Nearly half the primate species are in danger of becoming extinct from destruction of tropical forests, illegal wildlife trade and commercial bush-meat hunting, conservationists said today.

"Mankind's closest living relatives--the world's apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates--are on the brink of extinction and in need of urgent conservation measures," the conservationists said in a news statement about the release of the report Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates, 2008-2010.

18/02/2010
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A wildlife trafficker has been arrested in Bissombo, Bengbis in the South Region. He was arrested in possession of a live chimpanzee, elephant parts and chimpanzee skulls, some of which were still fresh, implying that the animals had just been killed to obtain those parts for illegal trade.

01/10/2009
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Gorillas and chimps in the desert - A new report by Karl Ammann into the illegal trade in Egypt, and an open letter to PASA/GRASP/LAGA.

29/07/2008
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The Ape Alliance 'Recipes for Survival: controlling the Bushmeat trade' report, funded by WSPA is now available for NGO's and governments.

23/03/2006
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07/11/2005
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The Ape Alliance ran a post card campaign to influenced government policy. Many people sent the post card to the Prime Minister of Great Britain to get our goverments involved in saving the great apes.

09/10/2003
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