News | Mona UK - Part 14

7 07, 2011

Thanks to everyone who made our July 10 year anniversary a huge success!

A huge thank you to everyone who came to our 10 year anniversary fundraising event at the Cambridge University Zoology museum and made it a huge success!
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6 07, 2011

COGNITION IN PRIMATES. THE USE OF TOOLS IN APES. New course

On July 15th we released the first of two new courses that impart Primate Cognition of this year. The enrollment to this new course offers a 15% discount on the registration of any of the Mona Foundation courses offered during the second half of 2011. Do not miss this opportunity!

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15 06, 2011

TOM is already at Mona!!

The Mona Foundation rescued Tom on Monday June 13th. He is a male chimpanzee, about 20 years old. He was bought in the 90s along with another female chimp, by his former owner, -who already had another female chimp who came from the circus.

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14 06, 2011

We already have the Golden Footprint of ANAA

And you can already see last weekend pictures when we received our “Huella de Oro” at Mona’s Facebook.
Thanks a lot ANAA!
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10 06, 2011

Off to Madrid to receive the Golden Footprint

The MONA Foundation has been awarded the Huella de Oro (Golden Footprint) as the most committed organisation for animal protection. The award ceremony is this coming Sunday 12th June, at Valdetorres de Jarama, Madrid. We hope you may be able to come and celebrate with us!

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10 06, 2011

Tom

You will meet the new rescued chimp very soon. We will keep you updated!

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14 04, 2011

Charity fair at Tossa de Mar

We want to thank our friends Maja, Patricia and Helen for raising money for Mona, as they do every year, at the bar Europa, Tossa de Mar.

We are very grateful for your unconditional support for several years at flea markets, collecting donations and spreading MONA’s word … thank you so much!

14 04, 2011

The Mona Charity Stall in Girona

Last Saturday the MONA Foundation took place in their first market, the first one of many markets to come throughout the year. We are thrilled to report that our stall, to help raise money for the foundation, was a great success.

Next market will take place on St. George’s day, at Rambla de Catalunya, Girona.

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14 04, 2011

Conference: CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIMPANZEES

Within the framework of the activities prepared for MONA’s 10th Anniversary, we will be welcoming Dr. and Dra. Fouts. During their visit they will speaking at a conference at Cosmocaixa on 4th May, where they will explain how sign language eradicates the division between chimpanzees and humans. Admission is free but reservations are required.

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1 04, 2011

The primatologist William McGrew of Cambridge University visits us

From the 31st March to the 1st April William C McGrew learnt all about the rehabilitation and resocialization work, taking place at the MONA Foundation’s Rescue Centre in Riudellots de la Selva.

One of the main objectives was to conduct a workshop about the research projects that MONA has undertaken over the last few years on the subjects of human evolution and animal wellbeing.

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