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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.
Sign Petition! see who signed this
We signed the “Save Chimpanzees from the Bushmeat Trade!” petition!
# 21,350:
2:17 pm PDT, Apr 12,
Cheryl Lester, United Kingdom
# 21,349:
9:43 am PDT, Apr 12,
Lauren Langan, Pennsylvania
# 21,348:
6:55 pm PDT, Apr 11,
Amy Auld, California
# 21,347:
6:39 pm PDT, Apr 11,
Libby Gibson, Kentucky
# 21,346:
5:32 pm PDT, Apr 11,
Jessica Dimattia, North Carolina
# 21,345:
11:08 am PDT, Apr 11,
Stella Black, Canada
# 21,343:
10:58 am PDT, Apr 10,
Richard Michael Brugger Jr, New York
# 21,342:
9:43 am PDT, Apr 10,
Hollye Hicks, Texas
# 21,341:
6:22 pm PDT, Apr 8,
Susan Sheard, Australia
# 21,340:
12:23 pm PDT, Apr 8,
Lucy Reeves, United Kingdom
# 21,339:
1:23 am PDT, Apr 8,
Abigail Colton, United Kingdom
# 21,338:
6:14 pm PDT, Apr 7,
Gina Cogeasca, United Kingdom
# 21,337:
4:43 pm PDT, Apr 7,
Fenix Melly, South Africa
# 21,336:
2:25 pm PDT, Apr 7,
Danny Battison, United Kingdom
# 21,335:
6:37 am PDT, Apr 7,
Elissa Weindling, New York
# 21,334:
4:26 pm PDT, Apr 6,
Natalie Swaim, Iowa
# 21,333:
3:51 pm PDT, Apr 6,
Kim Kostiew, New Hampshire
# 21,332:
10:14 pm PDT, Apr 5,
Alana Soltani, United Kingdom
To those of you with the powers to stop this, please do something to end this cruelty, we know animals suffer pain and have feelings so let's begin the millenium with a new way of life. Please look into their little eyes and do something positive.
To those of you with the powers to stop this, please do something to end this cruelty, we know animals suffer pain and have feelings so let's begin the millenium with a new way of life. Please look into their little eyes and do something positive.
# 21,331:
8:36 pm PDT, Apr 5,
Shawn Williamson, California
# 21,330:
8:25 pm PDT, Apr 5,
Carola Sánchez, Chile
# 21,329:
6:27 pm PDT, Apr 5,
Mike Hughey, California
# 21,328:
12:10 pm PDT, Apr 5,
Danyel Lieberman, Florida
# 21,327:
2:13 am PDT, Apr 5,
Anastasia Elchinskaya, Russian Federation
# 21,326:
8:14 am PDT, Apr 4,
Jo Hale, United Kingdom
# 21,325:
5:08 am PDT, Apr 4,
MARIA DEL ROSARIO AROSTICA, Argentina
estoy en contra de esta crueldad
estoy en contra de esta crueldad
# 21,324:
9:44 pm PDT, Apr 3,
Patricia Feurer, Maryland
# 21,323:
7:01 pm PDT, Apr 3,
Patricia Davis, Texas
# 21,322:
6:40 pm PDT, Apr 3,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 21,321:
5:39 pm PDT, Apr 3,
Name not displayed, Washington
This senseless killing of innocent animals must STOP!!! Use your clout to protect the innocent animals. Or get voted out of office.
This senseless killing of innocent animals must STOP!!! Use your clout to protect the innocent animals. Or get voted out of office.
# 21,320:
5:14 pm PDT, Apr 3,
Dorothy Johnson, Australia
This is so wrong this.Please help save our cousins
This is so wrong this.Please help save our cousins
# 21,319:
4:54 pm PDT, Apr 3,
Ana Loa, California
# 21,318:
11:58 am PDT, Apr 3,
Teresita Garza, Florida
# 21,317:
9:14 am PDT, Apr 3,
Lily Arnold, United Kingdom
# 21,316:
7:35 am PDT, Apr 3,
Littlewing NANCY GLAVIANO, Utah
# 21,315:
7:08 am PDT, Apr 3,
Eva Šindelářová, Czech Republic
# 21,314:
6:08 pm PDT, Apr 2,
Paul Salce, New York
# 21,313:
3:23 pm PDT, Apr 2,
Francesca Cipriani, New Jersey
# 21,312:
2:42 am PDT, Apr 2,
Arianna Pallanti, Italy
# 21,311:
1:11 am PDT, Apr 2,
Tatyana Gulyaeva, Russian Federation
# 21,310:
4:12 pm PDT, Apr 1,
Elana Levine, California
# 21,309:
12:29 pm PDT, Apr 1,
Aaron Lackey, Pennsylvania
this is note right at all leave the chimps alone
this is note right at all leave the chimps alone
# 21,308:
3:16 am PDT, Apr 1,
Toni Sokoloski, Massachusetts
# 21,307:
11:39 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Esteban Rocha, Colombia
this have to end right now!!!
this have to end right now!!!
# 21,306:
5:52 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Erin Shelly, New York
# 21,305:
3:42 am PDT, Mar 31,
Catarina Almeida, Portugal
# 21,304:
4:12 pm PDT, Mar 30,
Lisa Macklin, Virginia
# 21,303:
2:24 pm PDT, Mar 30,
Nancy Lion-Storm, California
# 21,302:
9:22 am PDT, Mar 30,
Clare Eugster, Ireland
# 21,301:
8:50 am PDT, Mar 30,
LINDA DUKE, Illinois