AAP rescued more exotic animals in 2024
In 2024, AAP (Animal Advocacy and Protection) rescued 82 exotic mammals from often horrible situations. This means an increase of over 20% compared to the 68 animals rescued in 2023
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‘Chimp Crazy’ and the hope for change
Documentary series such as Chimp Crazy and Tiger King play a crucial role in exposing the disturbing reality of keeping wild animals as pets, as well as the tragic fate
Chimp Crazy: love is one-sided
The documentary Chimp Crazy, available on HBO Max, is the fascinating but disturbing new series from the makers of Netflix hit Tiger King. This time, the spotlight is on the
AAP rescues serval from Lexmond
AAP has rescued the serval that escaped during the night of Friday 19 July in Lexmond, Utrecht. The serval had only just arrived at its new home, but after an
Two Barbary macaques in very poor health brought to AAP
Two Barbary macaques in very poor health have recently been brought to our rescue centre in Spain. The animals, approximately 20 years old (a male named Meyers and a female
AAP starts construction of new building for small mammals
In 2025, AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection will build a new building for smaller exotic animals. The former tropical greenhouse that was used for this purpose was built in 48
Tiger Tonga rescued from German garden
A team from AAP has rescued 15-year-old tiger Tonga from a garden in the German state of Brandenburg, near Berlin. The owners decided to give up the animal, which spent
AAP caretakers talk about the meaning of World Animal Day
Today we are celebrating World Animal Day! Thanks to the amazing efforts of our animal carers, it’s like World Animal Day every day for the animals at AAP. It’s only
Chimpanzee Fiffy can see again after unique eye surgery
Ophthalmologists at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have managed to replace both lenses in the eyes of chimpanzee Fiffy. Fiffy had in a short time developed severe cataracts in both
Crisis at wildlife shelters: how can the EU help?
At AAP Foundation we work hard every day to give sheltered animals a dignified future. But that is not all. We are also building a European network so that animals
AAP and laboratory animals
AAP holds the word Compassion in high regard. This means that AAP does not cherry-pick and does not take in animals selectively. However; before AAP takes in animals we first