Arcus Foundation, from North America, has launched a challege to everyone who supports Save The Chimps Sanctuary, at Fort Pierce, Florida, the biggest Chimpanzees Sanctuary of the world. For each dollar donated by people in general, the foundation will also put one dollar, till the mark reaches half million dollars.
PUBLISHED IN THE MIAMI HERALD IN SPANISH ON JULY 1ST, 2008 THE INSOLIT Spanish legislators probably are not concerned with the bulls that die on the arenas of the country, but they have approved a pioneer law that defines that the simians hominides have their rights. The Environmental Comission
AT AFRICA COUNTRYSIDE GAP PROJECT IN THE WAY TO THE CHIMPANZEES
On August 16th, an expedition composed by ten volunteers of GAP Project Spain with the leadership of Paco Cuellar, International Director of GAP Project in Europe, will leave Madrid to go to Senegal, to meet the primatologist Jill Pruetz and her advanced group at a protect area called Fongoli, where
SAVE THE CHIMPS SANCTUARY CAROLE NOON REMEMBERS CARRIE Carrie was born in Africa 46 years ago. She was caught when she was still a baby and was sent to United States, where she was sold in 1963 to the Primates Studies Institute. There they did experiments about the cognitive capacity
CIRCUS LAW PROJECT PUBLIC AUDIENCE AT THE NATIONAL CONGRESS WAS POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 4TH The mobilization is suspended until a few weeks before the audience.
A female gorilla that had a hard life travelling half the world with men exploiting her has assumed the adoption of a one year-old baby gorilla at Limbe Sanctuary, in Cameroon. Abbey travelled illegaly with her group to Asia, to live in a zoo. The group was intercepted on the
NEW DISCOVERIES RAISES THE POPULATION According to the 1980\'s calculation, there were about 100.000 lowland gorillas on Central and Ocidental Africa. It was estimated that this population was droping rapidly due to Ebola virus and bushmeating. But in a recent study released at a scientific event at Edinburgh, in
GAP PROJECT AFFILIATES TO WSPA AND PARTICIPATES OF MEETING WITH OTHER MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS After the visit of Elizabeth Mac Gregor to Vargem Grande Paulista Sanctuary and temporary Rescue Center, GAP Project formally has affiliated to WSPA - World Society for the Protection of Animals.On July 31st, GAP
TORTURE EFFECTS ARE THE SAME ON CHIMPANZEES AND HUMANS
ITωS PROVED NOW TORTURE EFFECTS ARE THE SAME ON CHIMPANZEES AND HUMANS Photo: Jaybee (tortured, now she is at Florida Sanctuary) Chimpanzees submitted to laboratory experiment suffer from the same type of posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) that humans suffer after being submitted to torture. The
DRA. JANE GOODALL WILL BE HONORIS CAUSA FOR UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE
DRA. JANE GOODALL WILL BE HONORIS CAUSA FOR UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTEPrimatologist Jane Goodall wins one more degree among many others she has been collecting during her life with the work in defense of the Great Primates. Attending a request from Paco Cuellar, director of the GAP Project in Europe, University
GREAT APE TRUST OF IOWA After living together for more than two weeks, both the mother Katy, 19 years old, and his son Rocky, 3, have been adapting very well to share the same space. Although they are mother and son, they had never lived together before. So, Katy has to
Great Ape Trust of Iowa Sanctuary has made a deal for cooperation and fund raising with Drake University, to develop together non-invasive studies with great primates.Great Ape Trust of Iowaωs mission is to understand the origin and the future of the culture, language, tools and intelligence of
Martha is 13 years old and spent two years locked in a small cage at Kumasi Zoo, in Ghana. Before that she was at Accra Zoo, which was locked in 2006. Martha was depressed and abandoned and now she has hope and a new life forward. Eden Sanctuary, in South Africa, founded
THE LAST SEVEN CHIMPANZEES FROM BUCKSHIRE ARRIVE AT SANCTUARY
On June 13th, Buckshire Corporation delivered the last seven chimpanzees owned by the company to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, in Washington, after many years of lab cages and submission to the most absurd experiences. Annie, Negra, Missy, Jody, Jamie, Burrito and Foxie are going to enjoy their first summer with
EGYPT IS THE FIRST ROUTE OF ILEGAL TRAFFICKING OF PRIMATES
As long as CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) had dennied, during the last meeting on Geneve, to take energetic measures towards Egypt (one of the countries which signs the convention) about the fact that the country has been turning a blind eye