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Help Enrich Yvette’s Life - September 28, 2020

From Save the Chimps Sanctuary My name is Yvette and Save the Chimps is currently fundraising for new climbing structures on my island home, through their Giving Day for Apes campaign! I was born in Africa in approximately 1965 and spent over three decades being used as a breeder for laboratories, while being used in medical […]

The neural cruelty of captivity: Keeping large mammals in zoos and aquariums damages their brains - September 25, 2020

By Bob Jacobs, Professor of Neuroscience, Colorado College – The Conversation Hanako, a female Asian elephant, lived in a tiny concrete enclosure at Japan’s Inokashira Park Zoo for more than 60 years, often in chains, with no stimulation. In the wild, elephants live in herds, with close family ties. Hanako was solitary for the last […]

A Gorilla Can’t Wear a Face Mask - September 24, 2020

From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Happy World Gorilla Day—a day to celebrate our fantastic, hairy relatives and the PASA member sanctuaries that care for them! We also want to celebrate you, since you’re an essential part of our global community working to protect gorillas.   Gorillas are genetically so close to humans that […]

Answering the Many Questions About ‘The One and Only Ivan’ - September 18, 2020

The new Disney+ film about a talented gorilla might leave you wondering about the real great ape that inspired the story. We have answers. By Amy Nicholson (The New York Times) Can a gorilla ape Banksy? That’s the setup of Disney’s new animal rights flick, “The One and Only Ivan,” inspired by the true story […]

PASA turns 20! - September 17, 2020

For 20 years, PASA has been racing against time to save endangered primate species From PASA – Pan African Sanctuary Alliance In the year 2000, orphaned chimps, gorillas, and monkeys had little hope of survival when their mothers were killed for bushmeat or when they were captured as part of the illegal pet trade. Individual rescue […]

Chimpanzee Kanako. Chimpanzee Down Syndrome. - September 15, 2020

Original article – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10329-020-00856-9  . Note by GAP: Kanako was diagnosed with trisomy 22, Down Syndrome in chimpanzees, and lived her entire life in a facility that was used for pharmaceutical research in Japan. With the end of research on chimpanzees in the country, between the years 2007 and 2011, the facility became a sanctuary and […]

In loving memory of Little Rock - August 31, 2020

Little Rock / 1969 (estimate) -2020 From Save the Chimps Sanctuary With great sadness we share the passing of Little Rock, a beloved member of our Save the Chimps family. Little Rock’s origins are a mystery, as is how she acquired her name. Her earliest records are from 1981, but she was already an adult by then. […]

Orangutans Sandra and Jethro to be a loving couple at the sanctuary - August 19, 2020

From Center for Great Apes One of the most well-known orangutan residents at the Center is Sandra who arrived from Argentina last November after a legal court order designated her with nonhuman personhood status. Sandra had lived alone her last ten years in the Buenos Aires zoo, and everyone hoped she would find a companion here among […]

Why is cruelty to monkeys skyrocketing? - August 19, 2020

From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Last month, a lone baboon was found slowly crawling outside a hotel in Kenya. An arrow pierced through his soft fur and ribs. It missed his lungs by just an inch. PASA member sanctuary Colobus Conservation rushed to save the baboon. They performed lifesaving surgery and nursed him back to […]

PASA/Africa: Ten-Year Action Plan for Western Chimpanzees - August 8, 2020

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 […]

Africa: Orphans Saved by Bonobo Sanctuary - July 27, 2020

From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance No one knows what happened to Pongo’s family, but the area where this tiny bonobo was found in the Democratic Republic of Congo is known for illegal hunting. She was all alone and in desperate need of expert care. Investigators learned of sweet three-year-old Pongo when they were alerted […]

Pursuing dignified conditions of captivity for all non-human animals - July 16, 2020

By Jaqueline B. Ramos* Times of pandemic demand a deserved reflection on diverse ethical and moral dilemmas. Among them the way we relate to non-human animals. In this universe, there is a line of action whose objective is to provide beings who have suffered (or still suffer) in circuses and other exploratory activities, or in […]

PASA/Africa: Violent Attack at Ape & Monkey Sanctuary - July 8, 2020

From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance We still can’t believe what Drill Ranch went through. It’s the worst thing we’ve ever heard of at a PASA member sanctuary, but it’s important to tell you. Warning – the details of this incident may be disturbing to read. For nearly 30 years, the sanctuary has successfully rescued […]

Ape Days of Summer. How to Beat-the-Heat and Keep Cool… the Orangutan and Chimpanzee Way! - July 6, 2020

From Center for Great Apes (CGA) In the topsy-turvy world that we live in today it’s no wonder our seasons are mixed up. In a normal year the old saying is “March in like a lion and out like a lamb” coordinating with spring. Did we even have a spring this year? At the Center […]

COVID-19: End the wildlife trade - June 24, 2020

From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance Do you know about the commercial wildlife trade? It is stealing the lives of thousands of innocent apes and monkeys, decimating wildlife populations, and putting human health in great jeopardy. We can’t let it continue any longer. COVID-19 has placed this multi-billion dollar global industry under the world’s […]

Humans can tell what chimps are saying… sort of - June 17, 2020

Paris (AFP) Do you speak chimp? They are among our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, and new research published Wednesday shows that humans can tell when a chimpanzee is happy, sad, angry or scared — simply by listening to their cries. Proving a hypothesis first posed by Charles Darwin, researchers in the Netherlands found […]

Happy Father’s Day to Humans and Apes! - June 15, 2020

From Center for Great Apes (CGA) In June around Father’s Day, we like to acknowledge our own great ape fathers who in the past (before coming to the CGA sanctuary) have sired offspring. Several of those offspring have ended up at the sanctuary, and a few have been reunited with their fathers (like Kodua with her […]

Rafiki, Uganda’s rare silverback mountain gorilla, killed by hunters - June 12, 2020

One of Uganda’s best known mountain gorillas, Rafiki, has been killed. Four men have been arrested, and they face a life sentence or a fine of $5.4m (£4.3m) if found guilty of killing an endangered species. Investigations showed that Rafiki was killed by a sharp object that penetrated his internal organs. There are just over […]

PGS launches book “Great Apes and their Basic Rights” - June 9, 2020

On December 2019, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, GAP Project Spain – PGS launched the book “Los Grandes Símios y sus Derechos Básicos”  Now the book was completely translated into English and this version has just been launched and can be bought at Amazon It’s also possible to buy directly with PGS (direccionpgransimio@gmail.com) or GAP […]

During our darkest time, they never give up - June 5, 2020

From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance I want to take a moment to shine a light on a group of people that we don’t talk about enough: The workers at PASA’s member sanctuaries. Did you know that PASA members are much more than just a home for endangered animals? They are pillars in the […]