Pan African Sanctuary Alliance

Two monkeys that were left without food and water after their owners abandoned them at a captive facility in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been safely transferred to a sanctuary, thanks to rescue efforts by the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) and conservation organizations working in the region.

http://pasaprimates.org/new-headlines

The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) has released the PASA Operations Manual, a 134-page guidebook to modern sanctuary management that addresses everything from staff size to veterinary care and is the result of nearly two years' work.

The PASA Operations Manual replaces the original PASA Handbook, which had grown outdated since its original publication in 2002.

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Architectural designs were released today for one of the largest great ape sanctuaries to be constructed in North America. The initial phase of Great Ape Trust will be built in Des Moines by year's end and will incorporate extensive "green design" initiatives for conservation and environmental sustainability.

Al Setka 

http://www.greatapetrust.org/media/releases/2003/nr_03a03.php

A chimpanzee that spent its days tethered to a tree in Southern Sudan throughout a long bureaucratic tug-of-war was finally airlifted to safety on October 5 and will reside permanently at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Kenya.

http://pasaprimates.org/new-headlines

By Raymond Baguma

THE Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary has won this year's International Virgin Holidays Awards for responsible tourism, for its effort to promote wildlife and environmental conservation through ecotourism.

http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/704673

A dramatic photograph that shows orphaned chimpanzees at the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center in Cameroon looking at the body of their deceased matriarch has become a massive internet and media sensation, spurring debate as to whether chimpanzees share human emotions such as "grief" or possess the ability to mourn.