tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36465552009-02-20T17:07:59.995-08:00chimpanzee news & views from around the worldcynnoreply@blogger.comBlogger327125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646555.post-1101405970669602902004-11-25T09:55:00.000-08:002004-11-25T10:06:10.670-08:00

Chimpanzee Scientist Goodall Wants End to Animal Testing Jane Goodall, the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees, on Monday urged the immediate discontinuation of animal tests because they are mostly [?] "unnecessary." "I am concerned that the Korean public are not educated about what actually happens (when animals are used in testing). People should understand the experiments are

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25 Dhaka Zoo inmates face death At least 25 animals of Dhaka Zoo face death because of old age and lack of proper treatment. The animals waiting for death are the lone Chimpanzee, a Tapir, a Mandrill, two elephants, a Goyal and a bear. "Dhaka Zoo needs more facilities and cells for the ever-growing population. The ministry has already decided to provide Tk 30 lakh for the expansion and we have

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Fossils Found in Spain Seen as Last Link to Great Apes Scientists in Spain have discovered fossils of an ape species from about 13 million years ago that they think may have been the last common ancestor of all living great apes, including humans. The new ape species and its possible place in prehuman evolution are described in today's issue of the journal Science by a research team led by Dr.

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Officers chase down teenage chimpanzee Police officers say they got "a little comic relief" on a mundane Friday night when a woman called to report a gorilla in her back yard. It turned out to be a chimp that ran away from Casa de Cheeta, the sanctuary just blocks away from the caller that houses and rehabilitates show-business primates. The sanctuary is named after Cheeta, the retired

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Sperm's solution to promiscuity Nature is fighting back in response to female promiscuity by producing a biological 'sperm' chastity belt, say US scientists. Semen becomes more sticky to act as a plug, thereby preventing sperm from competitors impregnating females who sleep around, they found.... The researchers examined the semen of 12 different species of primates. In species where the

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Zoo Celebrates Birth of Baby Chimp Staff members at the Baltimore Zoo are celebrating a new arrival today. A Male chimpanzee was born to longtime "Chimpanzee Forest" resident Joice and newcomer Joe, on October 20,2004. The baby is the first chimpanzee birth at the Zoo since Raven was born in 1995. Joe, the father, is on loan from the Detroit Zoo for breeding purposes....

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Party is over for Bobbie One of Auckland Zoo's original "tea party" chimps has died aged 50. Bobbie the chimpanzee had lived at Auckland Zoo since he arrived as a 2-year-old in 1956 with three other chimps from Regents Park Zoo in London. The four - Bobbie, Minnie, Josie and Janie - got their nickname from the tea parties they held to entertain the crowds. The practice was common in many zoos

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Saving Sam At 56, the Sacramento Zoo chimp isn't getting any younger, but he is getting plenthy of love -- and help Sam the chimpanzee moves gingerly on arthritic limbs, his leathery feet kicking up dust as gleeful children point at him from outside his glass dome. On his best days, Sam shows flashes of his acrobatic past, climbing rocks, grabbing ropes and scaling his way to the uppermost

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Animals and human beings have much to gossip about A FEW years ago I had a conversation that utterly changed my attitude towards animals. The topic of this conversation was not, in itself, particularly fascinating, being concerned mostly with mosquitoes and marshmallows. The discussion did not flow easily, partly because my interlocutor kept scratching her bottom and trying to stick a twig in my

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Great apes face extinction Chained by the neck to a concrete outhouse for 12 years, it was not much of a life. But given the alternative, Julie was lucky. Bought for £60 as an infant, this suburban yard in Douala, Cameroon's commercial capital, was the only home she knew. Slamming her hands on the ground, screaming, the family pet was evidently in distress but at least she had survived, unlike

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Eton or the zoo? The discovery of a new species of human poses exciting questions about who we are. How would we treat this close relative if one were found alive today? ...What is more, these hunters existed as recently as 12,000 years ago and, who knows, living groups of them may still be lingering on in odd corners even today. This is shattering news and will create fascinating problems for

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Pregnancies Surprise Workers At Wildlife WayStation 4-Pound Female Chimp Born At Facility Although the Wildlife WayStation considers vasectomy to be the best option for keeping chimpanzees from breeding, the method may need some tweaking. Several females were discovered pregnant during the month of October. The 160-acre animal sanctuary is in the Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles.

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Founder of Chimpanzee Sanctuary Speaks in New York Gloria Grow, Founder and Director of the Fauna Foundation, a Montreal-based sanctuary for abused and neglected animals, will speak at an event sponsored by the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS). "In Their Own Words: Stories of Chimpanzees Rescued from Research," a lecture and "virtual" tour of the Fauna Sanctuary, will be held on

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Chimpanzee "Workshop" Discovered in Congo Scientists have discovered that a remote rainforest in Central Africa, saved from logging by a collaboration among the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society, a timber company and the Republic of Congo, is home to a population of innovative, tool-making chimpanzees that “fish” for termite dinners. According to a study in the November issue of the

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Research chimps are in lap of luxury SAN ANTONIO -- The soaring 29-foot domed ceilings, bathed in natural light, rival anything Club Med has to offer. Interior furnishings and trappings are equally luxurious -- if you're a chimpanzee, that is. There are climbing bars and poles, tire and rope swings and sunbathing platforms. The help visits several times a day, bringing crunchy biscuits,

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Bright ideas Nick Temple is the editor of the Global Ideas Book, a compendium of social innovations. It encompasses fledgling schemes, existing projects and bright ideas, all connected by their use of creativity and imagination to improve people's lives. Here he picks his top 10 social inventions from the book, from hibernation days to eco-taxes... 9. A focused eco-tax on using animals in

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$2 billion shortfall predicted Medicaid funding at risk The head of the state's Medicaid program warned a legislative committee Friday of a projected $2 billion budget hole for the program that provides health care for the poor and elderly.... ...The committee also cleared the way for several construction projects, including a woman's softball complex at LSU and a chimpanzee research facility

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Human league WHEN Lisa Roet was expecting her first child, she joked that it would be born half human, half orang-utan. She had just returned from six weeks in the wilds of Borneo, where she lived with a group of French scientists studying the behavioural patterns of primates.... Roet is studio artist and field worker, having undertaken residencies in Borneo, at a laboratory in Atlanta in the

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Students help rebuild lives of hurricane victims along Treasure Coast A handful of Indian River Community College students are providing much-needed help to Treasure Coast residents who likely would have waited months before getting a contractor to repair their storm-damaged homes. The team of carpentry students, led by instructor David VanCise, has spent weeks on a slew of reconstruction

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Chimpanzee Tinku dies at Lahore Zoo Zoo management keeps hush on the death The Lahore Zoo has lost one of its four chimpanzees, an endangered species, as a 4-year old chimpanzee, named Tinku, died of illness, however the zoo management had not made his death public, wildlife department sources told Daily Times on Friday. The chimpanzee died because of zoo maltreatment and a lack of proper

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Couple Reunited With Moe the Chimp A West Covina couple who raised a chimpanzee in their home for 33 years before his forced removal to a sanctuary in 1999 will be able to see him regularly again, starting this weekend. "Words cannot express how thrilled we are to finally be reunited with Moe," LaDonna Davis said from the Los Angeles law office of Gloria Allred. "After five years of separation,

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Definitions The Inoculated Mind ...At what point does a cell become a human being? It used to be that the definition of 'human' included the ability to use tools. Observers later discovered that other animals could also use tools, so the definition was changed to say that the tools had to be designed according to preset pattern, either intuitive or taught. However, a closer look at chimpanzees

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Bushmeat trade thriving in Kenya The meat from wild animals killed illegally is being sold in Kenya's capitol, Nairobi, a report has said. According to the Born Free Foundation, Nairobi is one of the many bushmeat trade "hot spots", which pose a serious threat to several wild animal species. The Eating The Unknown report says many customers of Nairobi butchers are unaware that they are buying

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Ugandans scout schools of plenty ... Karl Schaefer, a Durham Academy computer teacher, has taken two UNITE-sponsored trips to Uganda. The aim is to improve the lives of rural Ugandans and preserve the nation's wildlife habitats and natural resources through technology and education. Schaefer's focus has been in those regions where the chimpanzee population is particularly threatened. "We're

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Wildlife Waystation gets back on feet The ramshackle chimpanzee cages have been replaced, the menagerie of exotic animals is growing again and the slew of violations that closed the Wildlife Waystation are slowly being rectified. And Saturday, supporters will attend the annual Safari Brunch, a $500-a-person gala at the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills, with actress Sharon Stone making the pitch

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