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In February, three abandoned wild animals from a Spanish circus came to AAP Primadomus: tiger Keni and the two lions Govani and Silas. Read here the entire story and watch the rescue (attention: schocking images).

Common marmosets Nanuque, Gurupi en Aruana were taken by Spanish private owners and rescued by AAP. At the moment, they live at AAP Primadomus in Spain.

Two Hamadryas baboons from France were rescued by AAP. Their private owner was also known as an owner of circus animals. Currently they...

'Born to be wild', AAP's project to save the Barbary macaque, continues! The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), in collaboration with the High Commission for Water and Forests and the Fight against Desertification (HCEFLCD) and AAP, have organized two training workshops for the customs and wildlife officials in Nador and in Tangier to combat illegal wildlife trade in the Kingdom of Morocco. The workshop in Nador was last week, the one in Tangier started today.

The main purpose of these workshops is to provide participants – customs and wildlife officials, with the...

Winter starts, days become shorter and everyone is sitting inside. Animals and people having a chance to catch a cold. Everyone recognize the first symptoms of catching a cold: itchy throat, shedding tears, headache. 
Primates, just as Chimpansees, will catch a cold from the same influenza viruses as we do. The whole group of primates will start sniffling, following the one who starts.

This winter, the old Barbary Macaque Shizo was the first at the primate house of AAP who started sniffing, couching and sneezing. After a couple of days, his group...

Degus Tod, Don en Octo were dropped at the animal sanctuary Crailo. Nowadays they live at AAP.
Four-toed hedgehog Dobbey from the Netherlands and caracal Akiles from Hungary were transferred to AAP by their owners.