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Help arrived too late for Cuca

End of July 2008 AAP received a reporting from the Algarve in Portugal. A Dutch lady living there wrote to us regarding a monkey staying in a garden in her neighbourhood. She passed him almost daily and could no longer bear his situation. The animal was tied to a high pole by a chain. A birdhouse on top of the pole was the only shelter he had against wind, rain and the burning sun.

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News - News  | Monday, 27 April 2009 | Views (3194)

27/04

2009

 

Rescue of Guidage

Video: In february 2009, chimpanzee Guidage was rescued from Portugal. Her ex-owner found it hard to say goodbye.

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News - Films & photographs  | Friday, 03 April 2009 | Views (2074)

3/04

2009

 

Saying goodbye and having a fresh start

Prairie dogA large group of mammals left their familiar enclosures in our mammal department on Thursday March 26. For starters, de last fruit bats staying at AAP, seven females and two young males, were moved to the only zoo of Luxembourg, the Parc Merveilleux.

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News - News  | Saturday, 28 March 2009 | Views (3082)

28/03

2009

 

Finally Guidage can be a chimpanzee

Guidaje and her former ownerAfter a stormy 24 hours drive, a special transport arrived at Almere on Wednesday 2 February. Besides David van Gennep and the Head Chimpanzee Care Constantine Kasule, the passengers on the AAP-bus were a chimpanzee and an olive baboon from Lisbon.

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News - News  | Monday, 23 February 2009 | Views (6207)

23/02

2009

 

AAP launches new website!

Een screenshot van de nieuwe website

AAPs' new website is online as of today. This website has a contemporary design, a clear structure, easy navigation and contains extensive information about the organisation. The website is available in Dutch, and will soon be available in English, German, French and Spanish. AAP developed the new website in cooperation with Designserver (Technical part) and Conk (design).

News - News  | Wednesday, 04 February 2009 | Views (5812)

4/02

2009

 

Remarkable rescue in Thailand

Java-aap met pijl in de kop

The Thai animal welfare organisation WFFT (Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand), founde by the Dutchman Edwin Wiek, was recently able to rid a female crab-eating macaque of a horrible object. An iron arrow had punctured the animals' cheek and was in over four inches deep. Only with an operation could the arrow be removed.

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News - News  | Thursday, 18 December 2008 | Views (2853)

18/12

2008

 

Making enrichment at AAP

Still uit het filmpje over verrijking makenVideo: On the 4th of December the employees and volunteers at AAP made 'Sinterklaas' presents (enrichment) for all the animals.

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News - Films & photographs  | Thursday, 04 December 2008 | Views (2217)

4/12

2008

 

Rescue of Fiffi

still uit de video over Fiffi

Video: Here you can see how chimpanzee Fiffi was rescued from an attic near Paris.

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News - Films & photographs  | Monday, 25 August 2008 | Views (2434)

25/08

2008

 

Rescue of Gingo & Urtain

still uit de video over Gingo en Urtain

Video: The rescue of chimpanzees Gingo & Urtain from a mala fide zoo in the South of Spain was also captured on video.

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News - Films & photographs  | Wednesday, 02 April 2008 | Views (2251)

2/04

2008

 

Nocturnal animals at AAP

Still uit het filmpje over nachtdierenVideo: For an event in 2007 this video about nocturnal animals at AAP was made.

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News - Films & photographs  | Thursday, 04 October 2007 | Views (2850)

4/10

2007

 
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