Coltan is a mineral that is made up of niobium and tantalum. It is a very strategic mineral and is used to produce computers, in the aerospace industry, intelligent guns and implants. The main producer of the mineral in the world is Australia and it is also found in Brazil,
IBAMA x ANIMALS IN CIRCUS: MORE PROOF OF ANIMAL MISTREATING
Pony from Le Cirque dies at Brasilia Zoo; one camel and one elephant are in bad health condition August 27th, 2008: One of the ten ponies that used to belong to the circus Le Cirque died yesterday after arriving at Brasilia Zoo. This sad episode is one more chapter of the
IBAMA x LE CIRQUE: Chimpanzees kept at GAP Sanctuary and other animals are being transfered to Brasilia zoo22/08/2008: While the Federal Law that will prohibit the use of animals in circus is not approved in Brazil - a public audiende to discuss the bill was rescheduled to November 4th
Open letter to Federal Judge Alaôr Piacini, from 9° Department - Brasília(Reproduction of the article published at "O Estado de SP" newspaper on August 17th, 2008, Caderno Aliás, page J7)"If this is not mistreating, what more
CHIMPANZEES FROM LE CIRQUE KEPT AT GAP PROJECT SANCTUARY
Chimpanzees from Le Cirque kept at GAP Project Sanctuary 16/08/2008: Federal Regional Tribunal (TRF, in Portuguese) from Brasília ω DF suspended, on the early evening yesterday, the resolution that had been signed by the 9th Federal Bureau from DF in favour of the circus Le Cirque. The resolution
São Paulo, August 14th, 2008 Mr. Otto SothenPepsico Brazil President Dear President Sothen, In a world where the big corporations are more and more concerned with the environment, investing in ways to reduce atmosphere pollution and enrich biodiversity preservation, it is nonsense to sponsor a TV commercial to be
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
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