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Every year, hundreds of apes are left orphaned by the bushmeat trade.
Nursing mothers are killed either because they are the slowest moving in a
family group, or else they are deliberately targeted so their infants can be
sold as pets. The Sanctuaries Working Group brings together groups that
care for those orphans fortunate enough to be rescued or confiscated.
Sanctuaries are permanent centres where the primates will be protected,
cared for and resocialised. They offer the individual animals the best
possible chance of living a natural life and serve to raise public
awareness, and support law enforcement authorities. The role of the working
group is to highlight the role played by Sanctuaries in ape conservation.

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U.N. Peacekeeping Mission to Airlift Orphaned Gorillas to GRACE center
A group of orphaned gorillas rescued from poachers in Rwanda and Congo will be airlifted next week by United Nations helicopters to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where they will learn to behave like wild gorillas in the first-ever rescue center for Grauer's (eastern lowland) gorillas.
http://pasaprimates.org/2007/07/pasa-posters-id-cards-support-cites-task-force/ 18/08/2010 Click here to read on... |  |
Soccer Fever Fuels Conservation at PASA Sanctuaries
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While the FIFA World Cup currently underway in South Africa focuses international attention on soccer, the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) has discovered that soccer can also focus international attention on conservation.
The PASA Soccer Project, a pioneering program that uses youth soccer to promote messages of wildlife protection, is flourishing at PASA member sanctuaries across Africa. Children in Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa and seven other nations are literally playing in support of chimpanzees, gorillas and the other endangered primates on their uniforms.
org/2008/02/pasa-heads-to-west-africa-for-2008-management-workshop/ 18/08/2010 Click here to read on... |  |
Great Ape Sanctuary In Brazil
To view video follow link:
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_sa/2010-08-09/717487822967.html
These chimpanzees are safe after years in abusive captivity.
Thanks to Pedro Ynterian they are being cared for and rehabilitated at his private sanctuary near Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The biologist and activist uses his own money to run the sanctuary.
But even though the animals are out of danger, they are still extremely damaged. 09/08/2010 Click here to read on... |  |
Swift Response Saves Abandoned Monkeys at DR Congo Site
Pan African Sanctuary Alliance
Two monkeys that were left without food and water after their owners abandoned them at a captive facility in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been safely transferred to a sanctuary, thanks to rescue efforts by the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) and conservation organizations working in the region.
http://pasaprimates.org/new-headlines 21/01/2010 Click here to read on... |  |
PASA Operations Manual Seeks to Standardize Sanctuary Care
The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) has released the PASA Operations Manual, a 134-page guidebook to modern sanctuary management that addresses everything from staff size to veterinary care and is the result of nearly two years' work.
The PASA Operations Manual replaces the original PASA Handbook, which had grown outdated since its original publication in 2002.
http://pasaprimates.org/new-headlines 21/01/2010 Click here to read on... |  |
GREAT APE SANCTUARY DESTINED FOR IOWA
Architectural designs were released today for one of the largest great ape sanctuaries to be constructed in North America. The initial phase of Great Ape Trust will be built in Des Moines by year's end and will incorporate extensive "green design" initiatives for conservation and environmental sustainability.
Al Setka
http://www.greatapetrust.org/media/releases/2003/nr_03a03.php 16/01/2010 Click here to read on... |
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