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Seasons first young Barbary macaque arrives at Stichting AAP
On Tuesday the 4th of August the first young Barbary macaque of the summer holiday season was brought in to Stichting AAP in Almere. The little male monkey, who is now called Qibla, is probably only two months old. The tiny animal was bought by tourists on the market in Morocco, where they were assured he would always stay so small. In a short space of time the owners soon discovered that such an animal is not a suitable pet.
News - News | Monday, 10 August 2009 | Views (5923)
10/08
2009
Five Barbary Macaques move to England
Unexpectedly we got the word that five Barbary macaques could cross the Channel. Of course we had been trying for some time to eventually, possibly, probably send the five to Wingham Wildlife Park near Canterbury, but because of the English quarantine regulations we didnt know when it would happen. Suddenly we got the green light and then it was all systems go.
News - News | Monday, 03 August 2009 | Views (5363)
3/08
2009
Rewarding work behind the scenes
Not every rescued animal is actually brought to Almere. As soon as an animal has been offered for rescue a whole protocol is set in action. Step for step all the facts are checked, what kind of animal is it, when is there a place free for this animal in our quarantine, how long would it have to stay in quarantine, is the situation acute or can the animal stay where it is for the time being. Is it possible to find a temporary shelter address for the animal? And maybe most important , is there direct interest from zoos or reserves in offering this animal a permanent home.
News - News | Friday, 03 July 2009 | Views (5267)
3/07
2009
Finally Buddy's companion gets rescued too
For a second time, AAP's director David van Gennep took the long trip to Murcia, in the South of Spain, together with some of his co-workers. He'd been here before to rescue Buddy, a chimpanzee that had literally been kept on a scrapheap for years.The owner had tried to sell off his place as an amusementpark by keeping a couple of caged chimpanzees.
News - News | Thursday, 11 June 2009 | Views (5545)
11/06
2009
Depana and Tierheim München: saviours in need
An efficient organization made it possible for AAP to quickly fill our newly renovated quarantine with a large amount of animals. By mid-May the new primates' units got finished, and immediately the animals started streaming in. For example, the barbary macaques Chiquito and Fugitive (photo) had been waiting to come to AAP at the Tierheim München, our highly commended partner in Germany. Now we finally had place for them!
News - News | Thursday, 04 June 2009 | Views (5420)
4/06
2009
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.
News - News | Monday, 27 April 2009 | Views (5480)
27/04
2009
Saying goodbye and having a fresh start
A 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.
News - News | Saturday, 28 March 2009 | Views (5388)
28/03
2009
Finally Guidage can be a chimpanzee
After 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.
News - News | Monday, 23 February 2009 | Views (8278)
23/02
2009
AAP launches new 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 (7544)
4/02
2009
Remarkable rescue in Thailand
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.
News - News | Thursday, 18 December 2008 | Views (5042)
18/12
2008
