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Communications The GAAP 4/13/24 Communications The GAAP 4/13/24

Response to BBC Earth’s video “Sea Lions vs. Dogs”

Hace un par de semanas, como comunidad y región, fuimos testigos de hechos repudiables de maltrato animal. Como organización promotora y comprometida con la educación en tenencia responsable, queremos compartir nuestra opinión y sumar a más tutores, tutoras y la comunidad en general, a seguir trabajando para construir un mejor vínculo con nuestras mascotas y el medioambiente.

Communications The GAAP 12/13/23 Communications The GAAP 12/13/23

Postura Institucional / Public Statement

Communications The GAAP 8/15/23 Communications The GAAP 8/15/23

How much do you know about the kodkod?/¿Qué sabes de la güiña?

As a native species to the temperate forests of South America, particularly in Chile and Argentina, the kodkod plays a vital role in maintaining the delicate balance of a threatened global biodiversity hotspot in Chile.

Communications The GAAP 6/14/23 Communications The GAAP 6/14/23

What is Citizen Science?

Participation in citizen science encourages people of all ages to expand their interest in learning about and contributing to the collective knowledge of Nature in any setting

Communications The GAAP 6/14/23 Communications The GAAP 6/14/23

A Love for Nature… And for Themselves

As our collaboration with a local foster home continues, we are seeing remarkable effects on the girls as a result of their growing connection with nature.

Communications The GAAP 6/14/23 Communications The GAAP 6/14/23

A Natural Collaboration: Establishing a Connection to Nature with Girls from a Local Foster Home

Thanks to an ongoing collaboration with a local foster home, The GAAP has had the chance to see the impacts of time spent in nature on a very special group of girls.

Communications The GAAP 6/14/23 Communications The GAAP 6/14/23

What makes an effective, holistic dog and cat population management program?

What is required to create an effective dog and cat management program? Dr. Elena Garde shares her expertise on the topic, from a sustainable, One Health approach.

Communications The GAAP 3/9/23 Communications The GAAP 3/9/23

Nature: The secret ingredient

Nature has a powerful positive impact on human health, for kids of all ages, as we saw recently at The GAAP’s Nature Discovery Center.

Communications The GAAP 5/9/22 Communications The GAAP 5/9/22

Growing together, in nature

Starting in December 2021, we kicked off a series of ongoing visits from a local scout group to the Nature Discovery Center and the surrounding wetlands… On the first day of kayaking, the girls were hesitant. Most didn’t even know how to swim, let alone maneuver a kayak. But, each time they have gotten stronger, always challenging themselves and encouraging one another.

We were feeling so proud of their advances, and then, just as we had ventured out a bit further one day, it happened…