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source Gorillas are the greatest apes. With their bodies erect and knees depressed, gorillas can grow up to 2.30 metres. Gorillas have short, broad hands and feet. The type gorilla comprises only one type

source For every monkey that is smuggled, more could have been killed, because most species live in groups. It is therefore not uncommon for poachers to wipe out entire families just to get a single kitten.

source Daniel Stiles leads the project to end monkey slavery (PEGAS) and has been investigating the monkey trade for four years. Since 2013, he has made several trips to the Middle East, China and Southeast

source A charter plane that was to transport more than 400 monkeys and other animals to Armenia was confiscated in Tanzania in 2016, reports The Citizen, a Tanzanian newspaper. A Hetq investigation into

source It was not until 2017, after a year of research, that the BBC discovered a secret network of pet traders selling baby chimpanzees. The animals are caught in the wild and sold as pets. A raid in

source In Southeast Asia, monkey shows are a growing business, despite international regulations prohibiting the trade of endangered monkeys. Asian zoos, circuses and safari parks host large-scale productions

source The illegal trade in monkeys is a billion-dollar business. A baby gorilla can cost up to $250,000. Much in demand as pets in wealthy homes or as performers in commercial zoos, baby chimpanzees have

source 4 - Evolution does not improve living beings The evolutionary chain seems to have been a steady path from simple unicellular organisms to complicated humans - but this is a very superficial approach.

source Man is descended from the monkey: Myths like these are still persistent. Although the theory of evolution is 150 years old, there are still many errors. Humans and monkeys share a common ancestor.

source The public pressure was having an effect. At the end of May this year, the NYBC collapsed and reached an agreement with the Humane Society. According to the agreement, it will pay six million dollars

source On Liberia's monkey islands, numerous chimpanzees still lived. Most of them had recovered from the suffering that had been inflicted on them. The NYBC let them continue to care for them. But this

source The primates were all from Liberia. "There many people kept chimpanzees as pets. But when they grew up, they were no longer good companions," says Brotman. "We could have such animals

source With the Vilab programme, which began in 1974, researchers looked for treatment methods and vaccines against infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and river blindness, which still affect an estimated

source They were used as experimental animals to find a suitable vaccine against hepatitis B. Now the rejected chimpanzees live on six secluded river islands in West African Liberia in order not to infect

source While the monkeys were able to keep up with the children in terms of physical-cognitive abilities, the children consistently performed better in terms of social-cognitive performance: they successfully

source Even small children have more developed social skills than great apes, even if they are on a par with the animals in cognitive tasks: they learn through observation and can put themselves in the

source Whereas in 2005 there were only three species of Plumploris, eight have now been described - four of them alone live in the forests of Borneo. The rarest is probably the Java Plumplori (Nycticebus