Further consideration of the pending legislation in Spain that would provide some statutory protections for great apes. It's a small step with implications big and small for humans and animals alike. A good read!
Wenka is a frail 54-year-old chimpanzee, held at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, who deserves the comfort of sanctuary before she dies. In captivity, chimpanzees can live up to 50-60 years. Her time is running out. HELP SAVE HER!
The Spanish government has contributed USD 368,000 to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) led initiative to help protect gorillas, chimpanzees and their habitats in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Chrissy was born December 20, 1994, at a roadside zoo in Palm Harbour, Florida called 'The Chimp Farm, Inc." (read more about this zoo) to two entertainment business veterans, Mary and Magillian. She was taken from her parents on December 20, 1996 and so
Show business chimps, the kind you see smirking in commercials, or acting in movies, are actually babies taken from their mothers. The working life of a chimp is short. Their cuteness and affability limited to childhood.
The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to a preliminary hearing to determine whether chimpanzees are entitled to the legal status and protections granted to human beings. The action is being sponsored by the Association Against Animal Factories,
After a lifetime of studying, filming and fostering understanding of wild chimpanzees in the Gombe National Park in Tanzania, Dr Jane Goodall has begun a passionate defence of keeping the animals in captivity. Dr Goodall, 74, who is president of the
Watch young chimpanzees beat Japanese college students in a short-term-memory test by a wide margin--raising questions about primate intelligence and evolution.
One of the world's largest chimpanzee enclosures has opened officially in Scotland. Edinburgh Zoo's new Budongo Trail is a £5.65m state-of-the-art facility, which has been specially designed to simulate the animals' natural environment.
MORRISSEY, the pop singer and animal rights activist, has called for a boycott of the world's largest chimpanzee enclosure, which is due to open at Edinburgh Zoo next month.
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) afflicts chimpanzees from laboratories in the same way as it does human trauma survivors, according to a paper published this week in vol. 9(1) of the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. Building an Inner
The similarities between chimpanzees and humans are often touted as justification for using them in biomedical research and testing--but precisely because scientists have documented that these highly intelligent animals experience a range of emotions
A bi-partisan group in Congress today introduced The Great Ape Protection Act to end invasive research and testing on an estimated 1,200 chimpanzees remaining in U.S. laboratories. The bill would also retire approximately 600 federally owned chimpanzees
A bi-partisan group in Congress today introduced The Great Ape Protection Act to end invasive research and testing on an estimated 1,200 chimpanzees remaining in U.S. laboratories. The bill would also retire approximately 600 federally owned chimpanzees
