GREAT APE PROJECT RELEASES CENSUS BOOK, REVEALS 3,100 CAPTIVE APES IN
U.S.
Portland, Oregon � After two years of research,
record-keeping and volunteer reports, the Great Ape Project today
released the Great Ape Project Census: Recognition for the Uncounted, a
book that stands as the first comprehensive tally of the captive
chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos in the United States.
The Great Ape Project Census reveals over 3,100 great
apes living in captivity, ranging from modern zoos and sanctuaries to
squalid carnivals and cruel laboratories. The Census reflects as much
personal information as possible about each great ape, including name,
age, sex, location and whether he or she was born in captivity or
captured in the wild.
The Great Ape Project Census comes a decade after the
publication of The Great Ape Project, the ground-breaking book that
helped revolutionize mankind�s consideration of great apes. The Great
Ape Project Census includes photos and profiles of numerous great apes,
along with essays by noted primatologists and experts such as Jane
Goodall, Birute Galdikas, Marc Bekoff, Francine Patterson and Roger and
Deborah Fouts. Great Ape Project president Peter Singer contributed the
foreword.
�There has been a dramatic change in the thinking of
many people about great apes,� Singer wrote, �but this has yet to be
adequately reflected in changes in the law, in the moral status we
recognize them as having, and in the conditions in which they live.
Perhaps this book will bring those changes a step closer.�
The inspiration for the Great Ape Project Census came
from the human census being conducted in the U.S. at the turn of the
century. The Census had four basic goals:
1.) identify all great apes in
the U.S.
2.) report the conditions in which they live
3.) increase
public awareness
4.) identify sanctuaries that might be able to
provide permanent refuge for those in need.
The Census found great apes in 37 states � including
several, such as Connecticut, where they were not previously known to
exist � and a staggering 1,280 in biomedical research.
The Great Ape Project Census is priced at $14.95 and
available on-line at the Great Ape Project website (www.greatapeproject.org)
or at select bookstores in the Portland area.
For more information, please contact:
Great Ape Project
1-503-222-5755
[email protected]
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