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Oscar-winning actor Leonard DiCaprio continues to promote...

- Thursday, 31 March 2016 No Comments


Oscar-winning actor Leonard DiCaprio continues to promote conservation of Sumatra’s Leuser ecosystem, including this selfie posted to Twitter that called for support for the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP). For more, visit https://twitter.com/LeoDiCaprio/status/715538708611489794/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw http://ift.tt/1MY6QMB



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The remote landscapes of the Ndoki Forests are home to a variety...

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The remote landscapes of the Ndoki Forests are home to a variety of internationally recognized flagship species, including gorillas and chimpanzees. Thankfully, all of these species—and the surrounding forest—have benefited from highly effective efforts to preserve them.

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A 3rd major illegal wildlife kingpin was arrested this week in...

- Wednesday, 30 March 2016 No Comments


A 3rd major illegal wildlife kingpin was arrested this week in Guinea, following a joint operation between Guinean police, the Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB), and the EAGLE Network’s Guinée- Application de la Loi Faunique (GALF). Balla Doumbouya was the director of the “Doumbouya Pets Company Import-Export” and is suspected of having illegally trafficked chimpanzees, manatees, and other endangered wildlife around the world since 2009 using fraudulent CITES permits. For more, visit http://buff.ly/1RwdVIF



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GRASP Pioneer Mapesa Dies After Lengthy Illness

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GRASP Pioneer Mapesa Dies After Lengthy Illness

Moses Mapesa Wafula, the former director of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) who chaired the 1st Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) Council and guided the partnership through its early years, died this week as a result of complications from leukemia.

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UN Environment Programme (UNEP) executive director Achim Steiner...

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UN Environment Programme (UNEP) executive director Achim Steiner highlighted the vision and success of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in his address to the Forum for the Future of Agriculture on 22 March in Brussels, saying that if Europe and its member States could ”agree legislation that all palm oil products must be sustainably sourced, then such initiatives would have a profound impact on the markets for palm oil and, by extension, on the producers in far corners of Borneo or Ghana. “ For more, visit http://ift.tt/1olzxwJ http://ift.tt/21T5UA5



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Dutch brothers Artem and Eduard Vardaniyan – who have been...

- Tuesday, 29 March 2016 No Comments


Dutch brothers Artem and Eduard Vardaniyan – who have been linked to illegal bonobo exports to Europe in recent years – were arrested in Tanzania this week attempting to export 61 monkeys to Albania under illegal permits. Tanzania banned the export of exotic animals earlier this year. For more, visit http://buff.ly/1LOmQ9f



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GRASP coordinator Doug Cress joined with colleagues from...

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GRASP coordinator Doug Cress joined with colleagues from national governments, United Nations agencies and conservation organizations to help develop the African Union common strategy on the illegal trade in wildlife, following two days of meetings at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. http://ift.tt/230bsew



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Akili, a male bonobo who was the oldest of his species at the...

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Akili, a male bonobo who was the oldest of his species at the Jacksonville (USA) Zoo Gardens, died this week from complications of heart disease. He was 35 years of age. Born at the Yerkes National Primate Research Centre, Akili spent time at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park before arriving at Jacksonville in 2008, and he produced 5 offspring. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1PE1vtO http://ift.tt/22LUP9U



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An illegal wildlife trader in Cameroon was arrested this week in...

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An illegal wildlife trader in Cameroon was arrested this week in possession of 10 endangered chimpanzee skulls – some with hair and skin still on them – following a joint investigation by Cameroon law enforcement officials and the EAGLE Network’s Last Great Ape Organization (LAGA). This latest seizure brings to 130 the number of great ape skulls confiscated in Africa since January 2015. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1kxYSA2 http://ift.tt/1qfaI7o



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A female Bornean orangutan who had been kept illegally as a pet...

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A female Bornean orangutan who had been kept illegally as a pet on an oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan was seized recently by the Indonesian wildlife authority (BKSDA) and transferred to the care of International Animal Rescue (IAR). The orangutan, nicknamed “Cuun,” was kept in a cage and fed condensed milk and rice, but was ultimately held with a chain around her neck. For more, visit http://buff.ly/1Slf99L



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Oscar-winning actors Adrien Brody and Leonardo DiCaprio visited Sumatra’s Gunung Leuser National Park this past week to call attention to the environmental crisis that is threatening the region’s orangutans, tigers, elephants and other iconic wildlife. Photos on DiCaprio’s Instagram account quickly went viral, and he posted this message: ““The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is supporting local partners to establish a mega-fauna sanctuary in the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on Earth where Sumatran orangutans, tigers, rhinos and elephants coexist in the wild.” For more, visit http://ift.tt/1Sj77vu

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Past outbreaks of the #Ebola virus have devastated chimpanzee...

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Past outbreaks of the #Ebola virus have devastated chimpanzee and gorilla populations in Africa, and future zoonotic crises could further threaten the survival of these already endangered species

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One man’s mission to save Indonesia’s orangutans....

- Monday, 28 March 2016 No Comments


One man’s mission to save Indonesia’s orangutans. Leif Cocks, the president of the Orangutan Project, is one of the first people to reintroduce rescued orangutans into the wild. Read more http://buff.ly/1VN7io8



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Past outbreaks of the Ebola virus have devastated chimpanzee and...

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Past outbreaks of the Ebola virus have devastated chimpanzee and gorilla populations in Africa, and future zoonotic crises could further threaten the survival of these already endangered species. Ebola has a 95 percent mortality rate among gorillas – compared with roughly 50 percent for humans – according to the World Health Organization. Do newly developed vaccines offers hope for great apes, or are there better alternatives such as banning the consumption of bushmeat? On the next “GRASP Webcast: The Experts Speak,” leading zoonotic disease researchers will discuss how to best protect gorillas and chimpanzees against future outbreaks. Join GRASP and invited guests on 31 March as they discuss the controversial topic of Ebola vaccinations for great apes. What do you think is the right approach?



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Christelle Colin, manager of the Centre de Conservation pour Chimpanzes (CCC) sanctuary in Guinea, recently was honored by Les Trophées des Français de l'Etranger (The Trophies of French Citizens Abroad), which awarded her the Environment Prize in a ceremony at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1SOWDrE

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Towan, an adult male Borneo-Sumatra hybrid orangutan who served...

- Sunday, 27 March 2016 No Comments


Towan, an adult male Borneo-Sumatra hybrid orangutan who served as the model for “Maurice” in the recent “Planet of the Apes” films and was the oldest of his species in North America, died this week at the Woodland Park (USA) Zoo in Seattle. Towan was 48 years of age, and is survived by his twin sister, Chinta. For more, visit http://buff.ly/1oaoq9O



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A 3rd major illegal wildlife kingpin was arrested this week in...

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A 3rd major illegal wildlife kingpin was arrested this week in Guinea, following a joint operation between Guinean police, the Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB), and the EAGLE Network’s Guinée- Application de la Loi Faunique (GALF). Balla Doumbouya was the director of the “Doumbouya Pets Company Import-Export” and is suspected of having illegally trafficked chimpanzees, manatees, and other endangered wildlife around the world since 2009 using fraudulent CITES permits. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1TQh9X0 http://ift.tt/1q8QI6l



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3 sentenced to prison over orangutan pet trade in Sumatra:...

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3 sentenced to prison over orangutan pet trade in Sumatra: Pekanbaru state court has sentenced 3 suspects for the illegal trade in orangutans in Riau. 2 of the traders were sentenced 2.5 years in prison, while the other was given 2 years. Read more: http://buff.ly/22vsLHG



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Mandy, a petite female chimpanzee who was captured as infant...

- Friday, 25 March 2016 No Comments


Mandy, a petite female chimpanzee who was captured as infant from the wild in Africa in 1975 and spent the next quarter century in biomedical research labs in the United States, died this week at the age of 41 at the Save the Chimps sanctuary in Florida, USA. Mandy was transferred to Save the Chimps in 2011 along with her best friend, Yvette, who was with her to the end. For more, visit http://buff.ly/1Sg3F7q



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Dutch brothers Artem and Eduard Vardaniyan – who have been...

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Dutch brothers Artem and Eduard Vardaniyan – who have been linked to illegal bonobo exports to Europe in recent years – were arrested in Tanzania this week attempting to export 61 monkeys to Albania under illegal permits. Tanzania banned the export of exotic animals earlier this year. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1XRRlvw http://ift.tt/1WPD7em



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A female Bornean orangutan who had been kept illegally as a pet...

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Great Apes, Ebola and Vaccinations: Webcast Episode 06

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Event Name: GRASP Webcast 06 – The Experts Speak : Great Apes, Ebola and Vaccinations

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Event Date: 31/03/2016

Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K4YHkRXN9Y

Event Time: 01:00 – 02:00 PM  GMT/UTC

Events Goal & GRASP’s Mission:

The GRASP Webcast goal is to extend the partnership’s media outreach through the use of new technologies. GRASP wants to engage a wider…

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Past outbreaks of the Ebola virus have devastated chimpanzee and...

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Past outbreaks of the Ebola virus have devastated chimpanzee and gorilla populations in Africa, and future zoonotic crises could further threaten the survival of these already endangered species. Ebola has a 95 percent mortality rate among gorillas – compared with roughly 50 percent for humans – according to the World Health Organization. Do newly developed vaccines offers hope for great apes, or are there better alternatives such as banning the consumption of bushmeat?

On the next “GRASP Webcast: The Experts Speak,” leading zoonotic disease researchers will discuss how to best protect gorillas and chimpanzees against future outbreaks. Join GRASP and invited guests on 31 March as they discuss the controversial topic of Ebola vaccinations for great apes. What do you think is the right approach? http://ift.tt/1UpcFek



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Towan, an adult male Borneo-Sumatra hybrid orangutan who served...

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Towan, an adult male Borneo-Sumatra hybrid orangutan who served as the model for “Maurice” in the recent “Planet of the Apes” films and was the oldest of his species in North America, died this week at the Woodland Park (USA) Zoo in Seattle. Towan was 48 years of age, and is survived by his twin sister, Chinta. For more, visit http://ift.tt/22JPxrV http://ift.tt/1pLivcV



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“Lulingu” is an infant female gorilla who was being...

- Thursday, 24 March 2016 No Comments


“Lulingu” is an infant female gorilla who was being held by rebel soldiers in eastern DR Congo. Congolese wildlife officials negotiated patiently for her release, and the gorilla – believed to be a critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla – was eventually rescued by Gorilla Doctors and taken to the Senkwekwe Centre sanctuary at Virunga National Park for observation. For more, visit http://buff.ly/1MkU5kq



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UN Airlifts Chimpanzee to Safety in DR Congo

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GRASP Activities March 2016: UN Airlifts Chimpanzee to Safety in DR Congo

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Project Launch Title: UN Airlifts Chimpanzee to Safety in DR Congo

Date of Completion: 2016-03-16

An orphaned male chimpanzee discovered in a military camp in northern Democratic Republic of Congo was confiscated by Congolese wildlife officials this week and transported by United Nations peacekeepers to a rehabilitation centre in South Kivu.

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