Tuesday, June 06, 2006

“their return from Rwanda”

Like swallows to Capistrano, the peripatetic Nyakagezi group of gorillas have returned to Uganda.

“She can not control that monkey”

Missouri woman's monkey a menace, neighbors say.

“there were no plans to lift the current ban”

UK quashes talk of restarting use of great apes in medical experiments as “totally hypothetical”.

“communicating with the monkeys helped them”

Visitors to Belarus zoo can talk over their problems with the monkeys in the “psychological relief room”.

Monday, June 05, 2006

Opaque melodies that would bug most people

“Did Neanderthals invent music?” UK professor asks.

“he will be filing a complaint if the ape is not returned”

Orangutan seized from Cambodian official's taxi.

“protest outside the Manila Zoo”

Peta makes friends overseas.

“Would you rather them be here, or be dead?”

I'm thinking, I'm thinking!

“they need to adapt their homes and lives to live with baboons”

Residents vs. extreme conservationists in South Africa's battle of the baboons.

“to address some of Nepal's most pressing health concerns, which include HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis, and malaria”

India, chronically over-run with monkeys, banned the export of all Rhesus macaques in 1978. Now little Nepal steps up to help fill the gap.

“the gorillas from the movie remembered who she was”

Sigourney Weaver reunited with Gorillas in the Mist costars.

“names will be given to 12 baby primates”

Uganda markets branding opportunities at annual gorilla-naming festivities.

We'll need monkeys!

Harvey at Bad Example sends along this pointer to a monkey-oriented storyline at Sluggy Freelance

“goes where no one has been stupid enough to go before”

The Last Angry Young Man blogs the Monkey Chow Diaries

“offer applies to children aged between three and 15”

UK's Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre offers bargain rates for kids in June.

Sunday, June 04, 2006