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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!
# 21,250:
3:16 pm PDT, Mar 13,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
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7:41 am PDT, Mar 13,
Stephanie Vitt, Georgia
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7:34 am PDT, Mar 13,
Ronald Eenwerd, Netherlands
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2:06 am PDT, Mar 13,
Alicya Lima, Netherlands
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1:26 am PDT, Mar 13,
Daniel C. Hänni, Switzerland
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11:25 pm PDT, Mar 12,
Name not displayed, India
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6:18 pm PDT, Mar 12,
Helen Sanders, United Kingdom
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12:37 pm PDT, Mar 12,
Lily White, Massachusetts
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11:12 pm PDT, Mar 11,
Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
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6:05 pm PDT, Mar 11,
Leslie Alvarado, New York
# 21,240:
5:09 pm PDT, Mar 11,
Kaylyn Lyons, Ohio
Its about coming up.. Be advised we can solve these issues by actually pushing money at them, after all its our specialty.
Its about coming up.. Be advised we can solve these issues by actually pushing money at them, after all its our specialty.
# 21,239:
3:25 pm PDT, Mar 11,
Victoria Eisermann, United Kingdom
# 21,238:
12:40 pm PDT, Mar 11,
Teri Sonnenberg, Canada
# 21,237:
8:38 pm PDT, Mar 10,
Marion White, New Zealand
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5:04 pm PDT, Mar 10,
Cat Mills, Canada
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1:44 pm PDT, Mar 10,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 21,234:
11:34 am PDT, Mar 10,
Javiera Henriquez, Chile
# 21,233:
12:16 am PDT, Mar 10,
Julie Kirby, Oregon
# 21,232:
11:48 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Lashitha Sanjeev, India
# 21,231:
8:49 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Jennivere Gospich basile, California
Chimps are our closest relative so this is practically cannibalism!
Chimps are our closest relative so this is practically cannibalism!
# 21,230:
8:21 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Laurie Wolfe, Maryland
# 21,229:
3:50 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Name not displayed, New York
WE MUST STOP THIS WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE POEPLE
WE MUST STOP THIS WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE POEPLE
# 21,228:
2:52 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Brenda Pelletier, New Hampshire
PLEASE HELP WITH THIS,THIS IS SO INHUMANE IT ISN'T EVEN FUNNY. SO UPSETTING
PLEASE HELP WITH THIS,THIS IS SO INHUMANE IT ISN'T EVEN FUNNY. SO UPSETTING
# 21,227:
12:17 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Maria Dixon, Spain
# 21,226:
6:57 am PDT, Mar 9,
Chuck Piorkowski, Ohio
# 21,225:
4:57 am PDT, Mar 9,
Donna Collins, Kentucky
IF everyone would put themselves in the places of all abused, murdered, abandoned and tortured animals many of these petitions we sign would be non existant. Animals may not be human, but they are living, breathing creatures. Anyone that could or would say that they have no feelings is simply allowing themselves to be in denial. Animals are God's creatures and deserve to live on this earth as the rest of us do. Animals are not ours to beat, torture, abuse and murder and though they aren't human they are very intellegent and do feel pain. Think about how they know just when and how to mate, give birth, raise and protect their young. Killing animals is none the less, killing and you should always remember "thou shalt not kill". Anyone that condones and allows these senseless killings are as guilty as the perpetrators.
IF everyone would put themselves in the places of all abused, murdered, abandoned and tortured animals many of these petitions we sign would be non existant. Animals may not be human, but they are living, breathing creatures. Anyone that could or would say that they have no feelings is simply allowing themselves to be in denial. Animals are God's creatures and deserve to live on this earth as the rest of us do. Animals are not ours to beat, torture, abuse and murder and though they aren't human they are very intellegent and do feel pain. Think about how they know just when and how to mate, give birth, raise and protect their young. Killing animals is none the less, killing and you should always remember "thou shalt not kill". Anyone that condones and allows these senseless killings are as guilty as the perpetrators.
# 21,224:
3:39 am PDT, Mar 9,
Marianne Christensen, Denmark
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11:48 pm PST, Mar 8,
Adrian Lewis, South Africa
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11:24 pm PST, Mar 8,
Ryan Marchbanks, Texas
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4:38 pm PST, Mar 8,
Jenna Case, Colorado
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3:55 pm PST, Mar 8,
Marcy Somenek, Arizona
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3:44 pm PST, Mar 8,
Linda Bulens, Belgium
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11:08 am PST, Mar 8,
Cristina Arrieta, Peru
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10:08 am PST, Mar 8,
Dusica J., Serbia And Montenegro
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7:58 am PST, Mar 8,
Hayley Burkland, North Dakota
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12:56 pm PST, Mar 7,
Sarah Onave, France
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9:21 am PST, Mar 7,
Sofija Sudar, United Kingdom
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8:34 am PST, Mar 7,
Anthony Vincent, Washington
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6:56 am PST, Mar 7,
Madré Hendrikse, South Africa
This is really sad. We should really think of alternative ways to feed these people. They live in one of the poorest countries on planet and thus bushmeat provides an affordable way of living. I'm not defending bushmeat hunting, but the solution to this problem is bigger than you think!
This is really sad. We should really think of alternative ways to feed these people. They live in one of the poorest countries on planet and thus bushmeat provides an affordable way of living. I'm not defending bushmeat hunting, but the solution to this problem is bigger than you think!
# 21,211:
6:15 am PST, Mar 7,
Name not displayed, Gibraltar
# 21,210:
10:36 pm PST, Mar 6,
Amanda Yunker, Canada
A sick and entirely inhumane practice. Makes me ashamed to be apart of the human race.
A sick and entirely inhumane practice. Makes me ashamed to be apart of the human race.
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6:53 pm PST, Mar 6,
Name not displayed, South Dakota
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5:17 pm PST, Mar 6,
Tamara Bady, California
# 21,207:
1:33 pm PST, Mar 6,
Shelly Campbell, California
If only the killers could watch someone brutally murder their own mothers this is the same peain these baby chimps feel!
If only the killers could watch someone brutally murder their own mothers this is the same peain these baby chimps feel!
# 21,206:
12:38 pm PST, Mar 6,
Becky Visco, Texas
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6:25 am PST, Mar 6,
Onur Yildirim, Germany
Chimpanzees are much nearer to us then any other species, eating them means caniibalism of high degree, and they are my brothers and sisters too, so don't eat them please.
Chimpanzees are much nearer to us then any other species, eating them means caniibalism of high degree, and they are my brothers and sisters too, so don't eat them please.
# 21,204:
3:02 am PST, Mar 6,
Dave Nuthall, Canada
Congress is quick to dictait how people should live or insist that war should be declared on other countries, but when it comes to something like this it seems as though they walk around with their noses high in the air that they wouldn't do anything unless it effected them personally. Stop twiddling your fingers and pull them out of your a&$es and do something about this tragedy. Would you want someone to beat you down to your death with your children watching you, if not then why should young chimps have to watch their mothers go though that.
Congress is quick to dictait how people should live or insist that war should be declared on other countries, but when it comes to something like this it seems as though they walk around with their noses high in the air that they wouldn't do anything unless it effected them personally. Stop twiddling your fingers and pull them out of your a&$es and do something about this tragedy. Would you want someone to beat you down to your death with your children watching you, if not then why should young chimps have to watch their mothers go though that.
# 21,203:
12:50 am PST, Mar 6,
Emma Mckerry, United Kingdom
these animals deserve our love and respect and us as humans should carry out this task how long will it be before these animals are totally wiped out please help stop this appauling behaviour,
these animals deserve our love and respect and us as humans should carry out this task how long will it be before these animals are totally wiped out please help stop this appauling behaviour,
# 21,202:
11:34 pm PST, Mar 5,
Amber Pendergraft, California
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5:10 pm PST, Mar 5,
Carissa Sawatzky, Canada