"The great apes and their basic rights" is a call to put in debate the importance of our evolutionary brothers, the great apes (bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans), all this within the context of the immediate protection of both their populations in the wild, as well as their habitat or the liberation of those who are held captives. This book is also a request for their basic rights (life, freedom and to not be tortured physically or psychologically) as it is already stated by many scientists and some court rulings that have made headlines worldwide.
This book, coordinated by Pedro Pozas Terrados, would not have been possible without the articles written by great scientific figures, conservationists, animalists, people of the legal world, journalists and writers. They break down preconceptions and support the great apes and their rights with their words, thus endorsing the fight in which the Great Ape Project has been working continuously for two decades. You will really enjoy reading from: Jose María Bermúdez de Castro Risueño, Jorge Riechmann, Emiliano Bruner, Biruté M. F. Galdikas, Miguel Angel Valladares, Isaac Vega, Pedro A. Ynterian, Karen Altamirano, Máximo Sandín, Fernando Valladares Ros, Kepa Tamames, Rosa Montero, Francisco Garrido, María de las Victorias Gonzalez, Federico Manuel Rodriguez, Carmen Méndez, Joaquín Araujo, Gaciela Regina, Itai Roffman, Miguel Galindo and Pedro Pozas.
INTRODUCTION THEIR FUTURE IN OUR HANDS Pedro Pozas Terrados CLASSIFICATION OF GREAT APES
CHAPTER I THEIR LINEAGE
1. A TOUR OF HUMAN GENEALOGY José Maria Bermúdez de Castro
2. SYMBIOETHICS: HOMO SAPIENS IN THE WEB OF LIFE Jorge Riechmann
3. ZIRA?S KISS Emiliano Bruner
CHAPTER II THEIR HABITAT
4. LIKE TWO MIRRORS: THE DEEP CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND ORANGUTANS Biruté Mary Galdikas
5. BIOLOGY, THREATS AND STATE OF CONSERVATION OF NON-HUMAN HOMINIDS
6. THE GREAT APES: A ANNOUNCED GENOCIDE THEIR POPULATIONS BECOME EXTINCT AS MAN WATCHES WITH INDIFFERENCE Pedro Pozas Terrado
7. THE TAPANULI: THE LAST HOMINID Pedro Pozas Terrados
CHAPTER III THEIR CHAINS
8. CAPTIVITY Dr. Pedro A. Ynterian
9. PHOTOACTIVISM AND GREAT APES. Stories of primates in captivity.
CHAPTER IV THEIR FUTURE
10. THE LOSERS Máximo Sandín
11. THREATENED COEXISTENCE
12. WHY IT IS RELEVANT TO CONSIDER THE GREAT APES ?SPECIAL BEINGS? Kepa Tamames
13. CITES IN SPAIN UNDER SUSPICION Pedro Pozas Terrados
14. IN DEFENSE OF THE EARTH Pedro Pozas Terrados
15. A SILENT GENOCIDE IN PROGRESS Rosa Montero
CHAPTER V THEIR RIGHTS
16. A MONKEY TRAVELS ACROSS EUROPE: ARGUMENTS OF A PARLIAMENTARIAN IN TROUBLE Francisco Garrido Peña.
17. BASIC RIGHTS María de las Victorias González Silvano
18. GREAT APES IN DEFENSE OF LIFE Federico Manuel Rodríguez Paniagua
19. SIMIAN BROTHERS Carmen Mendez
20. NON-HUMAN PERSONS Pedro Pozas Terrados
21. THAT LOOK Joaquín Araujo
22. THE GREAT APES: LIVING HERITAGE OF HUMANITY Pedro Pozas Terrados
23. THE QUANTUM LEAP IN CASE LAW ARGENTINA". Graciela Regina Adre
24. MATTER OF CONSCIENCE Miguel Galindo Sánchez
CAPITULO VI THEIR MANIFESTS
25. PLEA FOR A GREAT APE ACT Pedro Pozas Terrados
26. GREAT APE ACT
27. GREAT APES LIVING HERITAGE OF MANKIND MANIFESTO IMPLICATIONS AND ANSWERS
28. WE RECOGNIZE THE GREAT APE AS NON-HUMAN PERSONS - MANIFESTO
29. HUMAN EVOLUTION
Pan Survival in the 21st Century: Chimpanzee Cultural Preservation, Rehabilitation and Emancipation Manifesto
