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Primates Shouldn't Be Pets
Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
The recent incident when a pet chimpanzee severely mauled a woman in Connecticut is yet another painful reminder of why primates should not be pets. Primates are dangerous, wild animals who need room to roam free in the wild - not be cooped up as pets in suburban households.
The Captive Primate Safety Act would make it illegal to engage in interstate and foreign commerce with primates as pets - making it much more difficult for people to buy a chimp as a pet. The House recently passed the Captive Primate Safety Act - and now it's up to the Senate to follow suit!
Urge your senator to support the Captive Primate Safety Act today so we can keep chimps where they belong - in the wild!
The Captive Primate Safety Act would make it illegal to engage in interstate and foreign commerce with primates as pets - making it much more difficult for people to buy a chimp as a pet. The House recently passed the Captive Primate Safety Act - and now it's up to the Senate to follow suit!
Urge your senator to support the Captive Primate Safety Act today so we can keep chimps where they belong - in the wild!
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# 17,083:
2:50 pm PST, Feb 9,
Katherine Meoz, California
# 17,082:
2:34 pm PST, Feb 9,
Maria Dasilva, Rhode Island
>:O sikk people!!
>:O sikk people!!
# 17,081:
2:33 pm PST, Feb 9,
Anita Trapp, Texas
# 17,080:
2:31 pm PST, Feb 9,
Dawn Mills, Tennessee
# 17,079:
2:02 pm PST, Feb 9,
Sandra Rively, Texas
These animals can pose severe threats when they are fully grown and should not be allowed as pets.
These animals can pose severe threats when they are fully grown and should not be allowed as pets.
# 17,078:
1:51 pm PST, Feb 9,
Jack Clark, Washington
# 17,077:
1:20 pm PST, Feb 9,
BELLA SHPITSEK, Texas
# 17,076:
1:09 pm PST, Feb 9,
Ryan Sweeney, Arizona
# 17,075:
1:06 pm PST, Feb 9,
Degtyarev Andrey, Russian Federation
# 17,074:
12:46 pm PST, Feb 9,
Linda Remer, New Mexico
# 17,073:
12:14 pm PST, Feb 9,
Angel Of Music, California
# 17,072:
11:52 am PST, Feb 9,
Anna Drummond, California
# 17,071:
11:43 am PST, Feb 9,
Eric Thomas, Florida
# 17,070:
11:34 am PST, Feb 9,
Cristina Munteanu, California
# 17,069:
11:11 am PST, Feb 9,
Kristin Fischer, Maryland
# 17,068:
10:51 am PST, Feb 9,
Erica Fane, Indiana
Primates are wild animals. These delusional people think there getting a "cute lil' monkey" not even realizing this cute little creature will grow up. Primates in captivity should be handled only by professionals. These animals should never be kept as pets. Period. As adults they become aggressive and frustrated. They need the companionship of their own species. Too often have we heard of these silly people being attacked by their primate "pets". Having a primate for a pet is like having a Rattlesnake. Its not if it will bit you, its when will it bite you. End it NOW. People often want what they should not have.
Primates are wild animals. These delusional people think there getting a "cute lil' monkey" not even realizing this cute little creature will grow up. Primates in captivity should be handled only by professionals. These animals should never be kept as pets. Period. As adults they become aggressive and frustrated. They need the companionship of their own species. Too often have we heard of these silly people being attacked by their primate "pets". Having a primate for a pet is like having a Rattlesnake. Its not if it will bit you, its when will it bite you. End it NOW. People often want what they should not have.
# 17,067:
10:41 am PST, Feb 9,
Lindsey Mathison, Massachusetts
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9:29 am PST, Feb 9,
Name not displayed, Indiana
# 17,065:
9:06 am PST, Feb 9,
Name not displayed, California
# 17,063:
8:30 am PST, Feb 9,
Name not displayed, Italy
# 17,062:
8:27 am PST, Feb 9,
Susan Manning, New York
# 17,061:
8:18 am PST, Feb 9,
James Robertson, Arkansas
# 17,060:
8:15 am PST, Feb 9,
ML Bell, Georgia
# 17,059:
7:50 am PST, Feb 9,
April Smith, Indiana
# 17,058:
7:37 am PST, Feb 9,
Luke Thomas, Florida
Scientists now believe HIV came from a chimp and not a green monkey. People who keep chimps for pets makes me wonder about their mentality and what unspeakable acts may be going on to a species almost identical to the humans. Sickening. Why is this legal??
Scientists now believe HIV came from a chimp and not a green monkey. People who keep chimps for pets makes me wonder about their mentality and what unspeakable acts may be going on to a species almost identical to the humans. Sickening. Why is this legal??
# 17,057:
6:41 am PST, Feb 9,
Judy Hamblin, Maine
# 17,056:
5:07 am PST, Feb 9,
Olga Martorell, Florida
# 17,055:
4:41 am PST, Feb 9,
Leslie Brock, Florida
# 17,054:
3:33 am PST, Feb 9,
Carol Ursino, California
# 17,053:
3:04 am PST, Feb 9,
Amanda Scott, New York
The way this world continues to domesticate animals is aggrivating. These animals belong in the wild and should stay there. They arent suppose to be kept as lonely pets who are only going to be crammed in a cage for the rest of their lives when they could be living out their life happy in the wild. Keeping chimps as pets is ridiculous and can even be very dangerous since they DO NOT BELONG AS PETS.
The way this world continues to domesticate animals is aggrivating. These animals belong in the wild and should stay there. They arent suppose to be kept as lonely pets who are only going to be crammed in a cage for the rest of their lives when they could be living out their life happy in the wild. Keeping chimps as pets is ridiculous and can even be very dangerous since they DO NOT BELONG AS PETS.
# 17,052:
2:29 am PST, Feb 9,
Susan Darragh, New Jersey
im fully aware of that incident in fact in one of the FX series NIP Tuck they used this story line far as i am concerned the woman who owned the chimp needed serious help herself...can only imagine what the woman who was severely injured may feel..these kind of situations bring forth a fear of nature in humans when they are subjected to an animal that is out of their element something that should not occur ever!
im fully aware of that incident in fact in one of the FX series NIP Tuck they used this story line far as i am concerned the woman who owned the chimp needed serious help herself...can only imagine what the woman who was severely injured may feel..these kind of situations bring forth a fear of nature in humans when they are subjected to an animal that is out of their element something that should not occur ever!
# 17,051:
12:33 am PST, Feb 9,
Christine Arcieri, Oklahoma
