ZOO”
Article published at Geographical Horizon Magazine (October 2008) - part 3"LOOK AT THE EYES OF A CHIMPANZEE WHEN YOU GO TO THE ZOO"NEW PRESIDENT OF GAP PROJECT SAYS HE INTENDS TO INCITE BRAZILIAN LAW SYSTEM SO THAT IT WOULD PRONOUNCE ABOUT GREAT PRIMATES\' RIGHTS.GH - Why
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posted in 15 Oct 2008
PRIMATES AND US
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
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posted in 14 Oct 2008
MEL\’S AMAZING JOURNEY
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
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posted in 13 Oct 2008
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
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posted in 10 Oct 2008
GAP PROJECT, AFRICA – LOLA YA BONOBO SANCTUARY
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
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posted in 09 Oct 2008
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
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posted in 09 Oct 2008
EXPEDITION TO SENEGAL
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
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posted in 08 Oct 2008
HOW HUNDREDS OF CHIMPANZEES WERE USELESS TORTURED
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
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posted in 07 Oct 2008
ACCUSATION AGAINST ALASKA CIRCUS, SPAIN
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
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posted in 03 Oct 2008
NATIONAL PRIMATE LIBERATION WEEK
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
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posted in 02 Oct 2008
ORANGUTANS NEAR TO EXTINCTION
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
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posted in 02 Oct 2008
HOMO TROGLODYTES: FROM THE ORIGINS TILL NOWADAYS!
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
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