In December 2006 Ape Alliance celebrated its 10th Anniversary and below we have a brief review of our first decade and some of our Successes 4 Apes
10 years ago the bushmeat trade in Africa was beginning to attract the attention of organizations, particularly when Karl Ammann was shocking the world with images of butchered apes, (which he was finding very difficult to get published as considered too hard hitting). Following success of the UK Elephant group and UK Rhino Group there was a feeling that a similar Ape Group would be useful. Initially it was called the UK Ape Group but we had hopes that it would become a more global group and so at that first meeting held at the Royal Geographical Society, London, the name Ape Alliance was chosen and our coalition was born. The idea of setting up working groups to tackle the issues of the time was also developed.
10 years ago the bushmeat trade in Africa was beginning to attract the attention of organizations, particularly when Karl Ammann was shocking the world with images of butchered apes, (which he was finding very difficult to get published as considered too hard hitting). Following success of the UK Elephant group and UK Rhino Group there was a feeling that a similar Ape Group would be useful. Initially it was called the UK Ape Group but we had hopes that it would become a more global group and so at that first meeting held at the Royal Geographical Society, London, the name Ape Alliance was chosen and our coalition was born. The idea of setting up working groups to tackle the issues of the time was also developed.
10/08/2007
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