As one of the events that celebrate 2009 as the Year of the Gorilla, Doug Cress, PASA (Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance) Executive Director, will do a presentation on October 4^th at Join Blank Park Zoo, in the city of Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

PASA, which has 10 years old, joint sanctuaries all over Africa that care of 80 gorillas, 800 chimpanzees, 70 bonobos, 400 mandrills and thousand of other primates threatened to extinction.

Those interested in participate of the event, which will raise funds for African sanctuaries, should visit http://www.blankparkzoo.com/index.cfm?nodeID=20032