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Posted by ChimpSaver on Apr 30, 2014

Buy “Among Chimpanzees” today.

“Among Chimpanzees: Field Notes from the Race to Save Our Endangered Relatives” from Beacon Press. Foreword by Dr. Jane Goodall New York Times review, “… a sobering and clear-eyed new book…and clarion call to action.”–Emily Anthes Veteran chimp researcher Nancy Merrick takes us from the early days of primate research, when wild chimps were abundant and the world was spell-bound by...

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Posted by ChimpSaver on Aug 8, 2015

“Chimps Should Be Chimps”

A Chimp Tale for the iPad Chimps Should Be Chimps is a free iPad interactive storybook presented by Lincoln Park Zoo’s Project ChimpCARE and Manning Productions. Meet Poe and Lulu, the zoo’s oldest old chimp and his granddaughter. Curious Lulu knows Poe didn’t always live in the zoo: what was life like when he was a tyke? As Poe traces his history, he reveals the hidden hardships of his childhood...

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Posted by Gary Lairmore on Jan 29, 2014

1. Man’s Closest Relative

Chimps share more than 98% of their DNA with humans, and along with the bonobos, are man’s closest relatives. Chimps share much in common with humans including many complex emotions, facial expressions, higher intelligence, the ability to make and use tools, close family ties, a life span and developmental stages that are surprisingly similar to humans, and even the ability to understand and use language...

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Posted by admin on Dec 3, 2013

Chimps Are Not Monkeys. Can you Identify The Great Apes?

Chimpanzees are not monkeys – they’re part of a family called the Great Apes: What makes Great Apes different? Great apes are smarter and bigger than monkeys, do not have tails, and walk on all fours with their body weight on their knuckles instead of their whole hands. They are more related to human beings than monkeys. Social Structure: Chimpanzees form strong family ties....

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Posted by admin on Oct 5, 2013

Did You Know? Chimps Are Extinct From 4 African Countries, and Nearly So in 10 Others!

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Posted by admin on Jan 15, 2014

19 Chimps Against the World

Meet “The Bulindi Survivors” so in need of the world’s attention – now! In 2012, chimp researcher Matt McLennan returned to Uganda after a four-year absence to resume his study of a community of chimpanzees living in small forest fragments in Bulindi, Uganda. Shockingly, the group of about 30 chimps now numbered just 19, almost all of their forest having been converted to farms growing...

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Posted by admin on Oct 5, 2013

ChimpSaver Mission

ChimpSaver is all about raising awareness and giving people the tools to help chimpanzees. We want people to know about the serious decline that wild chimps are experiencing, and about the cruel conditions they suffer in labs, show business, roadside zoos, and when kept as pets. Chimps are highly intelligent animals and man’s closest relatives, and they deserve better. Our dream is for wild chimps and...

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Posted by Gary Lairmore on Nov 13, 2013

Chimps are Highly Intelligent and Feel Deep Emotions

Chimpanzees have and show emotions. 98.9% of chimp and human genes are identical, so it is no surprise to find that they also share many emotions in common. Like humans, chimps feel rage, joy, love, jealousy, sadness, fear, and a full spectrum of other emotions. Chimps appear to grieve the death of other chimps. One of the most striking such reports was in 1972 when chimp adolescent Flint became depressed...

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Update from Bulindi: News of 3 New Babies, New Discoveries, and the Project!

Posted by ChimpSaver on Jul 1, 2016 in Bulindi Updates | Comments Off on Update from Bulindi: News of 3 New Babies, New Discoveries, and the Project!

Marie Cibot is a veterinarian and primatologist. For her PhD, she studied the risks associated with human–chimpanzee interactions, and evaluated chimpanzees’ behavioural flexibility in response to these...

Fluctuating Fortunes

Posted by ChimpSaver on Dec 2, 2015 in Bulindi Updates | Comments Off on Fluctuating Fortunes

In the last post, Dr Matt McLennan gave an encouraging update on the progress of The Bulindi Chimpanzee & Community Project, 7-months after its launch. Here, he reports on the progress of the chimpanzees...