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Animal Welfare
Despite international treaties and national laws on conservation
and illegal trade in the European countries, nonhuman primates are
still being kept as pets or show animals in circuses, illegal zoos
or by private people. These individuals have often been maltreated and severely neglected. The Dutch sanctuary
Stichting AAP in Almere provides shelter and the
professional care confiscated individuals need for their recovery and
resocialisation.
Conservation
Many nonhuman primate species, among them all great ape
species, are at the verge of extinction. Hunting for bush meat, logging, human
encroachment and diseases are all reducing their numbers to dangerously low levels.
Selection of conservation projects world wide:
"Individual animals make up
the species, and that's been my life's work - recognizing the value of the
individual." Jane Goodall
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