August 2011
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NY Times: Fearing a Planet Without Apes →
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“A decade ago, Congress stepped forward with a relatively cheap but vitally important effort to protect these apes through innovative conservation programs in Africa and Asia that combined taxpayer dollars with private money. But attempts to reauthorize the Great Apes Conservation Fund have gotten stuck in Congress and may become a victim of the larger debate over the national...
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Primate Win: Captive Chimps Choose To Help Their... →
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The willingness to help strangers and not expect anything in return is supposed to be a uniquely human characteristic but scientists have shown that chimps are also capable of altruism.
A study of chimpanzees kept at a primate research centre in the United States has for the first time…
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