All Posts Tagged With: "great apes"

Chimp enjoys treats on third birthday at Tulsa Zoo

By SARA PLUMMER – Tulsa World It only took about an hour for the chimpanzees at the Tulsa Zoo to take apart a cardboard tree with cereal-treat-stuffed branches and papier-mâché balls filled with fruit. The special enrichment on Wednesday was in honor of Vindi’s third birthday. She was the first chimp born at the Tulsa [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]