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Português The best way to contribute to the work of GAP Project is to share the information disclosed on our website and social networks with your network. In other words, join us and be an ambassador for the cause, replicating reliable information and data, and clarifying where necessary. All content posted on our channels can – and should – be shared freely.
https://www.facebook.com/gapproject/
The best way is to make contact via social networks (Facebook and Instagram) or by email – projetogap@projetogap.org.br e/ou imprensa@projetogap.org.br.
Jornalistas interessados em informações e agendamentos de entrevistas devem fazer contato pelo email imprensa@projetogap.org.br ou pelo Telefone/WhatsApp: +43 0660 3604574 (GMT +1, Áustria) – Jaqueline B. Ramos / Comunicação Projeto GAP Brasil/Internacional.
Yes, free donations can be made to the NGO Projeto GAP, through a bank deposit (bank account in Brazil). Donations help the NGO’s communication and dissemination work. As they are independent institutions, the Sanctuaries do not accept donations.
The data for donations are:
Banco Bradesco
Ag.: 1992-5
C/c.: 26834-8
Projeto GAP – Grupo de Apoio aos Primatas
CNPJ: 08.545.333/0001-08
Escritório: Praça Isaac Oliver, 342 – 4° andar – Vila Campestre
São Paulo – SP – CEP 04330-130
Tel.: +55 (11) 5564-9595
Sanctuaries affiliated with the GAP Project in Brazil do not have a volunteer work program in the field, for reasons similar to those explained for not having visitation. In 2019, a first internship experience was carried out and plans are being made to establish agreements with Universities for new internships in the future.
More information will be disclosed on our communication channels.
No. The 4 Sanctuaries currently house 75 chimpanzees and one orangutan. There are no gorillas or bonobos in Brazilian sanctuaries.
Great Ape Sanctuaries are independent and privately owned institutions, that is, 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.
Sanctuary is actually a fancy name. Legally, according to Brazilian environmental legislation, they are Maintainers of Exotic Fauna. Sanctuaries assist in the rescue and take care of animals rescued from situations of mistreatment, and which are unable to be returned or introduced to their habitat.
More information at SANTUÁRIOS AFILIADOS.
In 2000, a group of people interested in promoting the importance of great ape rights in Brazil began to mobilize and, inspired by the ideas of the Great Ape Project, the first Great Ape Sanctuaries were founded.
Six years later, the NGO Project GAP – Support Group for Primates, or simply GAP Brazil/International Project, was created. The term “International” is due to the fact that the company operates not only in the country, but also in other countries, due to the large network established with GAP representatives and various professionals in the area.
The main activity of the NGO is dissemination work, through communication actions (website, social networks, contact with the press) and education (lectures and source of information). In addition to promoting contact and exchange with other institutions and researchers for possible partnerships, campaigns, support and information sharing.
The NGO also supports affiliated Sanctuaries in communicating rehabilitation activities and animal care.
The best way to contribute to the work of the GAP Project is to share the information disclosed on our website and social networks with your network. In other words, join us and be an ambassador for the cause, replicating reliable information and data, and clarifying where necessary. All content posted on our channels can – and should – be shared freely.
https://www.facebook.com/gapproject/
https://www.instagram.com/projetogapbrasil/
Sanctuaries affiliated with the GAP Project in Brazil are not open to public visitation. The purpose of its existence is to guarantee the tranquility of the great primates and their well-being is a priority. In the Sanctuaries, the great apes know that they can trust their caretakers and the people who have contact with them earn their trust day by day. Many chimpanzees that live in Sanctuaries have strong traumas and psychological disturbances, and are very stressed with the presence of people they don’t know (and who, naturally, don’t trust), which can even lead to accidents.
In addition, in Brazilian legislation Sanctuaries are classified as maintainers of exotic fauna and public visitation is not allowed in these, unlike a zoo. Regarding reports and the press, we clarify that the entrance of the media is strictly controlled, with few people at a time and in restricted places, respecting the privacy and condition of each primate to the maximum, a situation very different from permission for public visitation.
The GAP Project has plans to set up a plan of technical visits in partnership with the Sanctuaries for professionals in the area. There are plans to implement this activity and at that time the information will be disclosed on our communication channels.
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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