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(Photo courtesy of Edwin Wiek)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/50.jpg50Samutprakarn often keeps orangutan or chimp juveniles chained to the floor to attract visitors.2019-11-06T08:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2019/11/05/anatomy-of-a-sting-part-iii/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/49..jpg49.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/48..jpg48.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/47..jpg47.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/46.jpg46https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/45.jpg45I only found out later that there was only a taxi driver in the car, no ‘agent’ of Tom’s – unless the driver was the agent.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/44.png44https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/43._2016-12-16-16-59-46-copy.png43._2016-12-16-16-59-46 copyhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/42..png42.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/41.png41https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/40.-16.12.2016-copy.png40. 16.12.2016 copy2019-11-05T08:32:19+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2018/05/13/ape-only-walks-upright-after-spending-9-years-stuck-in-this-cage/2018-05-13T05:32:58+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2018/05/09/intrepid-saudi-mountain-climber-and-humanitarian-visits-sweetwaters-sanctuary-makes-plea-to-stop-chimpanzee-trade/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2.jpg2“He has these beautiful amber eyes. I can’t fathom how somebody could see that, shoot the mother, … and send the baby off to someone to purchase….”.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1.jpg1"I really don't care about being the first, so long as it inspires someone else to be second."2018-05-09T14:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2018/04/28/bo-and-bella-arrive-from-guinea-bissau/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/31174825_10213607933206526_2986951344058793984_n.jpg31174825_10213607933206526_2986951344058793984_nAissa Regalla of IBAP came to care a lot for Bo.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/23.jpg23The team, very happy to have new guests at Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/22.jpg22While Bella munches bananas, Bo watches from the window. We hope they will get to know each other through the window.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/211.jpg21Bo checks out his new home.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20.jpg20https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/19.jpg19In the upper left hand corner of the crate tops you can see 'Bo' and 'Bella'https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/18.jpg18https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/17.jpg17https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/16.jpg16The chimps didn't arrive at Ol Pejeta until 5:30 p.m.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/15.jpg15After more than six hours in the airport we left for Ol Pejeta. Ramat was still doing paperwork, but they let us leave.2018-05-09T12:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2018/04/22/facial-recognition-a-new-tool-in-great-ape-illegal-trade-investigations/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/firoz-sama-25-3-15b-copy.jpgFiroz Sama 25.3.15b copyhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/12.jpg12One day we may be able to positively identify chimp faces at point of origin, to dealer, to buyerhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/11.jpg11https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/10.jpg10https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/7.jpg7https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/6.jpg6https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/5.jpg5Are these the same or different chimps?https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/4.jpg4Caged up when older, which can last 40 yearshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/3.jpg3Entertainer when a juvenilehttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2.jpg2Photo props when young2018-04-24T12:10:08+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/partners/2018-04-24T07:24:26+00:00weekly0.6https://freetheapes.org/2017/12/03/cites-again-ignores-great-apes/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/4-9-11-17-copy.jpg4. 9.11.17 copyhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/3.jpg3https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2.jpg2https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1.jpg1No report for Great Apes, unlike other species. Why this neglect by CITES?2018-02-20T11:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2018/01/14/inside-the-cruel-world-of-illegal-chimp-trading-how-apes-are-stolen-to-order-crammed-into-crates-then-smuggled-across-the-world-to-satisfy-the-whims-of-the-ignorant-and-wealthy/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/42f67adf00000578-5266031-image-m-18_1515875463872.jpg42F67ADF00000578-5266031-image-m-18_1515875463872Bubbles: The chimp once owned by Michael Jackson seen painting https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1stiles.jpg1StilesSHAMEFUL: Rich buyers often dress up baby chimps [Photo provided by PEGAS]https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/481968ae00000578-5266031-image-a-17_1515875416676.jpg481968AE00000578-5266031-image-a-17_1515875416676RESCUED: The two baby chimps found hidden in a crate flown into Kathmanduhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/481bdc6f00000578-5266031-image-a-16_1515875377306.jpgbpExposed: Jawaid Aslam Khan poses as an animal lover on Facebook but investigators say he is a key player in a cruel industry [photo provided by PEGAS] 2020-06-04T05:05:23+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/12/10/report-on-mannos-integration/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/10.jpg10https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9.jpg9Manno is a normal part of the troop now after a year of integration.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/8.jpg8https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7.jpg7Manno has become a favourite for grooming. https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/6.jpg6Manno has bonded with Jane and prefers to sleep with her.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5.jpg5They spent a lot of time plating in the tunnel.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/4.jpg4The females took turns grooming Manno.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/31.jpg32017-12-10T08:13:02+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/06/01/update-on-the-iraqi-kurdistan-chimpanzee-manno/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/akela.jpgAkelahttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/12.jpg12For the first time in his life Manno is being groomed, a fundamental aspect of social life. Manno is learning to become a chimpanzee. (Photo: David Mundia)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/11.jpg11Manno with his new family - Akela, Jane and Bahati. https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/10.jpg10Manno and Jane chilling together (Photo: David Mundia)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/9-1st-touch.jpg9. 1st touchManno's first voluntary touch with another chimpanzee. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eodzZRoWIOchttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/8-akela.jpg8 AkelaAkela came from Burundi in 1996 and is a gentle female who fostered Janehttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7-abdul-abde.jpg7 Abdul AbdeManno spent the last few months before he departed Duhok sleeping with Abdul Abde and family, a Syrian refugee who worked at the zoo.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/6.jpg6Spencer greets Manno, whom he had not seen since early December.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/5a.jpg5aThe New Group sleeping quarters, where Manno will go through his introduction process.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/5.jpg5A heard of elephants greets Manno's transporters on the way to the New group sleeping quarters.2017-11-08T12:06:17+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/11/08/abraham-foundation-provides-bridging-funding/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/11.jpg12022-07-11T04:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/11/05/smuggled-beaten-and-drugged-the-illicit-global-ape-trade/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/4.jpg4Daniel Stiles, a self-styled ape detective who lives in Kenya. Credit Georgina Goodwin for The New York Timeshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/5.jpg5Men suspected of poaching bonobos, handcuffed together at a prison in Boende, Congo. Credit Bryan Denton for The New York Timeshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/3.jpg3Antoine, a captive chimpanzee at a hotel in Mbandaka, Congo. He escaped in January and was shot by the police. Credit Bryan Denton for The New York Times https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2.jpg2A bushmeat market along the Congo River. Many endangered apes disappear each year into the trade of bushmeat, a source of protein. Credit Bryan Denton for The New York Timeshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1.jpg1Employees of the reserve, Lola Ya Bonobo, with young rescued bonobos in its nursery. Credit Bryan Denton for The New York Times 2017-11-05T08:18:22+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/10/01/update-on-manno/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1manno3-e1506860455493.jpg1manno... to living with his own kind in Africa.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1manno2.jpg1manno... to living with his own kind in Africa.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_5018.jpgIMG_5018https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/15310423_259096184507055_2057564148_n2.jpg15310423_259096184507055_2057564148_nManno has gone from living with people in Iraq...https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/15310423_259096184507055_2057564148_n1.jpg15310423_259096184507055_2057564148_nManno has gone from living with people in Iraq...https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/15310423_259096184507055_2057564148_n.jpg15310423_259096184507055_2057564148_nManno has gone from living with people in Iraq...https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1manno1.jpg1mannohttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1manno.jpg1mannoAkela even lets Manno ride on her back, like a good foster mum should https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1-copy.jpg1 copyGreeting Manno in the barred corridor that connects the sleeping quarters to the integration corridor, Bahati looking on.2017-10-01T12:27:53+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/09/10/new-chimpanzee-sanctuary-in-liberia/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/6.jpg6People wishing to help LCRP can adopt a chimpanzee on their websitehttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/4.jpg4Jim Desmond, a qualified veterinarian, looks after their health carehttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/3.jpg3Jenny Desmond shows care and affection for orphaned chimpshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2.jpg2Sweetpeahttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1.jpg1Guey2017-09-11T07:27:53+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/reports/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cairo-connection.jpgcairo connectionhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/7-conakry.jpg7. Conakry2017-08-23T06:28:05+00:00weekly0.6https://freetheapes.org/2017/06/13/short-video-on-sweetwaters-chimpanzee-sanctuary/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/21.jpg22017-07-01T12:52:09+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/06/15/research-on-lab-chimps-is-over-why-have-so-few-been-retired-to-sanctuaries/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/61.jpg6A “villa” at the Project Chimps sanctuary in Morgantown, Georgia. The sanctuary hopes to eventually allow forest access. (PROJECT CHIMPS)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/51.jpg5“Primadomes” housing chimps at New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana. (FRANCOIS VILLINGER/NEW IBERIA RESEARCH CENTER)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/4.png4G. GRULLÓN/SCIENCE; (DATA) CHIMPCARE.ORG, OTHER SOURCEShttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/3.png3Movement from lab facilities to sanctuaries has been slow. (G. GRULLÓN/SCIENCE; (DATA) CHIMPCARE.ORG,OTHER SOURCES)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/22.jpg2Chimps freely roam around an artificial termite mound at Chimp Haven in Keithville, Louisiana. (BRANDON WADE/AP IMAGES FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/13.jpg1A chimpanzee waits for lunch at the National Center for Chimpanzee Care in Bastrop, Texas. (Photo: Shelby Knowles)2017-06-19T11:07:02+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/04/21/pegas-hosts-illegal-wildlife-trade-cyber-crime-workshop-2/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/11.jpg1The value of the illegal wildlife seen for sale by WJChttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1510994_10201631695858738_280261050_n.jpg1510994_10201631695858738_280261050_nExample of illegal ivory for sale on a Chinese social media site2017-08-26T10:48:22+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/04/17/great-apes-in-asian-circus-style-shows-on-rise-so-is-trafficking/2017-04-17T12:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/03/12/do-apes-deserve-personhood-rights-lawyer-heads-to-n-y-supreme-court-to-make-case/2017-03-12T18:15:18+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/12/01/pegas-rescues-two-chimpanzee-orphans-in-liberia-part-i/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/16.jpg16The lonely chimpanzee living in the courtyard of a Liberian senator. (Photo: D. Stiles)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/15.jpg15The two 2-year olds eventually settled down to share some mangoes. Jacksy is on the right. (Photo: D. Stiles)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/14.jpg14Guey, who is bigger and more aggressive than Jacksy, chased Jacksy around when she was released into the enclosure. Mbama acts as referee. (Photo: D. Stiles)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/13.jpg13Jacksy, since renamed Sweetpea by Phoebe, looks at Guey in wonder. Guey is no doubt the first chimpanzee that Jacksy has seen since she was snatched from her mother’s dead arms as a baby. (Photo: D. Stiles)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/12.jpg12Jacksy being rescued and driven to Libassa. She quietly munched bananas on the drive there. (Photos: D. Stiles)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/111.jpg11https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/10.jpg10https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/9.jpg9Jacksy came to pick up the apple. (Photo: D. Stiles)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/8jacksy.jpg8Jacksyhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/7.jpg7Jacksy behind bars. (Photos: D. Stiles)2017-03-02T08:19:52+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/12/04/pegas-rescues-two-chimpanzee-orphans-in-liberia-part-ii/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/151.jpg15It’s playtime for Guey and Sweetpea at LIBR (Photo: J. Desmond)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/14guey.jpg14GueyGuey enjoys a banana, free of her chain. (Photo: J. Desmond)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/13sweetpea.jpg13SweetpeaSweetpea enjoying a little reading in the afternoon sun. (Photo: J. Desmond)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/121.jpg12Island 1a had infants, so milk was particularly important here. (Photo: D. Stiles)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/112.jpg11https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/101.jpg10Chimpanzees waited in the trees for the boat to arrive. The blue barrel marks the site of where fresh water is piped to the island, as the islands have no permanent water source. The river water is salty from mixture with sea water. The water pumps periodically break down, and if they aren’t repaired quickly the chimps could die an agonizing death from dehydration. (Photo: D. Stiles) https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/91.jpg9Each chimpanzee was also administered a measured amount of milk. (Photo: D. Stiles)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/8a.jpg8ahttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/8.jpg8The chimpanzees dig into the fruit basin with delight. (Photo: D. Stiles)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/71.jpg7John Zeonyuway on the left, setting off from the dock with three CDC scientists to visit the chimpanzee islands. (Photo: D. Stiles)2017-03-02T08:13:21+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/02/17/walk-for-animals-in-dubai/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2walk.jpg2walkMahin Bahrami on left and Zara Hovelsas on right of the Middle East Animal Foundation, a PEGAS partner in the UAEhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/3walk.jpg3walk2022-12-17T00:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/02/05/new-interest-in-illegal-great-ape-trade/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sweetwaters21-copy.jpgsweetwaters21-copyOr here at Sweetwaters, living in the African bush with other chimps?https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1-copy.jpg1-copyThe Abidjan Zoo is an unpleasant environment for a chimp. Will Nemley Junior spend the rest of his life here?https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/3.png3The enclosure where they are being exploited as photo props has posted documents claiming that they were born in Bangkok’s notorious Safari World, which twice has had its illegal entertainer orangutans seized and returned to Indonesia. Being born there makes them legal? How the Thai authorities can allow this is inexplicable.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2phuket-zoo2-copy.jpg2phuket-zoo2-copyTwo infant orangutans turned up recently at the Phuket Zoo in Thailand. https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0045.jpgimg_0045The two orangutan babies offered to PEGAS for sale using WhatsApphttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2.jpg2Little Nemley Junior, seized during the sting. (BBC)2017-02-05T07:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/05/11/great-ape-trafficking-an-expanding-extractive-industry/2017-01-31T15:25:41+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/01/08/wildlife-traffickers-exposed-to-the-authorities/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image0021.jpgimage002https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image002.jpgimage002Dozens of wild animals have appeared on FS’s Instagram and Facebook pages since March 2015, most recently a baby orangutan. PEGAS has traced FS’s travels to India, Thailand, Russia, Ghana, Kenya and possibly China. His Instagram account has now gone private.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13.jpg13Chimpanzee mothers are very protective of their infants. The mothers always have to be killed or incapacitated to capture the infants for trade.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12.jpg12Perhaps the Kinshasa chimpanzee is a pet of a wealthy Emirati today.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11.jpg11Fiston sent PEGAS a photo of the chimpanzee that was offered for sale in Kinshasa soon after PEGAS left the country.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10.jpg10Great apes are shipped by air in crude boxes like this one. It is not uncommon for fatalities to occur during transport.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/9-map.jpg9 mapThe red lines show the main trade routes from the Mayumbe Forest in the west and Mbandaka down-river in the north east. https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8.jpg8https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/7.jpg7The middlemen are constantly on their mobile phones taking orders and putting out commands to their suppliers to bring in various species that they have received orders for. Note the soldier coming to see that everything is fine. https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6.jpg6The red circles show monkeys and the blue ovals are around soldiers that protect the middlemen.2017-01-31T04:58:44+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/01/29/presidential-pardon-former-head-of-guinea-cites-office-pardoned-before-his-case-was-finalized/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1guinea-seizure.jpeg1guinea-seizureA baby chimpanzee seized recently in Guinea destined for the pet market. With no support from President Condé this will continue. (Photo/GALF)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bracage-1.pngbracage-1Ansoumane Doumbouya seems like a nice guy, until you learn that he has helped send thousands of birds, reptiles and mammals illegally out of Africa2017-01-29T16:03:41+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2017/01/13/social-media-slave-trade-a-pegas-update/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/10c.jpg10cThe infants after rescue by the Thai policehttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/10b.jpg10bBut the work and expense paid off with the arrest of a trafficker. The basket carrying the two babies can be seen in the lower lefthttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/10.jpg10It took weeks of undercover work to set up the stinghttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/9a.jpg9aThis dealer kept these four chimpanzees for weeks, showing great affection for them, then sold off three of themhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/8.jpg8This chimpanzee belonged to someone in the UAE, but a dealer in Indonesia put it up for sale. Did the owner know?https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/7orang.jpg7orangEven with their childrenhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/7.jpg7Owners commonly flaunt their expensive pets by driving around with themhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/6-caged.jpg6-cagedWhile others show where they end up - in cageshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/6.jpg6https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/6-unhappy.jpg6-unhappySome posts capture the look of despair on the apes2017-01-14T06:10:34+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/01/28/great-ape-illegal-trade-information-exchange-meeting/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/grasp-logo.jpgGRASP logo2017-01-08T06:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/12/28/infant-orangutans-rescued-in-police-sting/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/arrest.jpgarrestThe trafficker arrested.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/5.png5Tom asked USD 20,000 for the two orangutan babies. Nick agreed.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/4.jpg4Tom sent Nick several photos of the babies using WhatsApp.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/3.jpg3Exoticpetworld replaced exoticpet88. These are the two orangutans that were eventually seized in the Bangkok sting.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/26.jpg2This Instagram account advertised hundreds of exotic species for sale, many CITES Appendix I, which prohibits such commercial trade.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/13.jpg1In police custody after the sting.2017-01-07T14:17:29+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/12/03/manno-arrives-at-sweetwaters-from-iraqi-kurdistan/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/scale.jpgscalehttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/map.jpgmapDuhok is perilously close to Mosul, where fierce fighting is taking place. Manno left for Kenya from Erbil airport.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/12.jpg12Manno in his quarantine room.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1.jpg1Spencer Sekyar, left, met Jane Goodall in Canada and implored her to help free Manno. Jane acted.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1manno.jpg1MannoManno eating pumpkin seeds bought for him by adoring zoo visitors. (Photo: Spencer Sekyer)2016-12-15T16:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/12/11/the-saga-of-manno-background/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/7.jpg7Jane Goodall is a good friend of Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary. When Spencer Sekyar pleaded for help to free Manno, Jane immediately thought of Sweetwaters. (Photo: PEGAS)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/6.jpg6Spencer’s notes on wild animal prices and trade routes. https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/5manno-copy.jpg5manno-copyDr. Sulaiman Tameer, on left, and Ramadan Hassan, on right, with Manno in 2014https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/4manno.jpg4mannoManno was originally kept in a small cage at Duhok Zoo. (Courtesy of KOARP)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/3document-given-by-duhok-zoo-owner-as-permission-1-copy.jpg3document-given-by-duhok-zoo-owner-as-permission-1-copyThe veterinary health import document for Manno. (Photo courtesy of Animals Lebanon)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2.jpg2The chimpanzee that came with Manno from Damascus has disappeared from the Erbil Zoo. (Photo courtesy of Animals Lebanon)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1-copy.jpg1-copyManno had the characteristic white face of the central chimpanzee when an infant. This Facebook photo from December 2013 shows him at the Duhok Zoo, aged about one year. He was probably born in late 2012 – but where? (Photo courtesy of Animals Lebanon)2016-12-15T16:15:06+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/12/14/the-saga-of-manno/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/25.jpg25Manno woke up on 1st December 2016 to his first morning at Sweetwaters. It was exactly one year to the day since PEGAS had received the email from JGI asking if PEGAS could help free a chimpanzee in Kurdistan. (Photo: PEGAS)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/24.jpg24Off to Sweetwaters…https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/23.jpg23Manno looked around at all the faces staring at him and seemed to be saying, “Anybody got a banana?” (Photo: PEGAS)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/22.jpg22Our first view of Manno. It was hard to believe that we had actually succeeded in bringing him. (Photos: PEGAS)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/21.jpg21https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20.jpg20https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/19.jpg19Manno’s crate was given expedited offloading and it was brought soon after landing to the cargo area, where it was loaded immediately into the back of an Ol Pejeta Conservancy 4 x 4.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/18-plane.jpg18-planeTouch down! Manno has arrivedhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/17.jpg17Manno spent the first night in his crate in the Dubai airport, where he connected to the regular scheduled passenger flight to Nairobi the morning of 30 November. https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/16.jpg16PEGAS prepared a certificate of appreciation for Prime Minister Barzani, which Spencer presented to Mr. Oathman.2016-12-15T16:10:58+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/07/13/ntv-wild-features-pegas/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2.jpg22016-12-11T14:19:51+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/10/06/great-apes-jilted-at-the-cites-cop-17/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2.jpg2The conference hall was packed for the elephant and rhino proposalshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1-orangutan-in-a-backpack-wcs-copyright-orangutan-in-backpack-seizure-e1475142495307.jpg1-orangutan-in-a-backpack-wcs-copyright-orangutan-in-backpack-seizure-e1475142495307Live great ape infant trafficking is on the rise, according to UN-GRASP2016-11-04T06:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/09/28/cites-decides-not-to-report-on-illegal-great-ape-trade/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/11.jpg1PEGAS requested a working group at the CITES conference, but was ignored.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1-2-4-16-for-sale-copy.jpg1-2-4-16-for-sale-copyhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/stolen-apes.jpgStolen Apes2016-09-28T13:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/09/20/pegas-attends-the-joint-ipsasp-congress-in-chicago-21-28-august-2016/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/7.jpg7Many other primate species are also sold online.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/6.jpg6Social media Internet sites are used today to market and trade great apes.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5.jpg5Great apes are now in demand for use as photo props and as performers in wildlife facilities in eastern Asia.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/4.jpg4Numerous celebrities have been pictured in the media with cute chimpanzees, further stimulating demand.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3.jpg3Did the King of Pop inadvertently spark interest in status-seekers buying chimpanzees as pets?https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2.jpg2The PEGAS Project Manager presents a history of great ape trade2016-09-20T15:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/07/15/dr-jane-goodall-and-kws-director-general-visit-sweetwaters/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/13.jpg13https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/12.jpg12https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/11.jpg11https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/10.jpg10https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/9.jpg9https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/8.jpg8https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/7uruhara.jpg7uruharahttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/5.jpg5https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/4.jpg4Jane opens the Education Centre with a celebratory chimpanzee hoothttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/3a.jpg3a2016-07-16T04:29:45+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/03/27/great-ape-trafficking-to-qatar-for-pets-and-safari-parks/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/31.jpg3The dealer in Doha posted that he had a chimpanzee for sale on an Instagram page of a trafficker based in Kuwait.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/6zoo.jpg6zooSchema of the new 75-hectare Doha Zoo planned to hold 3,000 animals. How many will be great apes and where will they come from?https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/5rita-timmytina.jpg5Rita, Timmy&TinaRita, Timmy and Tina, three chimpanzees about 15 years old in Doha Zoo. (Photo: Hilda Tresz)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/4qatar-seizure-11-15.gif4Qatar seizure 11.15Another infant chimpanzee seized in Doha in November 2015. (Photo: The Peninsula newspaper)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2-18-2-16-copy-2.jpg2 18.2.16 copy 2This is the seized chimpanzee. This video post from 29 February demonstrates that a dealer was offering the chimpanzee for sale online for 75,000 rials, about USD 20,600.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1qatar-seized-chimp.jpg1Qatar seized chimpThe baby chimpanzee seized in Doha in mid March 20162017-08-24T05:06:58+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/12/16/chilling-photos-show-what-happens-to-baby-apes-stolen-from-their-families/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/11223593_10155950662645611_1069515266357032241_n-copy.jpg11223593_10155950662645611_1069515266357032241_n copyhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/17.jpg1https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/16.jpg1https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15.jpg1https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14.jpg1https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/101.jpg10https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/luxurypetss2.jpgluxurypetss22016-03-27T04:45:03+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/02/18/thailand-not-a-land-of-smiles-for-great-apes/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/152.jpg15https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/16.jpg16But a 6-year old female orangutan is kept outside for the money-making photo sessionshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/14.jpg14Lopburi Zoo keeps chimpanzees in a dark dungeon, except when they bring them out for weekend and holiday showshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12.jpg12https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/13.jpgLopburi ZooLopburi Zoohttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/111.jpg11PETA Asia has a campaign to close Pata Zoohttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/10.jpg10Young orangutans of unknown origin sit outside the Pata Zoo to be used as money earning photo propshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/9.jpg9Bua Noi exists solely to earn money for the zoo ownerhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/81.jpg8An orangutan and several chimpanzees are kept in old, rusting cages at Samut Prakarnhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/71.jpg72016-02-22T12:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2016/02/10/pegas-attends-cites-66th-standing-committee-meeting/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/5.jpg5Eight young orangutans used in a band at Safari World, just outside of Bangkok. This is illegal according to Thai law.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/7.jpg7East Asian zoos and safari parks import dozens of young greats annually for performances and use in fee photography with visitorshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/6.jpg6https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/8.jpg8Online trafficking in the Middle East is out of controlhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/4ian-chimpanzee-box-2-copy.jpg4Ian chimpanzee box 2 copyCITES has not solved the great ape trafficking problem, in spite of trying to create the impression that it has.2016-02-14T05:30:24+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2014/06/30/grasp-warns-illegal-ape-trade-remains-active/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/firoz-sama-25-3-15d.jpgFiroz Sama 25.3.15dFS put the chimpanzees up for sale and no more posts of them appeared on his Instagram page.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/firoz-sama-25-3-15b.jpgFiroz Sama 25.3.15b2016-01-03T08:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/03/25/dubai-crown-prince-imports-7-elephants-from-zimbabwe/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/af-ele4.jpgAf ele4Fazza photographing one of his Zimbabwean elephantshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ele22-copy.jpgele22 copyElephants in the wild, where they belonghttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sheikh-hamden.jpgSheikh HamdenSheikh Hamden, importer of the 7 Zimbabwe elephants2015-12-11T06:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/11/22/pan-african-sanctuary-alliance-sanctuary-managers-and-executive-board-members-visit-sweetwaters-chimpanzee-sanctuary/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/0.jpgStephen Ngulu, the Sweetwaters manager, guides PASA visitorshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8992_filtered.jpgIMG_8992_filteredSweetwaters chimpanzees live a good life2015-11-22T12:25:03+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/04/21/first-time-in-world-history-a-judge-recognizes-chimpanzees-as-legal-persons/2015-11-04T11:59:48+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/08/24/former-head-of-cites-in-guinea-arrested/2015-11-04T11:58:57+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/08/25/arrested-guinea-cites-official-also-signed-armenia-permits/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/armenia-bonobo1.jpgArmenia bonoboThe CITES export permit signed by Doumbouyahttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/armenia-bonobo.jpgArmenia bonoboA bonobo smuggled into Armenia with a Guinea CITES permit2015-11-04T11:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/11/04/jane-goodall-institute-prepares-architectural-plans-for-egypt/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/egypt_drawings.jpgEgypt_drawingsArchitectural plans for a great ape and monkey rescue center in Egypt prepared by the Jane Goodall Instutute2016-04-13T12:24:58+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/03/20/non-human-rights-project/2015-11-04T11:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/03/28/united-arab-emirates-a-hot-bed-of-illegal-wildlife-trade/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1uae-map.jpg1UAE-mapMap of the UAE. The red line shows the places that PEGAS visited.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/18.jpg18It is closed to the public, but the guard said that chimpanzees had recently arrived there.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/17.jpg17The Al Bustan Zoo is privately owned.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/16.jpg16.The Arabia's Wildlife Centre has no great apes.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/15.jpg15https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/14.jpg14The actual construction site in March 2015.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/13al_ain3.jpg13al_ain3An idealized vision of the new Al Ain safari park.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/12al-ain-zoo.jpg12Al Ain ZooThe spacious chimpanzee enclosure contained four animals.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/11al-ain.jpg11al ainhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/10al-ain.jpg10al ainThe2015-11-04T11:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/publications/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/9-lessons-not-learned.jpg9.lessons not learnedhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/8-acid-test.jpg8. acid testhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/6-slave-trade.jpg6. slave tradehttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/5-lost-apes.jpg5. Lost apeshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/4-eating-apes.jpg4. Eating Apeshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/3-ebola.jpg3. ebolahttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2-second-class.jpg2.Second classhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1-sold.jpg1. soldhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/stolen-apes_small-e1416820833854.jpgStolen Apes_small2015-08-24T08:41:42+00:00weekly0.6https://freetheapes.org/2015/03/10/further-efforts-to-free-trafficked-great-apes-in-egypt/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pasa-egypt-gorillas.jpgPASA Egypt gorillashttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mouzasignnov9-20111.jpgmouzasignnov9.2011Sign in the Giza Zoo explaining Mouza's illness (photo: Hilda Tresz)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mouzasignnov9-2011.jpgmouzasignnov9.2011A sign in the Giza Zoo https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/5.jpg5.Two of the five gorillas listed in the Safaga Breeding Center's holding permit have apparently been illegally sold. (Photo: PASA)https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4.jpg4.The seized baby Doodoo with a veterinarian shortly after he was brought to the Giza Zoo. He was found in the carry-on luggage of a trafficker smuggling him to Kuwait in February 2015. (Photo: Dina Zulfikar) https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/giza-zoo.jpgGiza ZooKoko, said to be a long-standing inhabitant of Giza Zoo, but was not mentioned as being present in Ammann's 'Cairo Connection II' report.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3-koko.jpg3.KokoKoko, a male chimpanzee said to be a long-standing inhabitant of Giza Zoo. He was not mentioned as being present in Ammann's 'Cairo Connection II" report.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2.jpg2Ian Redmond, on right, in discussions with Dr. Ragy Toma of CITES-Egypthttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1tower.jpg1TowerThe entrance to the Safaga Breeding Center, located on the grounds of the Tower Hotel & Country Club2026-03-20T11:46:11+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/02/22/conflicting-reports-in-cairo-seized-chimpanzee-case/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/egypt-reply.jpgEgypt replyThe investigation report that indicated that the Kuwaiti trafficker was concealing the chimpanzee, indicating that he knew trying to export it without CITES and health papers was illegal (Photo: Dina Zulfikar)2015-03-29T17:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/03/02/new-dubai-zoo-to-hold-more-than-1000-animals/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1-dubai-zoo.jpg1. Dubai zooWill the new Dubai Safari Park import illegal great apes?2015-03-29T17:08:01+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2014/12/03/visit-to-dubai/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/5dubai-chimp.jpg5Dubai chimphttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/4dubai-grauer2.jpg4Dubai Grauer2https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/3dubai-grauer1.jpg3Dubai Grauer1https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2parisgorilla.jpg2Paris&gorillahttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1wernery.jpg1Wernery2015-03-17T13:39:03+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/01/20/chinese-television-show-to-feature-great-apes/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6418-copy.jpgIMG_6418 - Copyhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6418.jpgIMG_6418https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/chimelong-chimp.jpgChimelong chimp2015-03-09T11:16:39+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/news/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1giza-chimp.jpg1Giza chimpThe baby chimpanzee seized in the Cairo Airport was put into a cold, hard cell in the Giza Zoo. (Photo: Mohammed And Elhammid)2015-03-04T12:51:57+00:00weekly0.6https://freetheapes.org/2015/02/13/baby-chimpanzee-seized-in-cairo-airport/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1giza.jpg1giza2024-12-19T09:01:58+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/02/15/update-on-cairo-airport-chimpanzee-seizure/2015-02-15T12:19:42+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/02/08/lebanon-animal-welfare-law-in-the-works/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/chimps-march-08-061.jpgchimps march 08 0612015-02-08T07:48:21+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2014/07/01/pegas-holds-media-briefing-on-ape-slavery/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/july1.jpgJuly12015-01-23T14:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/01/08/russia-under-the-microscope-as-ape-trade-booms-there/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2454ab2a00000578-2891073-image-m-9_1420472819989.jpg2454AB2A00000578-2891073-image-m-9_1420472819989https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2454aab600000578-2891073-image-m-7_1420472687942.jpg2454AAB600000578-2891073-image-m-7_1420472687942https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2454ab3200000578-2891073-one_of_the_baby_orangutans_being_offered_for_sale_to_the_super_r-a-3_1420472163860.jpg2454AB3200000578-2891073-One_of_the_baby_orangutans_being_offered_for_sale_to_the_super_r-a-3_1420472163860https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2454aad200000578-2891073-image-a-17_1420473492073.jpg2454AAD200000578-2891073-image-a-17_14204734920732015-01-08T15:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2015/01/04/trafficking-great-ape-body-parts-in-cameroon/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20151495820991580_20.jpg20151495820991580_20https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20151495710273734_20.jpg20151495710273734_20https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20151494254827734_20.jpgCongo Gorillas2015-01-04T15:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/reports/cites-references/2015-01-04T11:27:31+00:00weekly0.6https://freetheapes.org/2014/12/22/live-chimp-rescued-in-guinea/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10565051_570704729742941_5508797749207500548_n.jpg10565051_570704729742941_5508797749207500548_nA chimpanzee seized in Guinea. This is not reported to CITES, along with all other in-country seizures in great ape range States.2014-12-25T14:32:18+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2014/12/07/what-do-elephants-going-to-china-have-to-do-with-great-ape-trafficking/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/6seenoevil.jpg6seenoevilhttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/5swap-nature-university.jpg5SWAP-Nature UniversityDoumbouya signed CITES permits to send wild-caught chimpanzee orphans to China to perform in circuseshttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/4china-chimp-permit.jpg4China chimp permithttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/3china-elephant-permit.jpg3China elephant permithttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2nanning-zoo-ele.jpg2Nanning Zoo elehttps://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1china-jan2013-sunday-express.jpg1China Jan2013 Sunday Express2015-03-05T19:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2014/12/19/china-drafting-better-animal-laws/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1218_chn_animals_970-630x420.jpg1218_chn_animals_970-630x4202014-12-23T15:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/2014/12/21/freedom-a-step-closer-argentina-gives-orangutan-human-rights/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/87e36a8b-1be4-4261-bc94-4c77e9d5b57f-460x276.jpeg87e36a8b-1be4-4261-bc94-4c77e9d5b57f-460x2762014-12-23T15:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://freetheapes.org/gallery/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8980_filtered.jpgIMG_8980_filtered2014-12-16T14:04:40+00:00weekly0.6https://freetheapes.org/2014/10/25/congo-drc-trip-report-building-alliances/https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/oct25_6.jpgOct25_6Boma, a bonobo rescued in 2013https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/oct25_5.jpgOct25_5Lola ya Bonobo's Fanny Minesi, pictured with Dr. Dan Stiles of PEGAS.https://freetheapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/oct25_4.jpgOct25_4Inside, middlemen dealers are protected by soldiers (circled in blue). 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