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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!
# 150:
1:17 am PDT, Oct 4,
Jennifer Cribbs, Ohio
# 149:
12:47 am PDT, Oct 4,
Jo Bilby, United Kingdom
# 148:
11:56 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Carol Mercer, United Kingdom
# 147:
11:52 pm PDT, Oct 3,
MITROI ANDREEA, Romania
# 146:
11:39 pm PDT, Oct 3,
April Peterson, Illinois
# 145:
11:30 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Thunderr Wolf, New Jersey
# 144:
10:59 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Cosmic Rhino Gifts, California
# 143:
10:55 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Jason Bowman, California
# 142:
10:49 pm PDT, Oct 3,
P Mancino, New York
Gentleman and ladies,Would Congress discourage illegal bushmeat trafficking and other destructive activities - like irresponsible logging and mining practices - that contribute to it!
Gentleman and ladies,Would Congress discourage illegal bushmeat trafficking and other destructive activities - like irresponsible logging and mining practices - that contribute to it!
# 141:
10:48 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Izabela Kaszuba, Poland
# 140:
10:46 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Terri VanKuipers, Canada
# 139:
10:45 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Joanna Renda, Poland
# 138:
10:44 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Aaron Chia, Singapore
# 137:
10:42 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Radoslaw Renda, Poland
# 136:
10:36 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Leah Duke, Canada
# 135:
10:33 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Name not displayed, Florida
I think it is very obvious that we cannot treat Man's closest cousins like commodities, and such crimes must be punished very severely for it to stop. Please help!
I think it is very obvious that we cannot treat Man's closest cousins like commodities, and such crimes must be punished very severely for it to stop. Please help!
# 134:
10:25 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Emiliano Galluccio, Italy
# 133:
9:53 pm PDT, Oct 3,
John Zarro, Michigan
# 132:
9:36 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Jennifer Zarro, California
# 131:
9:28 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Name not displayed, Montana
# 130:
9:22 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 129:
9:08 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Lorie Ropp, California
# 128:
8:20 pm PDT, Oct 3,
KELSEY GRIFFIN, Florida
# 127:
5:54 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Julie Kertesz, Canada
Just horrible, this needs to be stopped at once! The time to do what is right - is right now!
Just horrible, this needs to be stopped at once! The time to do what is right - is right now!
# 126:
5:28 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Meaghan Black, New York
# 125:
5:00 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Polly Odyssey, Missouri
# 124:
4:47 pm PDT, Oct 3,
MICHAEL KARMAZIN, Massachusetts
# 123:
4:46 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Victoria Abney, Ohio
why would you want to eat something so much like you?
why would you want to eat something so much like you?
# 122:
4:30 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Debra Oerkfitz, Michigan
# 112:
8:56 am PDT, Sep 28,
Stacey Prussman, New York
# 111:
8:55 am PDT, Sep 28,
Jenna Creveling, Pennsylvania
# 110:
8:54 am PDT, Sep 28,
Karen Sheaffer, Pennsylvania
# 109:
8:53 am PDT, Sep 28,
Amy Niles, Maryland
# 108:
8:50 am PDT, Sep 28,
Holly Swint, Florida
# 107:
8:49 am PDT, Sep 28,
Ms Zentura, Wyoming
# 106:
8:49 am PDT, Sep 28,
Franziska Eber, Germany
# 105:
8:47 am PDT, Sep 28,
Roanne P., Singapore
Bushmeat trafficking is evil and mean! How can anyone with a heart actually support this cruel animal abuse! Imagine, if you were the chimpanzees, in your homes, swinging from branch to branch, and suddenly someone for no reason steals you for food to earn money for themselves! It is heartless for those bushmeat traffickers to do so! So, Congress must save the chimpanzees before they drastically decrease in number.
Bushmeat trafficking is evil and mean! How can anyone with a heart actually support this cruel animal abuse! Imagine, if you were the chimpanzees, in your homes, swinging from branch to branch, and suddenly someone for no reason steals you for food to earn money for themselves! It is heartless for those bushmeat traffickers to do so! So, Congress must save the chimpanzees before they drastically decrease in number.
# 104:
8:45 am PDT, Sep 28,
Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece
# 103:
8:34 am PDT, Sep 28,
Bambina Piazza, Argentina
# 102:
8:30 am PDT, Sep 28,
Gerry Carter, Texas
# 101:
8:29 am PDT, Sep 28,
Soledad Posac, Argentina