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!
11:58 am PST, Nov 21,William Giddings, Pennsylvania
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11:31 am PST, Nov 21,Pepe R, New York
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11:09 am PST, Nov 21,Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
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11:01 am PST, Nov 21,Kathleen Robertson, Oklahoma
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10:26 am PST, Nov 21,Loris Caldero, Massachusetts
The Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), also known as the Robust Chimpanzee, is a great ape. The name troglodytes, Greek for 'cave-dweller', was coined by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in his Handbuch der Naturgeschichte (Handbook of Natural History) published in 1779. Colloquially, it is often called the chimpanzee (or simply 'chimp'), though technically this term refers to both species in the genus Pan: the Common Chimpanzee and the closely-related Bonobo, or Pygmy Chimpanzee.
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9:39 am PST, Nov 21,Diana Gregory, California
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9:14 am PST, Nov 21,Dana Arthur, Louisiana
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9:09 am PST, Nov 21,Linda Marple, New Mexico
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9:07 am PST, Nov 21,Kevin Reynolds, California
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8:39 am PST, Nov 21,Connie Raper, North Carolina
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7:20 am PST, Nov 21,DIANE HARRIS, Virginia
Chimps should not be pets. It is cruel to them and then when they do not conform to the behavior we expect, they end up dead.
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6:34 am PST, Nov 21,Susanne Tyler, Germany
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5:15 am PST, Nov 21,Mia Wyatt, Maryland
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5:00 am PST, Nov 21,Name not displayed, Georgia
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4:41 am PST, Nov 21,Alexandra MAUVE, France
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4:25 am PST, Nov 21,Janet Chirrick, New York
I agree with this
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4:24 am PST, Nov 21,Felicita Luna, New York
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4:17 am PST, Nov 21,Alicia Benke, Pennsylvania
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3:52 am PST, Nov 21,Philippe Ducreux, France
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3:16 am PST, Nov 21,Maria Fongaro, Italy
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12:32 am PST, Nov 21,Ilia Raye, Washington
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10:12 pm PST, Nov 20,Michelle McLean, Indiana
They belong in the wild with their own kind and environment.
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9:54 pm PST, Nov 20,Soo Thacker, Alaska
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9:48 pm PST, Nov 20,Susan Garcia, Arizona
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9:01 pm PST, Nov 20,Kathy Moran, Illinois
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8:37 pm PST, Nov 20,Selena Millman, Ohio
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8:29 pm PST, Nov 20,Erin Conklin, New York
This is a common sense issue. Unfortunately, common sense isn't very common anymore and we need legislation to end these preventable disasters.
