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Affiliated Sanctuaries

GAP Project has four affiliated sanctuaries in Brazil, which together are home to 75 chimpanzees and one orangutan.

The sanctuaries’ enclosures are equipped with an internal area with cambering (interconnections) and external areas with a solarium, where chimpanzees can play, run, socialize and exercise. The four sanctuaries meet and go beyond what is defined by Ibama (Brazilian Environmental Institute) standard rules for great apes’ enclosures, since day-to-day life has shown that their needs exceed those described in current Brazilian regulations.

It is important to point out that the Brazilian sanctuaries are independent and private institutions, which means that they are financially maintained by their owning families. The fact that they are affiliated with GAP means that they are aligned with the project’s ideas and are partners in publicizing the cause.

 

Get to know the Sanctuaries:

Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
It is the pioneer and the largest Great Apes Sanctuaries among the four affiliated to the GAP Project Brazil. It is also the largest Sanctuary of great apes in Latin America.
Vargem Grande Paulista, São Paulo/Brazil
The facilities have an internal area of approximately 300 m2 , including bedrooms, eating areas, bends and safety corridors, in addition to a large outdoor area for playing, exercises and socializing.
São José dos Pinhais, Paraná/Brazil
Maintained by the Anami Conservation Institute, it's the most modern one of the Brazilian Sanctuaries. It was founded by the Czech couple Milan and Anita Starostik, who already owned a conservationist centre.
Ibiúna, São Paulo/Brazil
It is the newest of the sanctuaries affiliated with GAP Project Brazil. Its facilities are spacious, airy, with many toys to meet the chimpanzees' needs. The owners' idea is to expand and receive other chimpanzees.

The GAP Project

GAP is an international movement whose main objective is to fight for the basic rights to life, liberty and non-torture of non-human great apes - Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Orangutans and Bonobos, our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.

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