Estimate of bonobos in Congo needs to be lowered/Extinction issue

http://www.indystar.com/articles/4/201524-7794-010.html

Panbanisha / ape intelligence
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-1336085,00.html

SFV - Simian Foamy Virus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3520968.stm

New enclosure

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041029/NEWS02/410290398/1001/NEWS&lead=1

Flores human relativehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3948165.stm
http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=99154

Answer to the question:
Are monkeys and apes the same?

http://science.howstuffworks.com/question660.htm

Short reference to the organisation of a conservation event.

http://www.monuc.org/news.aspx?newsID=3756

Ted Townsend wants to house bonobos and increase public awareness of the importance of these animals

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040915/NEWS08/409150339/1001/NEWS

Endangered Species event:

http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?objid=D1D1366D000000FEE930ACC81C2F9AA9

Audio about endangered species - from Torino, Italy

http://npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/feature.php?wfid=3879138

Baby bonobo born at San Diego Zoo

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040818-1554-greatape.html

Animal homosexuality and comparison with humans

 
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0722_040722_gayanimal.html

An infant bonobo is born At Columbus Zoo.

http://www.nbc4columbus.com/news/3501293/detail.html

Dogs and language, Savage-Rumbach

http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86~10669~2206528,00.html

Linguistics: Sign language pictures of Koko

http://www.koko.org/world/signlanguage.html

Language and apes. It is claimed that there is no strong support for the idea that apes have language in a human sense.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/books/8852904.htm?1c

de Waals book
http://www.sciam.com/books/index.cfm?section=review&issue_date=01-JUN-04

Cincinatti Zoo - Vijay born on Dec 28th (2003 presumably)
http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/051404_family.html

A reminder that intelligence is not just in bonobos.. and not necessarily in homo sapiens...
intelligent animal
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_942846.html?menu=
not so intelligent animal?
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_941120.html?menu=

North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
a bonobo was born at the San Diego Wild Animal Park on April 22
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/29/special_reports/science_technology/
17_57_534_28_04.txt

Sanctuaire des Bonobos au Congo or "Lola ya Bonobo," as the sanctuary is more colloquially known, is the only sanctuary in Africa that exclusively provides care to bonobos.
http://www.monuc.org/Story.aspx?storyID=192

Can bonobo chimpanzees speak English with an odd accent?


http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/169530_njournal17.html

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_895690.html?menu=

Bush meat hunting may cause the spread of a virus from primates to humans.
This is not a good thing.

Profit made from the Congo war. Do countries put pressure on companies which profited from the war (instability of the country is not good for the wildlife)?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3519002.stm

Congo better for investment

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3476309.stm

amorous

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/7955584.htm

Bonobo Conservation fiction novel:

http://www.agikissfiction.com/

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Animals of the same gender being affectionate. eg. penguins, bonobos

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/07/MNG3N4RAV41.DTL

http://www.nbc4columbus.com/news/2768379/detail.html

Birth at Columbus zoo

Monkey Linguistics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3413865.stm