Gorilla Bua Noi, one of the saddest of the world. Help spread the word against this absurd!
Female gorilla Bua Noi (photo), captured in the wild when she was one year old, [...]
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Brazil is closer to becoming the 43rd country in the world to ban animal testing for cosmetics
Federal bill to ban cosmetics testing on animals clears Brazilian Senate Bill 70/2014, backed by Humane Society International, passed a plenary session vote in the Senate, advancing bill to final legislative step From Humane Society International BRASILIA, December 20, 2022 —After nearly a decade in the National Congress, Bill 70/2014, which aims to enact a […]
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GAP Project wishes Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and may 2023 be a wonderful year for all living beings! [...]
Africa: Urgent help for baby chimpanzees
The baby chimpanzee Niete, who is less than one year old, is one example among [...]
Three chimpanzees shot dead after escape from Swedish zoo
With great sadness we came across another news of chimpanzees’ deaths after escaping from a [...]
The Darwin of our time
By Pedro Pozas Terrados (GAP Project Spain) On October 9, 2022, at the Royal Spanish [...]
Chimpanzees share experiences with each other, a trait once thought to be only human
A chimpanzee doesn’t hesitate to make it clear when it wants attention. The closest cousin [...]
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.
