The Apes in the News page lists a summary and links to news articles that are relevant to the work of the Ape Alliance and ape conservation.
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Associated Press in Washington | The Guardian | December 2011
Chimpanzees should hardly ever be used for medical research, a prestigious scientific group told the US government on Thursday – advice that means days in the laboratory may be numbered for humans' closest relatives.
15/12/2011
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The Guardian | David Hewitt | 14 December 2011
Bicycles are powering films that teach communities about the plight of the gorillas and their natural habitat
14/12/2011
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Mail online | Travelmail reporter | December 2011
Tourists in the Philippines are putting a rare primate at risk, according to conservationists. The nocturnal Philippine tarsier is a big draw for tourists who try to get as close as possible to the animals in the wild so that they can photograph them. But the shy creatures - which are around four inches tall and are one of the smallest primates in the world - are highly sensitive to daylight, noise and human contact.
12/12/2011
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NEW IBERIA, La. - In a dome-shaped outdoor cage, a dozen chimpanzees are hooting. The hair on their shoulders sticks straight up. "That's piloerection," a sign of emotional arousal, says Dr. Dana Hasselschwert, head of veterinary sciences at the New Iberia Research Center. She tells a visitor to keep his distance. The chimps tend to throw pebbles - or worse - when they get excited.
06/12/2011
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mongabay.com | Rhett Butler | December 2011
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Two Indonesian plantation companies have signed an agreement to train workers not to kill or injure orangutans and other protected species.
The agreement was brokered by the Indonesian government between Orangutan Foundation International (OFI), a non-profit with operations in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, and two major plantation firms: PT Smart, one of Indonesia's largest palm oil producers, and PT Lontar Papyrus, which supplies wood-pulp to Asia Pulp & Paper (APP). Both companies are holdings of the Sinar Mas Group.
06/12/2011
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Science Daily | December 2011
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A recent study shows that, over the last two decades, areas with the greatest decrease in African great ape populations are those with no active protection from poaching by forest guards.
06/12/2011
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