Cameroonian authorities arrested 20 suspected poachers and confiscated 45 guns during a 10-day operation in the southeast of the country. Rangers also...
The United Nations officially recognized wildlife trafficking as “serious crime” at the close of the recent U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime Commission...
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Primate expert Dr. Craig Stanford believes eco-tourism could save the great apes. Speaking at a book fair in Los Angeles, Stanford, the author of “Planet...
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Zeelie, an adolescent male chimpanzee at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone that developed a hernia was recently treated by a team of...
The IUCN best-practice guidelines have just been updated to include logging in a new publication, “Great Apes and FSC: Implementing ‘Ape-Friendly’ Practices...
Great Ape Moment: Dedicated to Dr. Bettina Sallé (RIP) :Six month old chimpanzee with Mom. Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Kenya. http://on.fb.me/ZT8dCs...
GRASP mourns the recent death of Dr. Bettina Sallé, a French primate veterinarian who worked passionately on behalf of great ape conservation in central...
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An infant male orangutan found wandering through a village in Borneo after being forced from his forest home by land conversion activity was turned over...
An infant male orangutan being kept illegally at an amusement park has been confiscated by BKSDA Aceh in Sumatra, but is in very weak condition with...
Happy Birthday to Mme. Aliette Jamart, founder of the HELP-Congo sanctuary in Congo and a pioneer in the field of chimpanzee reintroduction. Joyeaux...
The popular Schwaben Park Zoo in Baden, Germany,(http://bit.ly/11jKOfV) has come under fire for chimpanzee shows that exploit chimpanzees and risk public...
Uganda’s Other Great Apes: Maureen McCarthy writes about her experience in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home to one of the world’s only two populations...
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Bonobos find peace in Congo forest sanctuary.Read full National Geographic article here http://bit.ly/13SvYTi http://on.fb.me/11HI4rJ via Tumblr htt...
Great Ape Moment: Wonderful photo of Shangwe holding Moms hand below the fold :Photo credit: A.J. Haverkamp http://on.fb.me/17RW34u via Tumblr http:...
Media coverage of the GRASP report, “Stolen Apes,” includes South Africa’s Sunday Times. For more, visit http://bit.ly/12v7dJX. http://on.fb.me/105Nmf5...
Great Ape Moment: Orphaned chimpanzees at the Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Centre in DR Congo. For more, visit http://on.fb.me/XWgBa4. http://on.fb.me/17zk90K...
The Great Apes Summit agenda is now on-line and features sessions such as “Extreme Conservation,” “Captives Apes in the USA,” and “Great Apes and the...
Great Ape Moment:An acrobatic baby gorilla on mothers shoulder. http://on.fb.me/11qyyZW via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/483519852...
Great Ape Moment: Baby orangutan hanging on to mum.Photo credit: Chris Pulham. http://on.fb.me/11liUPw via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/48...
Great Ape Moment: A playful baby Orangutan by its mothers side :Photo Credit: Gladys Porter http://on.fb.me/1732fVL via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumbl...
GRASP Featured Partner :Intergovernmental Organisation :Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) www.cbd.int/ . For more partners visit: www.un-grasp.org/the-partnership...
A Mountain gorilla was born in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park this week to Bukima, a female who is part of Isabukuru’s group. The infant is Bukima’s...
The Chimp Haven sanctuary in Louisiana, USA, this week accepted 8 more chimpanzees from bio-medical research labs and will offer them permanent care....
Great Ape Moment: An infant Western Lowland gorilla and an infant chimpanzee hugging at the Lake Evaro Gorilla Orphanage in Gabon: Photo Credit &...
Moja, an adult male Western Lowland gorilla, collapsed and died this week at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Texas, USA, from what officials suspect is heart...
Ethnic markets in Toronto and Montreal support a thriving global bushmeat trade – including what researchers say is gorilla meat. For more, visit http://bit.ly/13cildt...
The Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education (GRACE) center in DR Congo cares for 15 Eastern Lowland (Grauer’s) gorillas, including Shamavu,...
International media coverage of the GRASP report, “Stolen Apes,” includes Turkey’s Haber7 television. For more, visit http://bit.ly/17yOkbc. http://on.fb.me/11bLllm...
An adult female chimpanzee that was kept as a pet in a private home in New Jersey, USA, has been turned over to the Center for Great Apes sanctuary in...
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Great Ape Moment :A baby mountain gorilla searching for food.Visit www.un-grasp.org to find out more about what we do. http://on.fb.me/12LCw5Fwww.un-grasp.org...
Chimpanzees in the Tai National Park in West Africa use their inherent knowledge of botany to identify which trees produce fruit and when, according...
Great Ape Moment: Orangutang and and baby resting in a nest. http://on.fb.me/YcIaqm via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/476183420...
The discovery of a rare Bornean orangutan sub-species (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus ) in Sarawak’s Sungai Menyang region has prompted the state government...
Great Ape Moment :Kwitonda Group Eyes:Photo Credit Giles Breton http://on.fb.me/YamE5H via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/475368280...
Scared and hungry orangutans clinging to the last remnants of trees after agricultural programmes converted the area into plantations in Borneo were...
Great Ape Moment: A Western Lowland gorilla at the Bristol Zoo in the UK cuddles a duckling that strayed into its enclosure. The duckling exited the...
Great Ape Moment: Mawimbi, a baby western lowland gorilla, lies in the arms of its mother Photo credit: Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella http://on.fb.me/XnQ9DM...
An animal welfare law — which would protect great apes and other illegally traded species — may soon be a reality in Lebanon. For more, visit http://bit.ly/10KFnHI....
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