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'Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a threat to human health, but it also threatens the survival of African great apes.' Vaccination could reduce transmission from wild apes, protecting both humans and endangered great apes in Africa. Read more here: http://ift.tt/2h8Wkdj

- Thursday, 8 December 2016 No Comments

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'Even though the mountain gorillas of Rwanda live in a protected forest, they are surrounded by one of the highest human population densities in Africa and are subject to a variety of pressures, both natural and human-induced, which may affect their health.' Read more here: http://ift.tt/2h1jx3u

- Monday, 5 December 2016 No Comments

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The controversial and highly contentious transfer of 7 chimpanzees from the Yerkes research institute in the USA to a second-tier zoo in the UK is detailed in "Precious Cargo: The Endangered Species Act and the Case of the Yerkes Chimpanzees." For more, visit http://ift.tt/2gRAxaa

- Friday, 2 December 2016 No Comments

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Manno, the juvenile chimpanzee who spent the past 4 years at a substandard zoo in Kurdistan after being smuggled into Iraq from Syria, reached Kenya this week, where he will be transferred permanently to the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Mt. Kenya. Manno was released from Kurdistan after activists received the support of the Kurdish prime minister, allowing Animals Lebanon and the Project to End Great Ape Slavery (PEGAS) to arrange the relocation. (Photos courtesy Jason Mier / Daniel Stiles). For more, visit http://ift.tt/2gkxvNq

- Wednesday, 30 November 2016 No Comments

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