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Save Chimpanzees from the Bushmeat Trade!
Target: CongressSponsored by: The Jane Goodall Institute
Chimpanzees are our closest human relatives – they have family bonds, make and use tools and show signs of language – and yet, humans are wiping them out.
Tell Congress to discourage illegal bushmeat trafficking and other destructive activities - like irresponsible logging and mining practices - that contribute to it!
Wild chimpanzee populations have plummeted in the last 20 to 30 years, and face more threats ahead. The bushmeat trade (the unsustainable hunting of wildlife) is a root issue endangering chimpanzees. To make this practice even worse, orphaned chimpanzee babies are typically sold in local markets and often end up in the pet trade after watching their mothers being brutally killed.
Hunters remove more than 1 million metric tons of bushmeat from the Congo Basin forests each year. In only one year, 15,000 carcasses from wild species passed through the markets in the city of Brazzaville - approximately 293 of them were chimpanzees.
It's time the U.S. stood up against the cruel practice pushing chimps and other endangered species to the brink of extinction.
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We signed the “Save Chimpanzees from the Bushmeat Trade!” petition!
# 50:
1:19 am PDT, Sep 28,
Elena Mason, Italy
# 49:
1:16 am PDT, Sep 28,
Joanne Sams, Australia
# 48:
1:03 am PDT, Sep 28,
Caroline Bissey, New Zealand
# 47:
12:57 am PDT, Sep 28,
Kelley Dickinson, United Kingdom
# 46:
12:43 am PDT, Sep 28,
Sharon Hyke, Iowa
# 45:
12:33 am PDT, Sep 28,
Federico Miccino, Italy
# 44:
12:27 am PDT, Sep 28,
Christoph Poss, Germany
# 43:
12:18 am PDT, Sep 28,
Jacolin Schultz, Wisconsin
We need to discourage illegal bushmeat trafficking and other destructive activities that contribute to it.
We need to discourage illegal bushmeat trafficking and other destructive activities that contribute to it.
# 42:
12:18 am PDT, Sep 28,
Kenneth A. Gilliland, Pennsylvania
# 41:
12:17 am PDT, Sep 28,
Steve Dale, Australia
# 40:
12:13 am PDT, Sep 28,
Connie Hansen, Denmark
# 39:
12:12 am PDT, Sep 28,
Nathan Revercomb, Colorado
# 38:
12:08 am PDT, Sep 28,
Gretchen Perrin, Kentucky
Help protect these presious animals... let them live well!
Help protect these presious animals... let them live well!
# 37:
12:07 am PDT, Sep 28,
Debra Young, Illinois
# 36:
11:15 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Erin Murphy, Indiana
# 35:
11:14 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Deirdre Freer, Ohio
# 34:
11:13 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Andrea Johnson, Illinois
# 33:
10:59 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Paolo Baccino, Italy
# 32:
10:44 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Marilyn Bartlett, New York
# 31:
10:18 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Name not displayed, New York
# 30:
9:28 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Brooke Washburn, Texas
# 29:
9:22 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Elle Thomas, Canada
# 28:
9:17 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Louise Fisher, Canada
# 27:
9:16 pm PDT, Sep 27,
James Williams, South Carolina
# 26:
8:49 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Silver McAdams, Tennessee
# 25:
8:46 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Jason Massey, North Carolina
# 24:
8:21 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Laura Horning, Ohio
# 23:
8:20 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Mark Smith, Louisiana
# 22:
8:20 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Gerri Royster ward, Michigan
How can it be allowed that the Chimpanzees are being killed and nothing is done about it? Isn't killing them like killing a human being? Have we forgotten how intelligent these creatures are,possibly far more intelligent then man himself, for we have no regard for life!!!!!!!!
How can it be allowed that the Chimpanzees are being killed and nothing is done about it? Isn't killing them like killing a human being? Have we forgotten how intelligent these creatures are,possibly far more intelligent then man himself, for we have no regard for life!!!!!!!!
# 21:
8:07 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Name not displayed, Michigan
# 20:
8:00 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Name not displayed, Antigua And Barbuda
# 19:
7:53 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Brenda Giles, West Virginia
These animals are smart caring and loving. Leave them alone, we need to help protect them not mistreat and kill them.
These animals are smart caring and loving. Leave them alone, we need to help protect them not mistreat and kill them.
# 18:
7:44 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Kathleen Conroy, Massachusetts
# 17:
7:26 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Nikita Somers, South Carolina
No animal should be put through this. Let them live their lives in peace.
No animal should be put through this. Let them live their lives in peace.
# 16:
7:18 pm PDT, Sep 27,
JoAnne Perdue, Florida
# 15:
7:12 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Robert Scott, Texas
# 14:
7:10 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Kerriann Wright, New York
# 13:
7:08 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Jess Moon Senour, California
# 12:
7:01 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Dave Sennett, Pennsylvania
# 11:
7:00 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Narina Wilson, Australia
# 10:
6:52 pm PDT, Sep 27,
David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
# 9:
6:50 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Annette Leary, New York
# 8:
6:28 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Randa J Boyer, New Jersey
# 7:
6:18 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Jonathan Ferreira, California
# 6:
6:00 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Ashley Scott, Texas
# 5:
5:43 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Brian Reynolds, New Jersey
# 4:
5:41 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Lissa Holt, Texas
We must protect all animals on the planet. They deserve to live happy lives. God bless our animals & those who protect them!
We must protect all animals on the planet. They deserve to live happy lives. God bless our animals & those who protect them!
# 3:
5:37 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Sylvia Toste, California
# 2:
5:30 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Kiera Casper, New Jersey
# 1:
11:20 am PDT, Sep 26,
Robyn Erler, California