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Best Practice Guidelines for the Re-introduction of Great Apes now available in Indonesian
Re-introduction is one of many proposed tools for conserving great apes, but the process may be long, complex, expensive and often fraught with pitfalls. To assist current and future re-introduction projects, the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group has produced the Best-Practice Guidelines for Great Ape Re-introduction, designed to provide a framework of simple, practical standards for [...]
24Oct2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Facts About Cruelty to Animals From PETA and Anjelica Huston Persuade R&R Partners Never to Use Apes in Ads
For Immediate Release:
September 24, 2009
Contact:
Kristie Phelps 757-622-7382
Las Vegas — After reviewing information supplied by PETA–including a video narrated by film star Anjelica Huston showing that chimpanzees and orangutans used in advertising are removed from their mothers as infants and routinely abused in behind-the-scenes training sessions (trainers have been caught beating and kicking animals)–Las Vegas based [...]
25Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Gorillas – survival or extinction? A fascinating talk by a world-renowned expert
The future of critically endangered gorillas will be the subject of an expert talk at Bristol Zoo Gardens later this month.
World-renowned tropical field biologist and conservationist, Ian Redmond OBE, is visiting the Zoo on Wednesday, September 30, to give his views on the future of gorillas in the wild.
The event, called Gorillas – Survival or [...]
Gorillas, in and out of Africa – A series of fascinating talks by the experts
Bristol Zoo Gardens is hosting a series of talks in support of the world-wide ‘Year of the Gorilla’ campaign.
The autumn events offer a unique opportunity to hear fascinating first-hand personal experiences from world renowned gorilla experts.
The first talk, called ‘Gorillas – Survival or Extinction‘ is a chance to hear Ian Redmond OBE, Ambassador for the [...]
Malaysia’s Taiping Zoo caught red-handed, again
By Sean Whyte
Source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/108473
It was encouraging to read of Perhilitan’s quick response to the tip off that orangutans were being held illegally by the Taiping Zoo and a nearby ostrich breeder.
The response from Dr Kevin Lazarus to the confiscation of the orangutans would be laughable if it were not so serious. Here is a man [...]
15Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Arabic Posters Target Illegal Ape Trade in Middle East
The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) has stepped up efforts to curb the illegal trade in great apes in the Middle East by producing anti-poaching posters in Arabic on behalf of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Great Ape Enforcement Task Force.
The posters, which were unveiled at the CITES Standing Committee meeting [...]
10Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Bronx Zoo’s gorilla exhibit celebrates 10th anniversary
BY Mike Jaccarino – DAILY NEWS
It’s an anniversary for the apes.
The Bronx Zoo’s Congo Gorilla Forest is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month with a homage to the great apes that have thrilled millions of visitors since the exhibit opened in 1999.
“We invite all to visit the Bronx Zoo to help us celebrate the 10th [...]
Ha-ha! Ape study traces evolution of laughter
By Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) – When scientists set out to trace the roots of human laughter, some chimps and gorillas were just tickled to help. Literally.
That’s how researchers made a variety of apes and some human babies laugh. After analyzing the sounds, they concluded that people and great apes inherited laughter from a shared [...]
Hospital workers save orang-utan
BBC News
Staff at Jersey Hospital have helped save the life of an orang-utan which suffered health complications while giving birth to a stillborn baby.
Dana, who lives at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, went into labour on Saturday and suffered huge blood loss.
An anaesthetist and an obstetrician from the hospital, together with their teams and staff from [...]
Ape rescue forest to be logged
Straits Times
JAKARTA – AN INDONESIAN paper company is planning to log an area of unprotected jungle which is being used as a reintroduction site for about 100 critically endangered orangutans, activists said on Monday.
A coalition of environmental groups said a joint venture between Asia Pulp & Paper and Sinar Mas Group had received a licence [...]
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