Close
You are here:
  • Home
  • >
  • GAP BRAZIL: Cecília on her way
GAP BRAZIL: Cecília on her way
posted in 04 Apr 2017

This photo is the proof that, after months of struggling to secure Cecilia’s release, her journey  to live with her peers in a non-exploitive environment, unlike where she lived for over 19 years, finally began.

Cecilia is going from Mendoza to Buenos Aires on this date and from there, early tomorrow, she will board on a plane from Lan Chile to Guarulhos airport, in São Paulo, where she will arrive around 9:00 a.m.

Along with her is a delegation from Ecoparque de Mendoza (formerly the Zoo of Mendoza) and the Secretary of the Environment of the Mendocina Province, who at all times gave a firm endorsement to the liberation of Cecilia.

After arriving at the airport and complying with the rules of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Federal Police, her permanence in Brazil will become official and she will continue the journey by truck to theGreat Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, affiliated to the GAP Project.

Tomorrow – April 5th – will be a historic day in the World Fight of the Great Apes for their basic rights in human societies!

Dr. Pedro A. Ynterian

Secretary General, GAP International Project

News - More News
posted in 30 Oct 2024
Spain seeks ground-breaking law for great apes
For decades Achille, 50, lived alone in wretched conditions in a cramped circus cage. But better days could lie ahead for the chimpanzee and almost 150 great apes in Spain, who stand to benefit from a pioneering bill that would strengthen laws safeguarding their well-being.
Read more
posted in 12 Sep 2024
Demand Sanctuary for Alamogordo Chimps
26 chimpanzees remain imprisoned at the Alamogordo Primate Facility, where they endured years of cruel experimentation. Though the National Institutes of Health ended invasive research on chimps almost a decade ago, these survivors have yet to experience the peace and sanctuary they deserve.
Read more
posted in 13 Aug 2024
Chimpanzees converse like humans, new study finds
The study, which is the result of analyzing conversations of various groups of chimpanzees in the wild in Africa for over 15 years, confirms that our evolutionary relatives also engage in rapid turn-taking in their conversations, mainly involving gestures.
Read more
posted in 31 Jul 2024
Peter Singer announces support for the Great Apes Law in Spain
Philosopher Peter Singer, one of the founders of the Great Ape Project, announced his support for the Law. "The Great Ape Project Spain has been working for many years to improve the legal situation of great apes in Spain, and is supporting this legislation as the best achievable."
Read more
posted in 08 Jul 2024
Africa: Snare removal program supports chimpanzee conservation
Wild chimpanzees are caught in snares set for other animals and can be seriously injured, compromising their survival and behavior and posing a threat. A study shows how important the removal of snares is for their conservation.
Read more
Residents' Stories
posted in 24 Apr 2024
Katai and Sansão: orangutans in captivity in Brazil
Female orangutan Katai is the only resident of the species in a sanctuary in Brazil. Sansão lives alone in the São Paulo zoo for years. A lawsuit requests Sansão to be transferred to the sanctuary, aiming to improve both orangutan’s…
Katai
Orangutan
Meet the beautiful Katai! The female orangutan was born in 1985 in a German zoo and is a Sumatra/Borneo hybrid. Since 2010, she has been one of the residents of the Anami Institute's Great Apes Sanctuary, in Paraná.
Date of birth: 02/07/1985
Origin: Germany
Sanctuary: São José dos Pinhais, Paraná/Brazil
Read more
posted in 03 Apr 2024
Children snatched away by the circus
Throughout her life in the circus, Lucy gave birth to several children, but had no chance of becoming a mother. The babies were snatched from her on the day they were born, probably to be sold.
Lucy
Chimpanzee
Lucy is a docile female and very zealous with her children. During her life in the circus, she had several puppies, but no opportunity to raise them, as they were taken from her the same day they were born. With her arrival at Anami, this reality changed. Lucy can raise Noel, her youngest son.
Date of birth: 1981
Origin: Circus
Sanctuary: São José dos Pinhais, Paraná/Brazil
Read more
posted in 29 Nov 2023
In memory of Johny - 05/20/2000 - 11/29/2014
"Johny was the beginning of everything, of a struggle that will never die." The Starostik couple took care of a baby chimp rejected at birth in a zoo and created a suitable place for welfare in captivity.
in memoriam
Johny
Chimpanzee
Born in a zoo on May 20, 2000, Johny was rejected by his mother. At five months old, he was received by the Starostik couple, living with them in their house until he was one year old, as he needed special care, such as a bottle every two hours.
Date of birth: 05/20/2000
Origin: Zoo
Sanctuary: São José dos Pinhais, Paraná/Brazil
Read more
Tag Cloud
genomes Lebanon Drones Argentina Zambia COVID Rio Negro France USA chimpanzee evolution Uganda África Gorilla Guinea Soccer extinction PASA

The GAP Project

GAP is an international movement whose main objective is to fight for the basic rights to life, liberty and non-torture of non-human great apes - Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Orangutans and Bonobos, our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.

©2024 Projeto Gap - All rights reserved

Development and Hosting

GetShop Gestão Tecnologica - Projetando Resultados Com Tecnologia