August 19th – International Orangutan Day
Today International Orangutan Day is celebrated. But other than celebration for this no majestic and [...]
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Gorillas test positive for COVID 19 in North American zoo
This weekend, the Atlanta Zoo, in the United States, reported that 13 individuals from the group of 20 gorillas tested positive for coronavirus. Among them it’s Ozzie, a 60-year-old silver-back male, who is the oldest captive gorilla in the world. The tests were carried out after the zoo team noticed that the gorillas were coughing […]
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Chronology – Great Apes evolving
On the evolutionary scale, man (Homo sapiens) is one of five species of great apes. [...]
Center for Great Apes (USA): New chimpanzees residents
Six charming chimpanzees arrived here recently from Missouri. They lived in Festus at a facility [...]
Africa: Third COVID Wave Threatens Chimps
From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance A devastating third wave of COVID in Sierra [...]
In Loving Memory of Normand / 2000-2021
From Save the Chimps Sanctuary It is with a heavy heart that we share with [...]
July 14th: World Chimpanzee Day
July 14th is WORLD CHIMPANZEE DAY. The date was created by the Jane Goodall Institute [...]
Great Primates
Great Primates
Orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo and human. These are the five great primates, which are so defined because they do not have tails and are a little bit ahead of their cousins monkeys on the evolution scale. Popularly one calls all the primates monkeys, but the truth is that monkeys are the ones who have tails. Africa was the place where the first no-tailed primates appeared. Orangutan appeared between 12 and 15 millions years ago, and after came the gorillas (8 to 9 millions) and the humans (7 millions). Chimpanzees and bonobos must have appeared 5 or 6 millions years ago.
Sanctuaries
Affiliated Sanctuaries
GAP Project Brazil has four affiliated sanctuaries that houses more than 70 chimpanzees. All of them fulfill and offers more than the standards defined by Ibama of great primates’ enclosures, as long as the day-to-day routine showed that their needs go beyond the descriptions of the current Brazilian legislation.
The enclosures of the sanctuaries have an internal area with connection aisles and an external area with solariums, where the chimpanzees can play, run, socialize and exercise.
