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An orphaned male bonobo that had been rescued by a family in...

- Monday 30 December 2013 No Comments




An orphaned male bonobo that had been rescued by a family in central DR Congo was turned over to the Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary last week, and two more infant males have been identified in the area and will arrive soon. For more information, visit http://ift.tt/1cD9at4 http://ift.tt/1luETxQ






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Ngamaba Island #Chimpanzee Kingship Battle Ngamba Island has...

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Ngamaba Island #Chimpanzee Kingship Battle


Ngamba Island has turned into a scene of plots and counter plots. Gerald Tenywa brings you a summary of what has been taking place within the last three months.


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Famed primate expert Cyril Rosen, MBE, who founded the...

- Friday 27 December 2013 No Comments




Famed primate expert Cyril Rosen, MBE, who founded the International Primate Protection League (IPPL) – U.K. in 1977, passed away on December 21. He was 89. Rosen (shown here with GRASP ambassador Dr. Jane Goodall) was a crusader for apes’ protection and preservation, and played a pivotal role in ending the use of chimpanzees as tourist attractions on Spanish beaches. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1eIQATO. http://ift.tt/1dI4XCq






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Indonesia’s Surabaya Zoo suffered more that 50 animal deaths in...

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Indonesia’s Surabaya Zoo suffered more that 50 animal deaths in the past few months, according to a former keeper, earning its nickname, the “Zoo of Death.” In addition to the starving and tormented animals, the zoo is rat-infested – note the rats in the orangutan enclosure – the zoo lacks veterinary or husbandry expertise. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1caFYFl http://ift.tt/1caG0Nr






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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

- Wednesday 25 December 2013 No Comments




The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme who are working to protect orangutans and have a sponsorship programme.

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

- Tuesday 24 December 2013 No Comments




The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as the Borneo Orangutan Survival who care for more than 830 orangutans and offer locally-made gifts like this clay pencil case.

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as The Gorilla Organization who work to supply people living near gorilla habitat with fuel-efficient stoves to reduce their dependence on firewood.

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as the Bristol Zoo Gardens by sponsoring one of their lowland gorillas! http://ift.tt/1c2BjJ5

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

- Monday 23 December 2013 No Comments




The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as Ape Alliance by supporting their DVD series, “Earth’s Green Heart”

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

- Sunday 22 December 2013 No Comments




The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as the Born Free Foundation who work to help feed chimpanzees at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as the Great Apes Film Initiative and sponsor education film screenings in great ape countries!

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Great Ape Moment: A camera trap in Nigeria recently captured an...

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Great Ape Moment: A camera trap in Nigeria recently captured an image of a powerful male Cross River gorilla, the rarest great ape population on earth. (Photo courtesy Wildlife Conservation Society). http://ift.tt/J6BXvd






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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

- Saturday 21 December 2013 No Comments




The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as Volcanoes Safaris who not only organize trips to see the gorillas in the wild but work to protect them

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as the World Wildlife Fund by inspiring your children with their recommended “Green Books”

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as Care for the Wild International who work to save and protect great apes and other wildlife

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

- Friday 20 December 2013 No Comments




The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as the The Aspinall Foundation, who sell these calendars to support their Back to the Wild programme

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#GRASP Partner Lola ya Bonobo (Democratic Republic of Congo)...

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#GRASP Partner Lola ya Bonobo (Democratic Republic of Congo) brought dental care services to the local population –as part of there community outreach program –thanks to the dentist Pina. She provided free dental care to 30 people in Basankusu and at the Elonda base camp opposite the bonobo reintroduction site. This is an important contribution to the welfare of the local communities in these underserved areas and it builds trust for Lola’s reintroduction project in the area: Read more http://ift.tt/18CA9p9. http://ift.tt/1bV30Qt






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Hershey commits to zero deforestation for palm oil In an effort...

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Hershey commits to zero deforestation for palm oil


In an effort to avoid palm oil linked to deforestation, #candy giant #Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) will source 100 percent of its #palmoil from traceable sources by the end of 2014…

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

- Thursday 19 December 2013 No Comments




The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners, such as the Zoological Society of London, and show your friends that you’re the king of the Conservation Jungle in this gorilla hoodie.

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as the Sumatran Orangutan Society — inspire and inform your children about orangutans by gifting them with this Orangutan Activity Book — and help instill respect for the great apes in future generations

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation by buying one of their unique hugging chimpanzee t-shirts! Available in adult and children’s sizes

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Orangutan Rescue Operations makes it to the #CNN 2013: The year...

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Orangutan Rescue Operations makes it to the #CNN 2013: The year in pictures http://goo.gl/T6OzKN


Activists from the Orangutan Information Center remove an air rifle pellet from the face of an orangutan that was rescued from a palm oil plantation in Padang Tualang, Indonesia. http://ift.tt/1bScOOo






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#GRASP Coordinator Douglas Cress is featured in Straight.com a...

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#GRASP Coordinator Douglas Cress is featured in Straight.com a Canadian online magazine in their ( 2013 Year in Review: Animals)


“There are no wild spaces left for them. There’ll be nothing left at this rate. It’s down to the bone.”—Douglas Cress,


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#GRASP Protests Use of Live Chimpanzee in Scorsese’s...

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#GRASP Protests Use of Live Chimpanzee in Scorsese’s “Wolf”


GRASP has called upon director Martin Scorsese to remove scenes using a live chimpanzee from his upcoming film, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” on the grounds that it is cruel and unnecessary.. Read full article here www.un-grasp.org #GRASP #TheWolfofWallStreet http://ift.tt/1jkozUAwww.un-grasp.org #GRASP #TheWolfofWallStreet http://ift.tt/1jkozUA






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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

- Wednesday 18 December 2013 No Comments




The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as the African Wildlife Foundation, who, in conjunction with the Endangered Species Chocolate company are offering special environmentally-responsible chocolate collections that support AWF’s projects in Africa

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners, such as the Orangutan Project, and replant and reforest orangutan habitat in Indonesia — offset your Christmas tree and help great apes all at once!

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners, such as the Uganda Wildlife Authority, by becoming a gorilla’s friend! UWA’s gorilla friendship programme helps protect and care for the wild mountain gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

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The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) has committed to...

- Tuesday 17 December 2013 No Comments




The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) has committed to underwrite the lifetime care costs of 7 chimpanzees currently in retirement from biomedical research at the Chimp Haven sanctuary in Louisiana. For more, visit http://ift.tt/18xkabS http://ift.tt/1bNqSpb






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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners, such as the Jane Goodall Institute, by carrying on Dr. Goodall’s hope for the chimpanzees with your very own “Mr. H Jr.” plush toy.

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

- Monday 16 December 2013 No Comments




The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners such as the International Ranger Federation and help the rangers who stand as the first line of defense for great apes against poachers. http://ift.tt/1bW2vtS

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make...

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The holiday season gives individuals the opportunity to make responsible choices that positively impact the environment. This year, help great apes by supporting GRASP partners, such as the Orangutan Conservancy, which raises funds and awareness to save wild orangutans from increasing human encroachment through the sale of orangutan postage stamps. http://ift.tt/1cMiAlN






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Ham, who became the first chimpanzee in space in 1961, is...

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Ham, who became the first chimpanzee in space in 1961, is remembered as an unwitting hero who ultimately suffered what The Washington Post called “death without dignity.” For more, visit http://ift.tt/1bKegT4. http://ift.tt/1bK2Xqy






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