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posted in 07 Aug 2008
LOWLAND GORILLAS
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
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posted in 05 Aug 2008
GAP PROJECT AFFILIATES TO WSPA
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
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posted in 05 Aug 2008
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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posted in 31 Jul 2008
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
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posted in 30 Jul 2008
ROCKY AND KATY ADAPT TO COMMOM LIFE
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
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posted in 30 Jul 2008
DEAL WITH DRAKE UNIVERSITY
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
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posted in 29 Jul 2008
LONELY CHIMPANZEE GOES TO A SANCTUARY
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
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posted in 24 Jul 2008
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
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posted in 23 Jul 2008
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
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posted in 22 Jul 2008
CHIMPANZEES ARE THE SPONSORS OF STOCK CAR RACING
The photo of a baby chimpanzee from Curitiba was the main attraction of the latest Stock Car race. The chimpanzee is one of the first dwellers of the Great Ape Sanctuary in Curitiba, which is mantained by Anami Institute, owned by Anita and Milan Starostik, affiliated to GAP Project. 
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posted in 17 Jul 2008
RECEIVES ORANGUTANS FROM HOLLYWOOD
Rocky, 3 years old, and his mother Katy arrived at Iowa Sanctuary on July 12th, after a long trip from Los Angeles. These first pair of orangutans are part of a group of six that will get together with the other three orangutans who live in the sanctuary already.These two
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posted in 15 Jul 2008
UGANDA CHIMPANZEE KEEPER’S SACRIFICE EARNS DISNEY CONSERVATION HERO AWARD FOR 2008
Stany Nyandwi, who left his family, his home, and his homeland behind when he helped stage a daring transport of orphaned chimpanzees out of war-torn Burundi to safety in 1995, has been named a Disney Conservation Hero for 2008. Nyandwi is the head caregiver at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in
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posted in 10 Jul 2008
GUINEA SANCTUARY RELEASES CHIMPANZEES
Fifteen chimpanzees who used to live at CCC Sanctuary (Center for the Conservation of Chimpanzees) at Guinea Republic were released at the forest after rehabiliation work that lasted more than 5 years. The group, which is formed by 6 males and 9 females, was released at National Park of Upper Niger on June 27
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posted in 08 Jul 2008
JAYBEE ARRIVES AT FLORIDA?S SANCTUARY
After years of terror, abuse, misfortune and destruction of his body, but not of his spirity, the chimpanzee Jaybee has arrived at his new home in Florida, together with 9 of his best friends. Jaybee is the symbol of humankind insanity against his non-human brothers. But his resistance and his
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posted in 26 Jun 2008
IN FRONT A VICTORY IN SPAIN
Our Honour President from GAP Project, the philosopher Peter Singer congratulate everybody involved in the victory in Spain, specially GAP Projects executives and members, and the policital parties that introduced the proposal in the Parlament, and get approval United Left Front and Green Party from Catalunya.
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