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The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute (CHCI) Summer Apprentice Program Dates: 06/26/2011 - 08/18/2011 Location: Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute
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"The Poor Contribution of Chimpanzee Experiments to Biomedical Progress" 02-26-2008
Andrew Knight
Animal Consultants International, London, United Kingdom
Biomedical
research on captive
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Self-injurious Behavior in a Chimpanzee (Pan Troglodytes Troglodytes): A Case Report" 02-26-2008 2007, Vol. 10, No. 2, Pages 123-140
(doi:10.1080/10888700701313454)
Sabrina R. Bourgeois
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Zoo ended 50 years of chimpanzee shows (example of a zoo program from the 1940s below right) with the appointment of a new director. Explaining the decision, the director acknowledged that “the Detroit Zoo was built on the back of
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later, the oldest known chimpanzee in a U.S. lab. She did not have a happy birthday.
Wenka is the granddaughter of one of four chimpanzees taken from Africa (no doubt at dire expense to her natural family) and brought to America by
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who needs convincing that chimpanzees are more like us (or we're like them) than they'd care to think they need to read Elizabeth Hess's biography of Nim Chimpsky , the chimpanzee who was taught to communicate in American Sign Language (ASL).
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effort: stopping the use of chimpanzees in entertainment. Travis was among a steady supply of chimpanzees who are taken from their mothers and raised as pseudo-humans, for use in the entertainment industry. As a toddler, Travis appeared in TV
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have strong family bonds. Chimpanzees even show population-specific behaviors similar to those of human cultures. However, Chimpanzee and gorilla populations are in dramatic decline due to bushmeat hunting, habitat loss, and the varied risks of
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in the Conservation of Chimpanzees and Gorillas" (10/28/2008) "Toward a Science of Welfare for Animals in the Zoo" (10/28/2008) "Welfare of Apes in Captive Environments: Comments On, and By, a Specific Group of Apes"
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the London zoo I recall the chimpanzee tea party. Mother was upset because we laughed at them. There are no tea parties today. Or elephant rides for that matter. It’s forbidden to feed the animals, too. I am opposed to zoos; however, it was
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