Cobby, oldest male chimp in a U.S. zoo, dies at 63
By Tim Stelloh (NBC News) Cobby, the oldest male chimpanzee in an accredited U.S. zoo, [...]
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Rest In Peace, Dr. Miguel Vaudano
We are very sorry to inform the passing of Dr. Miguel Angel Vaudano, Deputy Coordinator of the GAP Project for Latin America, on 06/08/21 at 17:30, due to COVID. Dr. Miguel was one of the founders of the GAP Project in Brazil and collaborated in various activities for the multiplication and dissemination of the work […]
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NON HUMAN PRIMATE COVID-19 INFORMATION HUB
It is known that humans can transmit some diseases to other primates, and vice versa, [...]
Three years without Guga
Today’s TBT is a tribute. Exactly 3 years ago the chimpanzee Guga left us. Guga [...]
Absurd! Offspring uses two chimpanzees in videoclip
NGO PETA @peta sent a letter to the leader of band Offspirng pointing the absurd [...]
Baby chimps thrive in new nursery
From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Thanks to our supporters, 23 orphaned chimpanzee infants [...]
In Loving Memory of Scrappy
From Save the Chimps Sanctuary It is with a heavy heart that we share with [...]
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.
