The Orangutan Project has produced a palm oil-free shopping guide for Easter candy, to ensure that chocolate eggs and marshmallow chicks do not harm...
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International media coverage of the GRASP report, “Stolen Apes,” includes Belfast Telegraph.http://bit.ly/XGcdq5 http://on.fb.me/10OpaCt via Tumblr ...
GRASP ambassador Dr. Jane Goodall said ownership of exotic animals such as chimpanzees as pets is wrong. “It’s the same thing with lions and tigers;...
Great Ape Moment: Two chimpanzees in embrace. http://on.fb.me/13sZwXO via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/463318402...
International media coverage of the GRASP report, “Stolen Apes,” includes an Associated Press (AP) article that has appeared in the U.S., Singapore,...
International media coverage of the GRASP report, “Stolen Apes,” includes an Al-Jazeera feature, “Trafficked Apes Strive to Return to the Wild.” For...
A chimpanzee at a zoo in Xinjiang, China, is so addicted to cigarettes that he smokes two at a time, often thrown to him by zoo visitors. For more, visit...
Great Ape Moment:A baby Orangutan’s innocent gaze :Photo by Vladimir Koss http://on.fb.me/13qiFcF via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/4624866...
Great Ape Moment:A baby Orangutan’s innocent gaze :Photo by Vladimir Koss http://on.fb.me/XBxSQh via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/46248659...
Great Ape Moment :Baby Bonobo playing around :Photo by aurelgrooves http://on.fb.me/16c2y0c via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/462369243...
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Egypt’s persistent role in the illegal trade of great apes, ivory and other endangered wildlife is profiled in this Egypt Independent article. For more,...
A critically endangered Cross River gorilla was killed by villagers in Lebialem Highlands, Cameroon, earlier this month, after being declared a threat...
Great Ape Moment: The power of a mother’s love. http://on.fb.me/WIRgxB via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/459866991...
Shufai, an orphaned Western Lowland gorilla at Ape Action Africa in Cameroon, is on the mend after undergoing surgery to amputate his left arm above...
International media coverage of the GRASP report, “Stolen Apes,” includes the Los Angeles Times. For more, visit http://lat.ms/Z02P36. http://on.fb.me/16KIOC5...
Great Ape Moment: A gorilla grasping its young. http://on.fb.me/YWqzVR via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/458322052...
A study published in Biology Letters finds that chimpanzees use teamwork to accomplish some tasks, shedding light on the origins of human cooperation....
The Jane Goodall Institute - UK is offering a Tanzanian safari to Gombe National Park and an evening there with GRASP ambassador Dr. Jane Goodall through...
International media coverage of the GRASP report, “Stolen Apes,” includes a feature in Malaysia’s The Star newspaper entitled, “Stolen for Shows.” For...
Long before Bushman the gorilla became an icon at the Lincoln Park Zoo, he was cared for by a little girl in Cameroon. That girl – now 92-year old Winifred...
Central Washington University in the U.S. is considering whether to expand its chimpanzee facilities — and bring in new chimpanzees needing a permanent...
Great Ape Moment: Bornean orangutans (photo courtesy BOS) http://on.fb.me/Z91L9X via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/456689231...
Lola ya Bonobo founder Claudine Andre will be honored with the inaugural USD $50,000 Commitment to Conservation Award by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium...
Four orangutan were rescued and relocated from rubber plantations within a week by the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS), including this female — nicknamed...
Great Ape Moment: Chimpanzees (photo courtesy Ape Action Africa, Cameroon) http://on.fb.me/ZhgK4Q via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/4555596...
lnternational media coverage of the GRASP report, “Stolen Apes,” includes South Africa’s Mail & Guardian. For more, visit http://bit.ly/Yf517v. http://on.fb.me/Z4O1Nf...
Motambo, the infant male chimpanzee who nearly died from tetanus and wounds suffered during his capture last year in Congo, is now adjusting to life...
The exotic pet trade — which increasingly includes great apes — is blamed for pushing some species to the brink of extinction. For more, visit http://bit.ly/10WzaeY....
Great Apes Moment: Mountain gorilla mother shelters her infant during a rainstorm. http://on.fb.me/ZtvUDh via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post...
Kate Garnett of Sierra Leone. http://on.fb.me/WipWqW via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/454016114...
Prime minister H.E. Yingluck Shinawatra of Thailand. http://on.fb.me/XbOTR2 via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/454016104...
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Doug Cress (GRASP). http://on.fb.me/13Ztv96 via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/454007928...
Doug Cress (GRASP) confers with Ofir Drori (Last Great Ape Organization). http://on.fb.me/YvVg45 via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/45400791...
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Tony Mudakikwa (Rwanda) confers with a South African colleague. http://on.fb.me/13ZttxX via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/454007876...
Melanie Virtue (CMS) and Marco Silva (CITES). http://on.fb.me/YvVcRW via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/454007860...
Veteran GRASP committee member Leonard Muamba Kanda of DR Congo. http://on.fb.me/13ZttxN via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/454007848...
UNEP executive director Achim Steiner speaking during the opening ceremony of the CITES XVI Conference. http://on.fb.me/YvVcBl via Tumblr http://un-...
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The Chester Zoo in the U.K. has named the male Sumatran orangutan born recently at the zoo “Tripa,” in honor of the highly threatened Tripa peat swamps...
GRASP applauds DR Congo, which closed the CITES XVI Conference in Bangkok in spectacular fashion when ICCN director Cosma Wilungula Balongelwa (pictured...
Great Ape Moment: Close-up of a baby Bonobo .Photographer: Volker Gutgessell http://on.fb.me/ZCdZJ4 via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/45342...
NBC News covers the GRASP report, “Stolen Apes,” and the issue of the illicit trade in great apes. For more, visit http://nbcnews.to/15NBDHO. http://on.fb.me/12RjBXj...
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International media coverage of the GRASP report, “Stolen Apes,” now includes the popular French newspaper, Le Monde. For more, visit http://bit.ly/XrTT9M....
