Houma Courier - Many people in deeply impoverished eastern Congo subsist on “bush meat” - or the flesh of animals like chimpanzees, monkeys and gorillas that may include rare and protected species. The region is deeply impoverished after years of neglect, war and
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Western Telegraph - For a fortnight Neil looked after Freddo, a three-year-old Chimpanzee who needed 24 hour care due to a viral infection. He was soon well enough to go back to his family group. For two months he took charge of seven one to two-and-a-half-year-old baby
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Apes need rights, too
UW Daily Online - As humans, we share more than 98 percent of our DNA with our closest biological relative, the chimpanzee, though some scientists estimate the difference to be more like 0.6 percent than 2 percent. And while there is clearly a vast difference in that
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WIS-TV - Supporters of a 26-year-old chimpanzee in Austria are going to court, hoping to have him legally declared a “person.” Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick says “some explaining” is owed after the state medical examiner’s office admitted losing a body
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Grant Wins Damages for Untrue Tabloid Articles
KFSN - Another claimed Grant would attend Hurley’s wedding to businessman Arun Nayar and had sponsored a chimpanzee at a British zoo as a gift. A third said he resented having to do publicity for his films. Grant’s lawyer, Simon Smith, said “all of the
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