During his visit to Argentina, Pedro Pozas Terrados, director of GAP Project Spain (PGS), was recognized as a militant in the fight for animal rights. Dr. Francisco Tamarit, dean of Cordoba National University (UNC), gave him, on September 11,  a diploma that declares he was a distinguished guest..

Terrados is the executive director of PGS, an international organization of primatologists, psychologists, philosophers and other experts who promote the Rights of Great Apes worldwide.

In his visit to UNC, Terrados clarified that PGS is an association that aims to protect the Great Apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans) and the places they inhabit. For several years, this organization advocates for their rights to be recognized, in order to put an end to their slavery.

Tamarit expressed his pride for having the presence of Terrados at UNC and expressed: “At a time when humans split up for religious reasons and different opinions, it is surprising that we receive in our University an activist for the rights of the Great Apes. It’s very comforting to know that there are people who work and militate to reduce the boundaries that separate us from these animals.”

Tamarit also pointed the duty of all those who “make the work locally, facing the public opinion.” In this sense, he did not forget to mention the Caraya Project, unique of its kind in Latin America, located in the mountainous region of Cordoba and directed by Alejandra Juarez, representative of GAP in Argentina. “We should feel proud to have this project, so my thanks to Alejandra and her companions, who are also a very important militancy in our province,” he emphasized.

Source (in Spanish):

http://www.unc.edu.ar/seccion/novedades/2014/septiembre/el-naturalista-pozas-terrados-fue-declarado-visitante-distinguido-de-la-unc