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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!
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12:34 pm PDT, May 2,
Maxine Holloway, United Kingdom
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11:51 am PDT, May 2,
Nicole Schultz, Florida
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10:50 am PDT, May 2,
Carolyn V Wojcik, Massachusetts
Dear Sen. Kennedy, I am outraged by the killing of chimpanzees and other imperiled wildlife species for the so-called bushmeat trade - a cruel practice that pushing great apes and other species to the very brink of extinction. As your constituent, I strongly urge you to support legislation to discourage the bushmeat trade and other destructive activities - like irresponsible logging and mining practices - that contribute to it. By saving the chimps, we are saving ourselves. Sincerely Carolyn V Wojcik 66 The Fenway #51 Boston MA 02115 |
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9:32 am PDT, May 2,
Paul Bruce-joy, United Kingdom
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5:37 am PDT, May 2,
Sharon Maycock, United Kingdom
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7:47 am PDT, May 1,
Krista LePak, Minnesota
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8:35 pm PDT, Apr 29,
Amanda Kitts, Arizona
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5:20 pm PDT, Apr 29,
Melanie King, Ohio
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Lisa Ritchie, Canada
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2:46 am PDT, Apr 29,
Peter Chavdarov, Bulgaria
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12:28 am PDT, Apr 29,
Allison Nenadal, Ohio
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4:16 pm PDT, Apr 28,
Barbara Whelan, United Kingdom
Come on shape up you lot thats supposed to be in charge or there wont be anything to be left in charge of if you dont sort this out now
Come on shape up you lot thats supposed to be in charge or there wont be anything to be left in charge of if you dont sort this out now
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4:04 pm PDT, Apr 27,
Name not displayed, Georgia
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1:12 pm PDT, Apr 27,
Victoria Lord, United Kingdom
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Kirsikka Ahtiala, Finland
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Hanne Smessaert, Belgium
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Christopher Young, Texas
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Lynn Lie, Indonesia
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Megan Grant, Illinois
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Elena Dragomir, Romania
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Anja Gundermann, Germany
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Myriam Aggoun, France
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JAMES SULLIVAN, Illinois
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Sherry Watts, North Carolina
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Jimmy Greenwood, United Kingdom
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Kristina McArdle, United Kingdom
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Sylvia Mills, United Kingdom
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Victoria Salinas, California
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Ryan Fritsch, Australia
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Cynthia Parker, Virginia
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Kitty Kat, New York
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Melinda Kincaid, Oklahoma
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Jennie Johnson, Minnesota
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Cassie Toner, Washington
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Helene Johnson, Florida
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Marni Linton, Canada
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Vanessa Garvy, Illinois
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Shelby Quinn, Pennsylvania
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Sierra Moore, Arizona
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12:30 pm PDT, Apr 16,
Adam V Paul, Romania
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7:42 am PDT, Apr 15,
Aura Beckhofer-Fialho, United Kingdom
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6:37 am PDT, Apr 15,
Suszan Bernstein, New York
Do we want to show our grandchildren photographs of how it once was?.Stop the killing now before the wild becomes extinct. We need to unite worldwide, and take the initiative now to work togeather to help build conservations to save wildlife.
Do we want to show our grandchildren photographs of how it once was?.Stop the killing now before the wild becomes extinct. We need to unite worldwide, and take the initiative now to work togeather to help build conservations to save wildlife.
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11:24 pm PDT, Apr 14,
Pauline Guest, California
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8:31 pm PDT, Apr 14,
Michele McGuire, Indiana
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Zack Newman, Colorado
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Natasha Vuletich, Kuwait
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Jenny Lu, California
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7:24 am PDT, Apr 13,
Name not displayed, Virginia
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11:56 pm PDT, Apr 12,
Jill Rader, Tennessee
in my opinion eating chimps and gorillias is canibalism the government dosen't allow eating humans so why does it let this happen?
in my opinion eating chimps and gorillias is canibalism the government dosen't allow eating humans so why does it let this happen?
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7:30 pm PDT, Apr 12,
Name not displayed, Canada
dont u dare harm these animals we are coming to global warming becausse poeple have no brain in there head to think on how thye are infecting our invirment and themselves they are stupid and do u wnat animals too go extinct them beautiful aimals that brighten our world in every miniute and every second of our day wiht out animals what would we be friendly too what would we care for now get a clue and think before you do.
dont u dare harm these animals we are coming to global warming becausse poeple have no brain in there head to think on how thye are infecting our invirment and themselves they are stupid and do u wnat animals too go extinct them beautiful aimals that brighten our world in every miniute and every second of our day wiht out animals what would we be friendly too what would we care for now get a clue and think before you do.