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Chimps Can Still Remember Faces After a Quarter Century

Long-term memories may have been vital to our own evolution, suggests a new study of chimpanzees and bonobos.

By Carl Zimmer for The NY Times
Published Dec. 18, 2023 Updated Dec. 19, 2023

In 2015, while working as an undergraduate researcher at the North Carolina Zoo, Laura Lewis
became friends with a male chimpanzee named Kendall. Whenever she visited the chimps, Kendall
would gently take her hands and inspect her fingernails.

Then she disappeared for the summer to study baboons in Africa. When she returned to North
Carolina, she wondered if Kendall would still remember her face. Sure enough, as soon as she stepped
into his enclosure, Kendall raced up and gestured to look at her hands. read more

Wild Bison Are Returning to England’s Forests for the First Time in 6,000 Years

By Andy Corbley for GoodNewsNetwork.org

A relative of the iconic beast that roams the American Great Plains is going to be released in an ancient forest in Kent, England—where they haven’t resided for 6,000 years.

But the four animals won’t be arriving by way of South Dakota or Wyoming because Europe has their own subspecies—the European wood bison.
The project is slated to begin in Spring of 2022, when a single male Bison bonasus and three females arriving from Poland and the Netherlands will be allowed to roam and reproduce naturally in the remaining wilds of Britain—and it is hoped that their presence will ignite a chain reaction throughout the forest. read more

More Than 220 Sheep Saved From Australian Bushfires After Heroic Pup Herds Them to Safety

By McKinley Corbley - Jan 13, 2020 for www.GoodNewsNetwork.org

This courageous pup is being credited for saving an entire flock of sheep from impending bushfires in Australia earlier this month.

On New Year’s Eve, Stephen Hill saw the wildfires approaching his sister’s farm in Corryong, Australia sometime around 4:15AM. read more

New Zealand Now Recognizes ALL Animals As Sentient Beings!

Published on www.TrueActivist.com by Sophie McAdam

New Zealand has just set a great example to the world by recognizing what animal lovers have known forever- that our furry friends are as sentient as we are, and (obviously, dur) they have feelings just like we do. It’s a theme we have covered time and again here at True Activist, but this landmark ruling by NZ is the first time this shift in perception and policy has been extended to all animals, not just chimpanzees, orangutans, or dolphins.

The Animal Welfare Amendment Bill, passed last month, aims to make it easier to prosecute people in animal cruelty cases, as well as banning animal testing and research. read more

Sign the petition to Congress: Permanently ban import of all big game trophies to United States

Last week, news broke that the Trump administration was going to allow hunters to import trophies of elephants killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia back to the United States, reversing the trophy import ban implemented by the Obama administration in 2014.

After a massive public outcry, Trump put the policy on hold, saying he needed to “review all conservation facts.”

Trump’s flip-flopping on this issue is unreasonable. We need smart, decisive policies — not a President who is obviously completely unaware of the details of the decisions his own administration makes.

It’s time for Congress to step in to pass a permanent ban on importing ALL big game trophies to the United States — elephants, lions, and any other animal rich, greedy hunters want to bring home as proof of their murder and cruelty.

Sign now to call on Congress to permanently ban import of all big game trophies to the United States.