tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36465552011-04-21T19:23:50.621-07:00chimpanzee news & views from around the worldcynnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3271100tag: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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From sideshow to sanctuary The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary, once a dilapidated roadside zoo, has updated its facilities and is awaiting USDA approval to reopen to the public. ...In 1999, the sanctuary, known for years as Noell's Ark Chimp Farm, was closed to the public because its inhabitants were kept in small rusty cages that did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture standards. In 2001, the

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New mission for chimps' champion She has devoted her career to saving primates. Now scientist and campaigner Jane Goodall is 70 and embroiled in the toughest fight of her life There are not many women who in their seventieth year take on more commitments and get deeper into public controversy, but Jane Goodall, the world's leading primatologist, is not like other women. While some her age draw

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Zoo welcomes cheeky chimps Sally and Suzy were sussing out their new home, complete with ropes, benches, races and straw, yesterday. The chimpanzee sisters have come down from Auckland to take up residence in their specially designed enclosure at Hamilton Zoo. Four other chimps – Mike, Lucy, Luka and Lucifer – also made the trip and for the next week will be settling in before moving outside.

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Chimps Shown Using Not Just a Tool but a "Tool Kit" Anyone who has tried to replace a punctured tire or fix a leaky faucet knows the importance of having the right tool for the job. Chimpanzees, it turns out, are also very particular about their tool choice, especially when it comes to digging into termite mounds to get a tasty snack. Using infrared, motion-triggered video cameras, researchers

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Giant ape may be new An elusive giant ape has been spotted in remote forests in central Africa, sparking theories that it could be a new species of primate - a finding that would be the most astonishing wildlife discovery in decades, New Scientist says.... The creature's face is gorilla-like and has a sagittal crest - a long bony ridge - that is typical of gorillas. But other aspects of the

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Young chimps make chumps of children IN ADVERTS they are amusing creatures that ape human behaviour. But scientists have found that young chimpanzees can be more intelligent in their approach to some tasks than children of a similar age. An experiment conducted at St Andrews University revealed that while children tried to tackle a puzzle without trying to analyse it, chimps of the same age

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International Keystone Entertainment Inc. releases second quarter fiscal 2005 financial results The Company completed the film "Spymate" during the quarter, and delivered it to the film's American distributor. "Spymate" has "Minkey" the chimpanzee on a top-secret mission that will entertain the entire family.... International Keystone Entertainment Inc. continues to build its reputation as a

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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES You're mostly a monkey Robin McKie is impressed by Nature via Nurture, Matt Ridley's eloquent explanation of how we can be so different from other primates despite sharing 99% of their genetic material Try this little literary exercise. Take the opening paragraphs of David Copperfield and compare them with those of The Catcher in the Rye. Note the similarities,

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FROM CIRCUS TO ZOO TO THE GRAVE Rescue to death Circus chimpanzee perishes in zoo In death it generated more controversy than during its 'rescue' from a circus earlier this year. Shiva, a 22-year-old male chimpanzee that animal rights activists took away from Royal Cicus and put in the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai, died on March 15 after a week-long illness. At the time of death it

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SMELLING EVOLUTION Evolution Explains Why Chimps Beat us by a Nose New research shows that humans' sense of smell is much less acute than that of other primates.... In the past, humans likely carried noses as keen as modern species with more acute senses of smell, he said. People then probably lost that ability over time. "Immediately after the separation of the human and chimpanzee species,

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EXCUSE FOR AGGRESSION? Are humans hard-wired to behave aggressively? Y chromosome could be the culprit in war But we are in process of getting domesticated When technology has made the world smaller than ever, why does mankind still resort to settling international differences with the blunt instrument of war? The clues may be in our genes. An emerging and controversial branch of science

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Comparing Bush to a chimpanzee has become very popular of late, although clearly it is unfair - to the chimpanzees. BUSH AS CHIMP War theme abundant in creative poetry slam ...Freshman Jody Zink's poem "Our 'Esteemed' President" described Bush as "the meanest chimp you ever saw," and said "his foreign policy is enough to make anyone vomit / he can't see another country without wanting to bomb

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CHIMPANZEE EXPERT WORRIED BY WAR Start of war in Iraq has Goodall worried Chimp expert fears terrorism against U.S. will increase The war with Iraq will fuel anti- American hatred across the Muslim world and could trigger a "conflagration of terrorism" against the United States, chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall said Friday in Denver. "There's a hatred of the American administration that I've

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Oh, please! CHIMPANZEES "MARRIED" AT ZOO Zoo chimps given wedding Two chimpanzees have been 'married' at a zoo in Brazil to encourage them to start a family. The 'couple' wore wedding gowns and even had a wedding cake... "The male, Pipo, has been single for 10 years and it's time for him to give up his bachelor life and give us little chimps. We hope the whole wedding party atmosphere helps

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THOUGHTS ON INTELLIGENCE ...Chimp talk: My musings about the possibility of chimpanzees developing into a more intelligent species struck a chord with several Cosmic Log readers — including a few who pointed out that the idea has spawned more than one science-fiction saga. Of course we’re all familiar with the “damn dirty apes” who wised up in “Planet of the Apes,” the Pierre Boulez

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FROM THE CIRCUS TO THE ZOO [Photo] Ganga, a 43-year-old chimpanzee looks out of the cage at the Vandalur National Zoological Park near Madras, India, Sunday March 16, 2003. Ganga, who belonged to a circus company called 'The Great Royal Circus', was rescued by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on Jan. 9, 2003 and handed over to the zoo authorities.

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FEMALES FLIRT FIRST The science of flirting The reason men often mistake the slightest sign of friendliness from a woman as amorous invitation has been resolved by social scientists. Male over-optimism - often followed by a clumsy chat-up attempt - is triggered by women sending out a series of subtle and highly deceptive flirting signals known as "proteans" when they meet a prospective mate...

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NIH'S GRANT PROGRAM UNDER SCRUTINY Congress Probing NIH Management of Grants WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) - The chairmen of a powerful House committee and subcommittee said late Thursday they are examining how the National Institutes of Health (news - web sites) manages its grantees, suggesting that there may be fraud or mismanagement of the billions of dollars Congress has given the agency in

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EMPATHY MAKES APES' YAWNING CONTAGIOUS You Yawn, We All Yawn--And Empathy May Explain Why NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Why does just glimpsing a stranger's yawn trigger yawning in others? One group of researchers lays the blame on a very human trait: empathy. Dr. Steven M. Platek at Drexel University in Philadelphia and his colleagues found that people who are prone to so-called contagious

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Over 1000 were exported as pets in the last decade. And how many mothers and community members died trying to prevent the kidnapping of these infants? STOLEN BABY WAITS FOR SANCTUARY [Photo] A rescued baby Chimpanzee brought from South Sudan to Kenya, one of the four chimpanzees that Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officials confiscated from pet dealers at a Kenyan airport while on transit, shows

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"They pay the price for their beauty, poor beasts. Mankind wants to catch anything beautiful and shut it up, and then come in thousands to watch it die by inches." David Garnett, A Man in the Zoo. Read Zoos and The End of Nature. BREEDING BRINGS BRINGS ZOO VISITORS Baby boom at the zoo [Photo] Taronga Zoo's new baby chimp and bongo go on display. Taronga Zoo's newest star, baby chimpanzee

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HIDDEN TRIBE FOUND Chimpanzees with little or no human contact found in remote African rainforest It's been called "The Last Place on Earth" by National Geographic magazine, and Time describes it as the "Last Eden." Photo] This photo of an adult female with her infant son in the Goualougo Triangle was taken during their first contact with humans. The researchers said that the chimpanzees had

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EBOLA DEATH TOLL RISES Ebola kills 100 in Congo, wipes out gorillas BRAZZAVILLE, Congo Republic - The deadly Ebola virus has killed 100 people in the remote forests of Congo Republic and wiped out nearly two-thirds of the gorillas in a reserve.... Scientists believe this outbreak was triggered by the consumption of infected monkey meat. Bush meat is a staple among remote forest communities

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HANDS ACROSS TIME & SPECIES Dawkins versus the priests and New Age shamans? No contest Richard Dawkins is suitably knockabout in A Devil's Chaplain - but he should stop pulling his punches, writes Robin McKie ...Consider this experiment in temporal ingenuity. You are holding your mother's left hand. At the same time, she clutches her own mother, your grandmother, with her right. Your

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IRAQI CHIMPANZEES IN DIRE STRAITS Animals fast dying off at Baghdad's lone zoo; at risk in any war BAGHDAD, Iraq - The entrance gate at Baghdad's only working zoo is painted with cheery pictures of elephants, lions and tigers grazing on a vast savanna, but the schoolchildren rushing inside see none. They gape at eight chickens, two cocker spaniels and a family of goats. They taunt a northern

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CHIMPANZEE ECOTOURISM Ecotours hope to save Uganda chimp habitat A chimpanzee habitat in Uganda will be protected from deforestation thanks to an ecotourism project proposed by Japanese researchers.... According to the researchers, including Chie Hashimoto of the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, revenue raised from ecotours of the forest will compensate local residents for

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GENETIC DIFFERENCES Chimpanzees seem almost human, and scientists have maintained for decades that chimps are, in fact, 98.5 percent genetically identical to humans. But the results of a new study call that figure into question, with a finding that there are actually large chunks of the human and chimp genomes that are vastly different....

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CHIMPANZEES AREN'T BUILT FOR WALKING Evolutionary Difference, 2 Legs or 4 ...Chimpanzees lope along carrying an infant on one arm, using two feet and the other hand to propel themselves.... Human beings are members of a group of animals called primates, which includes animals like monkeys, gibbons, baboons, gorillas, chimpanzees. But we are the only true bipeds of the bunch. Most primates

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FEAR OF EBOLA KEEPS BONOBOS OFF THE MENU Congolese Cooks Shun Bush Meat for Fear of Ebola [Photo] Bonobos like this one are eaten although they may carry the Ebola virus. Bush meat vendors in Ouesso, the largest town in the Republic of Congo's region of Sangha, have reported a sharp drop in sales due to consumers having been frightened by the Ebola virus ravaging a nearby area, a market

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PRIMATES ARE POOR PETS Health: Danger of keeping primates Dr S. Vellayan March 4: Primates should not be kept as pets because they are not only unpredictable but can also transmit infections such as dysentry, herpes virus, hepatitis, scabies, helminths and even tuberculosis to humans.... Monkeys and the larger apes are easily enraged, strong, temperamental, unpredictable and dangerous. They

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CHIMPANZEE DIES AT JAPANESE ZOO Celebrity chimp heads to Big Banana Tree in Sky Jahnie, the second-oldest chimpanzee in Japan, has died of natural causes at age 46, officials from Tokyo's Tama Zoo said. Jahnie, who arrived in Japan from central Africa in 1958, was the star of a series of commercials for Birely's carbonated drinks during the 1960s. He is survived by the 10 children he sired....

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STUDYING PRIMATE GENES Scientists Find That Apes and Monkeys Provide Needed Help in Understanding Human Genome BERKELEY, Calif., Feb 26, 2003 (ASCRIBE NEWS via COMTEX) -- Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (JGI) in Walnut Creek, Calif., and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a powerful new technique for deciphering

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RESCUED CHIMPANZEE GETS WATERBED Maneka gifts waterbed to injured chimp Former union minister and animal activist Maneka Gandhi on Thursday donated a waterbed, for the speedy recovery of an injured chimpanzee at the Veterinary Hospital near the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at the suburban Vandalur. The ape, one of the four chimps rescued from circus, was weak and has been shifted to the

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ZOOKEEPERS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH CHIMPANZEE'S DEATH Arrests in India chimp probe Four attendants at a zoo in the southern Indian city of Mysore have been arrested following an inquiry into the death of a popular chimpanzee. Meena, who was 33, died last week after her gangrenous arm was amputated. Police began investigations after zoo officials suspected foul play in the chimp's death..

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FINGERPOINTING IN UGANDA Why Did UWA Take On Sick Chimpanzees? THE Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) recommended the killing of three chimps imported into the country from Tanzania five months ago. However, the Jane Goodall Institute and the livestock department under the Ministry of Agriculture refused to comply. They only agreed after one of them critically injured its keeper.... The two apes

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Remember when VaxGen's president said "I'm confident from the chimpanzees that the vaccine will be efficacious"? CHIMPANZEE-TESTED AIDS VACCINE DOESN'T PROTECT HUMANS 1st AIDS Vaccine in Large Test Found to Be Mostly Ineffective The first AIDS vaccine tested in a large population of people at high risk for the disease has proven to be largely ineffective, according to data released early today

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CHIMPANZEES FOR SALE IN CYBERSPACE Uproar over Internet market for zoo animals The business of selling exotic and endangered animals has escalated from an underground network of backyard deals into a multibillion-dollar industry in which chimpanzees can be ordered over the Internet. The booming exotic pet trade in many cases can be traced to one of America's most family-friendly institutions

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SEX IN THE FOREST Sexy gala gets wild to raise funds Calgary Herald ...And there were numerous sexual facts on cards for people to read while strolling, such as:... - The male chimpanzee has been known to copulate with as many as eight females in 15 minutes....

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Bubbles was actually discarded to an animal trainer's ranch. NOT THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT BUBBLES Jackson fights back with footage Journalist Martin Bashir lavished praise on Michael Jackson and the "spiritual" quality of his Neverland ranch in video footage shown on U.S. television. ...Some of the footage showed Jackson's eccentricity, including how he allowed his former constant companion,

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Of course, the chimpanzee donor died immediately. VIVISECTOR DEAD Heart transplant pioneer dies at 84 Dr. James Hardy braved a storm of criticism in 1964 when he pioneered the world's first heart transplant — chimpanzee to human — at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.... Hardy's surgical team at the University of Mississippi Medical Center transplanted the heart of a chimpanzee

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MURDER AT INDIAN ZOO? Indian zoo probes chimp death [Photo] Meena died after her arm was amputated Officials at an Indian zoo are investigating possible foul play in the death of a popular chimpanzee. Meena, who was 33, died at Mysore zoo on Wednesday after doctors amputated her gangrenous arm. A complaint has been lodged with the police and an inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the

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DEATH TO DOSI Another Chimp Killed By Gerald Tenywa A team of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) rangers, the Police and private security guards has killed another chimpanzee. The New Vision has established that Kipala, one of the three male chimps imported from Tanzania last July, was killed an hour after the renegade chimp, Dosi, was shot dead. Dosi, who went on rampage a week ago after

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Why aren't these babies' mothers allowed to raise them? BREEDING BONOBOS Zoo breeds rare ape [Photo] The zoo has been breeding bonobos for six years A zoo in the East Midlands is raising a rare breed of ape that is on the verge of extinction in Africa. The Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, has bred five of the bonobos - the only ones born in the UK...

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SHARING Interstellar Give-and-Take: The Idea of Sharing ...Some basic notions of reciprocity seem as familiar to chimpanzees as they do to humans. When Chimp A grooms Chimp B, the giving primate might expect payback at dinner time. And often, the altruistic chimp gets what’s expected. (There are some constraints: chimps seem to forget their past benefactors if more than a couple hours pass

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SPECIES RUNNING OUT OF TIME CHIMP DANGER Chimpanzees could die out in 15 years because of a sharp rise in hunting, says expert Dr Jane Goodall, who worked on the BBC's Life of Mammals.

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NOT SO DIFFERENT TV Programs Probe Parallels in Animal, Human Mating ...When it comes to great apes, the resemblance to human behavior can be quite startling; it all comes down to how to make friends, get a date, win favors, and form alliances. Richard Wrangham, a biologist who has worked for many years in Africa studying chimpanzees, is interested in how human social behavior evolved. It's

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TOWARD RIGHTS FOR ANIMALS Rights From Wrongs A movement to grant legal protection to animals is gathering forces by Jim Motavalli - February 13, 2003 Does a pig packed in a tiny factory cage waiting to be killed have any rights in America? Should it have? And what about the chimpanzee, which shares 99 percent of its active DNA with humans? Should anyone be allowed to "own" an animal with so

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CHIMPANZEE WANTED - DEAD Chimp On the Loose Gerald Tenywa A CHIMPANZEE has escaped from a quarantine facility at the Veterinary Training Institute, Entebbe, after severely injuring its keeper. It was one of the three chimps imported from Tanzania last August. They were suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis and a quarantine was imposed on them for fear that they would spread the disease

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BLOCKED BREEDING AT JAPANESE ZOO NEWS OF OTHER LIFE FORMS Vets at the Tama Zoological Park in western Tokyo had no choice. Kenta, the zoo's alpha male chimp, had to have a vasectomy.... Kenta has many mates so the park first tried separating him from the ladies during mating season. This totally disrupted the social hierarchy -- the other chimps saw it as Kenta failing to prove his dominance --

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ZOO SECRETS Who's Minding the L.A. Zoo? Animal Welfare vs. The Bottom Line By Kerri Hikida "Zoos are intrinsically wrong. They are against everything America stands for, which is freedom. We have to work towards freeing animals, not towards keeping them captive in cages. It's the American thing to do." So says Los Angeles Zoo animal keeper and union shop steward David Reames. Despite his

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FISCAL PRIORITIES THE FINAL FRONTIER? COLUMBIA: FUTURE FOR SHUTTLE MISSIONS IN BALANCE DR TERENCE KEALEY Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham Political folly's a waste of cash ...The manned flights are little more than ego boosts for American politicians - yet those are the expensive and dangerous ones. It is not for me to tell the Americans what to do with their money but just

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98 PERCENT What's in a number? What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes By Jonathan Marks It's all many of us know about genetics: Humans and chimpanzees share 98 percent of the same genetic material. I remember being impressed by this figure when I first heard it. But what does it really mean? The 98-percent figure signifies nothing and everything, says molecular

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TROUBLED CHIMP FARM Public Primates DAVID SOMMER dsommer@tampatrib.com The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary must open to the public, after it gets its federal and state licenses in order. PALM HARBOR - For the 28 apes who make the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary their home, this is the final stretch. The shuttered roadside attraction, known for decades as Noell's Chimp Farm, must open to the public by

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EBOLA ENDANGERING APES Massive Great Ape Die-Off in Africa—Ebola Suspected A catastrophic die-off of lowland gorillas and chimpanzees at the very heart of their range in central Africa has been reported by scientists.... The first deaths were reported on November 26, and in mid-December scientists from Gabon's Centre International de Recherches Medicales de Franceville (CIRMF) collected

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THE DARK SIDE OF ZOOS Animal House Charlotte Metro Zoo has been cited over a dozen times by the USDA. Critics wonder why it's still open. BY SAM BOYKIN [Sidebar] ..."Are you sad, little monkey?" I overheard one grinning dunderhead cheerfully ask as she filmed her two kids tossing crackers to a pathetic looking chimpanzee, its arms outstretched through the bars of its cage. I guess that's

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RELATING TO NONHUMAN ANIMALS Study animals, author says, but don't imitate them ...In her book, "Sexual Selections: What We Can and Can't Learn About Sex From Animals," Zuk, 46, explores the tendency by some humans to use animal behavior to justify their own actions.... Example: bonobos. These peace-loving cousins to the chimpanzee, discovered in the early 20th century, are gaining

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So a modified chimpanzee virus may protect genetically-modified mice from a human disease. So what? Too bad researchers don't expend more effort trying to protect humans from HIV. Here's more on why such mad science is a waste of time and money. MICE PROTECTED AGAINST HUMAN VIRUS Fighting Fire With Fire? Vaccine Based On Chimp Virus Shows Promise Against HIV In a new study in mice, a modified

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ZOO RIDES GET VISITORS CLOSER TO CHIMPANZEES Foundation gives KC Zoo $750,000 ...the most significant change will be the addition of a boat dock in the African section. It will allow passengers to disembark nearer the chimpanzee exhibit, which the zoo plans to highlight this year. The ride will leave from the boathouse near the African market and stop at a new pier near the plains exhibit.

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BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE We Must Save Our Cousins the Chimps Kampala, Jan 28, 2003 (New Vision/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Across Africa the Chimpanzee population is declining due to the loss of habitat CHIMPANZEES have an axe to grind with their humans cousins. In a wave sweeping through Western Uganda, an influx of human beings has caused massive degradation of the thick forests.

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WE CAN SING Sing --it's good for your health Kim Heinrich Gray ..."Compare us with our nearest relative, the chimpanzee, and they can make only one vocalization on an 'in' or 'out' breath. We, on the other hand, can produce dozens of vocalizations."...

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Primatologist Jane Goodall says "Although it is possible to train animals using only kindness, reward and praise, this requires the kind of time and patience which simply are lacking in the fast-moving world of entertainment and advertising. Almost all trainers will admit that they beat their performers during training. In many cases the abuse is horrendous." Read more here. And animal welfarists

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JUNGLE MEDICINE Primates found popping prenatal drug A Madagascan lemur has been revealed as the first animal known to self-medicate when pregnant. Female sifaka eat plants rich in poisonous tannins in the weeks before giving birth, researchers have discovered.... Numerous primates, including chimps, baboons, black lemurs and capuchins, dip into the jungle pharmacy to combat parasites.

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CHIMPANZEES OF GOUALOUGO The last of their kind WCU grad studies, champions protection for chimps of the Goualougo Triangle By Don Hendershot Dave Morgan knew from childhood that he wanted to work with chimps and apes... He is principal researcher for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Goualougo Chimpanzee Study.... Morgan’s preliminary chimp surveys in the Goualougo Triangle helped

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UGANDA CHIMPANZEE COUNT Census finds 5 000 chimpanzees in Uganda Kampala, Uganda - There are nearly 5 000 chimpanzees living in Uganda, according to a recently completed census. But continued hunting and human encroachment on their habitat could reduce that number, said scientists on Tuesday.... Between 100 000 and 150 000 chimpanzees live in 21 African countries, she said. Populations

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TROUBLE AT THE KANSAS CITY ZOO What's going on with Julian and the other chimps? By MATT CAMPBELL The Kansas City Star Across the zoo from the gorillas another primate experiment -- with a dysfunctional group of chimpanzees -- is following its own dynamic. As detailed in Star Magazine in August 2001, an adult male chimp was brought in to Kansas City with the hope that he would dominate an

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So wrong, in so many ways. See SEEC. SPECIESIST SOUNDS OFF Guest Comment on NRO Chimp Deal Money headed to the wrong kingdom. By Wesley J. Smith The animal-rights/liberation movement is living high on the hog these days.... Now we learn that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is planning to spend $24 million to build a retirement community for — no, not people — "retired" chimpanzees.

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CHIMPANZEES RESCUED FROM INDIAN ZOO Animal lovers steal the show at Chennai circus By Papri Sri Raman, Indo-Asian News Service Chennai, Jan 17 (IANS) ...On Thursday evening, it was the turn of a "white" chimpanzee Guru to be rescued from the Great Royal Circus and taken to the zoo in Vandalur on Chennai's outskirts.... Voluntary groups like People for Animals (PfA) and Society for Prevention

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IOWA PRIMATE LEARNING SANCTUARY MAY LACK FUNDS Ape sanctuary to break ground; financing unclear By JASON CLAYWORTH Register Staff Writer The man behind a planned ape sanctuary in Des Moines admitted Thursday that cost estimates are sketchy and not enough money has been pledged for the project, even though construction is to begin this month....

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MEETING ON CONGO BASIN FOREST Congo Basin Forest Partners Hold Initial Meeting WASHINGTON, DC, January 17, 2003 (ENS) - The first international meeting of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, an economic development and conservation program for six Central African countries, is set to open in Paris on Tuesday. Under pressure from population growth, poverty, unsustainable resource use, and

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QATAR MAY RETURN CHIMPANZEE TO AFRICA Chimp likely to be sent home DOHA: The Supreme Council for the Environment and Natural Reserves (SCENR) is keen to have a confiscated chimpanzee sent back to its native Africa. The council has responded very positively to a request from the Zambia-based Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage to give it a permanent home.... "The zoo authorities, of course, are

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"If there is a need for animal experiments, it will have to be accepted." By this logic, couldn't you say that we should accept more human experiments because we need the better data they would provide? Likewise, should we accept a rapist's justification that he has a "need" to rape? It just does not follow that a need gives a right, when the act is morally reprehensible. Further, there is no

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GREEN DESIGN FOR IOWA PRIMATE LEARNING SANCTUARY Great Ape Sanctuary Destined for Iowa -- Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary's "Green Design" Influenced by Plight of Great Apes DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan 16, 2003 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Architectural designs were released today for one of the largest great ape sanctuaries to be constructed in North America. The initial phase of the Iowa Primate

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AFRICAN CHIMPANZEES GET HEATERS AT COLD ZOO Zoo animals enjoy cozy life in icy city HARBIN, Jan 14, 2003 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Though the minimum temperature has dropped to 30 degrees below zero Celsius in China's northernmost icy city of Harbin, zoo animals are leading a cozy life as usual, thanks to the heating systems installed in their pens. Shasha, a chimpanzee from Africa, is

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EXTINCTION THREAT ASSESSMENT QUESTIONED Red alert over rare species The well-known "Red List" that details which species are threatened with extinction is inaccurate, according to a new assessment. It concludes the list fails to reflect the true threat to species, by not taking full account of the threat posed by people.... Contrary to the expectations of many, the researchers also found

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HOLIDAY ENRICHMENT Rockefeller Christmas tree turns into toys for polar bears ...At the Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation in Wauchula, Fla., shoes and boots are the favorite toys of Chipper, a onetime circus chimpanzee. "Animals need to be stimulated, as they are in the wild," Chris Kratt said. "And these toys are designed to stimulate: A new smell! Something that feels

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