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Tell UNESCO to recognize great apes as Living World Heritage
posted in 23 Mar 2016

Bonobos, orangutans, chimpanzees and gorillas are facing extinction. Please support the Great Ape Project’s call for UNESCO to recognize our closest relatives as a Living World Heritage before it’s too late.

Know more and sign the petition here.

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The social integration process of #chimpYoko has advanced!
After a little more than seven months since his arrival and ongoing observation of his general condition and behavior, the team at the Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil, successfully carried out an internal transfer to a new…
Yoko
Chimpanzee
He arrived at the Sanctuary after an unprecedented operation involving several organizations that mobilized to make his transfer possible. Yoko was the last remaining captive chimpanzee in Colombia.
Date of birth: 1986
Origin: Biopark Ukumari (Colombia)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
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posted in 10 Sep 2025
Overcoming difficulties
Chimpanzee Jeber was castrated and had all his teeth pulled out in the circus where he lived. Because of this, he developed an unusual way of eating certain things. For example, to eat coconut, he uses his fingers to pull…
Jeber
Chimpanzee
He arrived at the sanctuary in 2008, along with his companion Tyson, when IBAMA (Brazilian Environmental Institute) confiscated all animals from Le Cirque Circus, in Brasília.
Date of birth: 1990
Origin: Le Cirque Circus
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
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posted in 08 Sep 2025
Companionship that heals
Chimps Caco and Jully are inseparable companions and an inspiring example of the transformative potential of socialization in a Sanctuary. Twenty three years ago, They found each other, complemented one another, and discovered their balance to live the peace and…
in memoriam
Caco
Chimpanzee
During his life the zoo, he had serious psychiatric disorders and would severely self-mutilate.
Date of birth: 1986
Origin: Sorocaba zoo
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
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