Africa: Orphans Saved by Bonobo Sanctuary
From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance No one knows what happened to Pongo’s family, [...]
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PASA/Africa: Ten-Year Action Plan for Western Chimpanzees
From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Despite the tremendous challenges of this year, we’re thrilled to share this encouraging news with you: a ten-year action plan for critically endangered western chimpanzees was just released, developed by many partners including the IUCN (a worldwide conservation organization), PASA, and our member sanctuaries in West Africa. The […]
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Pursuing dignified conditions of captivity for all non-human animals
By Jaqueline B. Ramos* Times of pandemic demand a deserved reflection on diverse ethical and [...]
PASA/Africa: Violent Attack at Ape & Monkey Sanctuary
From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance We still can’t believe what Drill Ranch went through. [...]
Ape Days of Summer. How to Beat-the-Heat and Keep Cool… the Orangutan and Chimpanzee Way!
From Center for Great Apes (CGA) In the topsy-turvy world that we live in today [...]
COVID-19: End the wildlife trade
From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Do you know about the commercial wildlife trade? [...]
Humans can tell what chimps are saying… sort of
Paris (AFP) Do you speak chimp? They are among our closest relatives in the animal [...]
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.
