Africa: Protecting Great Apes from diseases
By Ana Nuno, Chloe Chesney, Maia Wellbelove, Elena Bersacola, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Fabian Leendertz, Amander Webber, [...]
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USA: Our beloved chimpanzee Connor – 1995-2022
By Center for Great Apes Sanctuary “To our CGA Members and Supporters, Sadly, I have heartbreaking news to share with you. Connor, our 27-year-old chimpanzee who arrived from Missouri over a year ago, passed away last week. After showing signs of sudden illness a few weeks ago, a series of veterinary diagnostic tests and reports determined […]
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Conservation: Hope for our gorillas
Arcus Foundation celebrates the population recovery of the Cross River Gorilla (a subspecies of the [...]
Study shows chimpanzees have very personal perception of rhythm
Scientists followed a group of Waibira chimpanzees in the western forest of Budongo, Uganda, recording [...]
Great Apes Rights, 30 years after
Although Spain was the only country in the world where Parliament’s accession to the Great [...]
GAP Project Spain presents Amparo Judicial in Argentina for the freedom of chimpanzee Johnny
On August 23, GAP Project Spain Project initiated ACTION FOR AMPARO against the Zoo of [...]
The Center for Great Apes: In memory of our beloved chimpanzee Jonah – 1996-2022
The Center for Great Apes is heartbroken to share the sad news that our beloved [...]
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.
