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Internet Home of the Western Lowland Gorilla |
An unofficial (but VERY useful) studbook of all gorillas in captivity throughout the world with a wealth of information about each individual Gorilla. Prepared by Jim Davis and now on the Gorilla Haven website. |
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PASA - Pan African Sanctuary Alliance | The Pan African
Sanctuary Alliance, or PASA, is an alliance of sixteen primate
sanctuaries from all over Africa.
PASA is designed to bring these sanctuaries together to address both short-term and long-term issues in areas such as site management and veterinary care and to enhance the stature of sanctuaries in the professional zoo and primate research communities. |
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WildlifeDirect
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WildlifeDirect was conceived as a non-profit conservation organization based in Kenya along the lines of an internet startup company. The organization was built to avoid the pitfalls of bureaucracy and crippling procedures of the public sector, to secure efficient conservation management in parks and reserves througout the world. |
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The Gorilla OrganizationFormerly -- The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Europe |
The Gorilla Organzation (which was founded by Dian Fossey as theDigit Fund in 1978) manages 20 grass-roots conservation projects around the gorilla habitat in Africa and campaigns internationally to save the endangered gorillas from extinction. |
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The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund (US) |
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International is dedicated to the conservation and protection of gorillas and their habitat in Africa. We are committed to promoting continued research on their threatened ecosystems and education about their relevance to the world in which we live. In collaboration with government agencies and other international partners, we also provide assistance to local communities through education, training and economic development initiatives. |
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Virunga Artisans | Survival of the 700 remaining mountain gorillas greatly depends on the well being of the people who live nearby in Rwanda, Uganda & DR Congo. By marketing this unique line of quality crafts, coffee and tea, we enable local artisans to make a living outside the parks, strengthen their communities and help preserve fragile watershed and gorilla habitat. |
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The Limbe Wildlife Centre | Home to orphans of the gruesome bushmeat trade, the Limbe Wildlife Centre plays an important role in wildlife conservation and education in Western Africa. |
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The Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund |
CWAF aims to ensure Cameroon's primates have a healthy future. Working with the government, local communities and other ecological groups around the world, we hope to show people the amazing diversity of wildlife in Cameroon, and explain exactly how and why it should be protected. |
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The International Primate Protection League |
The International Primate Protection League was founded in 1973, and, since this time, has been working continuously for the well-being of primates. IPPL has Field Representatives in 24 countries. Its Advisory Board is composed of experts from the fields of zoology, anthropology, medicine, biology, veterinary medicine, and psychology. |
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Bushmeat Crisis
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The BCTF, founded in 1999, is a consortium of conservation organizations and scientists dedicated to the conservation of wildlife populations threatened by commercial hunting of wildlife for sale as meat. Our primary goals are to: a) work with the general members of the BCTF to focus attention on the bushmeat crisis in Africa; b) establish an information database and mechanisms for information sharing regarding the bushmeat issue; c) facilitate engagement of African partners and stakeholders in addressing the bushmeat issue; and d) promote collaborative decision-making, fund-raising and actions among the members and associates of the BCTF. |
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The Bushmeat Project |
This year a ragged army of 1,500 bushmeat hunters supported by the timber industry infrastructure will illegally shoot and butcher more than 2,000 gorillas and 4,000 chimpanzees in the forest region of west and central Africa. That's four times the number of gorillas on Rwanda's Mt. Visoke and 10 times more chimpanzees than live near Tanzania's Gombe Stream. People eat more great apes each year than are now kept in zoos and laboratories in North America. |
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The Wisconsin Regional
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If you are interested in job or volunteer opportunities in the field of primatology or access to libraries, archives and the Primate-Talk listserver, this is a good place to visit. |
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Berggorilla & Regenwald Direkthilfe |
For many years Berggorilla & Regenwald Direkthilfe, or Mountain Gorilla & Rainforest Direct Aid, has been supporting national parks in Uganda and Zaire where mountain gorillas live, as well as national parks in Zaire where the Eastern lowland gorilla lives. Our work is strictly honorary and we follow a strict policy to channel any funds raised directly into the relevant projects |
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Ape Alliance |
Run by our friend Ian Redmond, this organization encourages several wildlife projects to work together to help all apes. |
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The International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP) |
The aim of the International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP) is to ensure the survival and long-term conservation of mountain gorillas and medium altitude forest habitats in Rwanda, Uganda and Zaire. |
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African Wildlife Foundation | For more than 40 years, AWF has played a major role in ensuring the continued existence of some of Africa's most rare and treasured species such as the elephant, the mountain gorilla, rhinoceros and cheetah. AWF has invested training and resources in African individuals and institutions that have gone on to play critical roles in conservation. We have significantly increased scientific understanding of Africa's extraordinary ecosystems through research. We have pioneered the use of community conservation and conservation enterprise to demonstrate that wildlife can be conserved while people's well being is also improved. |
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Gorillas Online: Gorilla Links |
Annotated links to gorilla pages on the Internet. A good starting off point for information. |
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Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park |
Situated in the North of the Republic of the Congo, the NNNP was created in 1993 by the Congolese government and WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) to conserve the forests of the Northern Congo. |
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The Tayna Gorilla Reserve | The initiative of creating the Tayna Reserve was taken in April 1998 by conservationist Pierre Kakule Vwirasihikiya, with the aim to save the rich and rare habitat found in the Rift Valley (northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) from which he himself comes. Two chiefs, Mukosasenge and Stuka, agreed to support his efforts; then intellectuals of the area joined, and finally the population joined in the support, following their leaders. |
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Apenheul Gorillas |
Apenheul’s Gorilla’s own website by gorilla keeper Ronald van der Beek. |
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Western Lowland Gorillas from Russian zoos |
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site I dedicate to western lowland gorillas from Russian zoos - Moscow
zoo, Rostov zoo and other zoos where gorillas lived earlier.
A personal website of Vladimir Protasov.
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The Rotterdam Zoo Gorillas |
Welcome to the Rotterdam Zoo gorilla group website dedicated to the 10 Western Lowland Gorillas that are living in one of the greatest zoos of Europe. Note: This website is a personal website of Jos Hartog, the official Rotterdam Zoo website can be found at www.rotterdamzoo.nl. |
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AESOP
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AESOP-Project [Allied Effort to Save Other Primates] is an international coalition of individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting monkeys and apes. AESOP-Project strives to prevent monkeys and apes from becoming victims of any form of abuse and/or exploitation. |
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Center for Great Apes
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Its primary purpose is to provide a permanent sanctuary in a safe and enriching environment for orangutans and chimpanzees in need of long-term life care … specifically those who have been used in entertainment or kept as pets by private owners. |
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Primate Rescue Center |
Our Mission:
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Chimps Incorporated |
CHIMPS, INC. is a nonprofit 501(C)3-1 organization dedicated to furthering chimpanzee conservation through education. Here at our private sanctuary, CHIMPS, INC. offers a recuperative and retirement situation for chimpanzees to live out their lives in dignity. Many chimpanzees in the United States devote their formative years (13 to 14 years) to biomedical research, the entertainment field, or parks/zoos. |
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Chimp Haven | Chimp Haven, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide lifetime care for chimpanzees no longer used for medical research, as pets or entertainers. The organization was founded in 1995 by professionals from the primatological, pharmaceutical, animal protection, zoo and business communities. Chimp Haven also provides education programs to students of all ages. |
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Columbus Zoo Conservation |
In the early 1990's the Columbus Zoo dedicated itself to actively supporting conservation efforts in the field. Many of these projects included supplying educational tools for teaching the indigenous people about conservation and animals in their area. |
D. Formenti
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Daniele Formenti
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This is a wonderful web page with a rich set of links to other web sites, covering journals, anatomy, conservation, photos, vocalizations, ethology, sanctuaries, health, enrichment, laws, jobs, etc.! |
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Programa Ulises | For Spanish-speaking people - an educational program about wildlife conservation issues from our friend José Montero of Northern Spain. |
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Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary | The sanctuary was set up in 1995, and is commited to the rescue and rehabilitation of oprhaned and abandoned chimpanzees. High in the hills of the Western Forest of Sierra Leone (West Africa), the chimps enjoy a semi-wild life within the 100 acre reserve. The overall aim of the programme is to provide a home for confiscated and rescued chimps, while helping to stop the cruel and wasteful trade of the species - thus securing a future for the wild population. |
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H.E.L.P. Congo (Habitat Ecologique et Liberté des Primates) |
Featured in a Discovery channel program, HELP is a chimpanzee rescue and rehabilitation center run by our dear friend Aliette Jamart. HELP is one of the first and only organizations to successfully reintroduce chimps into the wild. |
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Wild Chimpanzee Foundation |
The WCF's aim is to
protect wild chimpanzee populations and their habitat.
Christophe Boesch, founder and president of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation, has studied the chimpanzees of Taï National Park in Ivory Coast for over 20 years. |
| Cercopan | Centre for Education, Research and Conservation Of Primates And Nature | CERCOPAN was founded in 1995 by Canadian Zena Tooze. As a Nigerian Non Governmental Organization, CERCOPAN seeks to work locally to influence, encourage and assist all stakeholders in Nigerian rainforests to conserve biodiversity of nature, particularly primates and ensure sustainable use of natural resources. |
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A la Découverte Des Bonobos | Discover with us the
Wonderful World of the Bonobos -- They are Magicians ! And help us
ensure that the last of the Great Apes to have been discovered not be
the first one to disappear..... We are convinced that better knowledge of the bonobo, through a mesological education program, will lead people to better respect and love it and thereby contribute to protection in situ the last bonobos still free. Our motto is and will remain: "Protection starts with Education !" |
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Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme |
- To establish a new
conservation programme that will include establishing and managing an
orangutan medical quarantine, a re-introduction site and facilities, and
an orangutan viewing centre, including a training programme for tourist
guides and park rangers. - To improve law enforcement for the protection of orangutans and to promote the conservation of wild orangutans in their natural habitat. - To promote nature conservation in Indonesia. |
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Orangutan Conservancy(Formerly BOS - Balikpapan Orangutan Society) |
The Orangutan Conservancy is dedicated to the conservation of orangutans and their habitat through preserving the remaining orangutan populations and by promoting the changes that are needed to preserve their natural habitat. The Orangutan Conservancy accomplishes these goals by providing funding and other support to various projects throughout Indonesia and Malaysia. |
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ProFauna Indonesia
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ProFauna Indonesia (formerly was KSBK-Animal Conservation for Life) is Indonesian society for the protection of wild animals and their habitat. Main activities of ProFauna are campaign on wild animal protection, investigation, and animal rescue. As ProFauna's principle, animal have their own value for nature preservation. Therefore, wild animal should live freely in the wild and it is the duty of human to responsible in providing it. |
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Fundacion Ecolombia |
Fundacion Ecolumbia was created to rehabilitate and release confiscated/donated wildlife, particularly primates and develop conservation studies and plans for these species. Fundacion Ecolumbia also promotes environmental education programs and works to create a sustainable future in which people and nature can live harmony. |
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The Alex Foundation |
Parrots, and other talking birds, once thought to be mere mimics, are now known to possess remarkable intellectual abilities. Since 1977, Dr. Irene Pepperberg's studies in Animal Behavior, and Animal- Human communications have provided insight into the capabilities of these animals to talk and to understand. |
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Sea Turtles |
The TCP aims to protect marine turtles in their natural habitat whilst providing an alternative source of income to local people formerly dependent on the illegal collection of turtle eggs. |
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Over the last two years, we've done a thorough research of over 30,000 websites, and have chosen your work. Being listed on this web site is the best way for us to show our appreciation for your work, research, content, and contribution to a better internet and world. |
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Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn | Web site devoted to the idea embodied in the novel Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, about a gorilla who teaches man how to live in harmony with his natural environment. |
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The Boathouse by Ronald van der Beek | A whimsical look at the construction of the Gorilla Haven Boathouse, courtesy of keepers at Apenheul. |
