- Signatures: 5,464
- Goal: 3,000
- Deadline: 6-13-2003
| Number | Date | Name | Country | Why I'm signing this |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,467 | 6:07 am PST, Dec 1 | Alejandra Vega | Argentina | |
| 5,466 | 1:46 pm PST, Nov 30 | M.S. HARRINGTON | United States | THIS IS NOT CIVILIZED AND EXTINCTION IS NOT AN OPTION ON A CIVILIZED PLANET ANYMORE! |
| 5,465 | 3:16 am PST, Nov 11 | Carol Remacle | Belgium | |
| 5,464 | 12:56 pm PST, Nov 4 | Mariana Ignácio | Brazil | |
| 5,463 | 9:19 am PDT, Oct 29 | Brian Melton | United States | |
| 5,462 | 9:29 am PDT, Oct 27 | Marlize Albers | United Arab Emirates | It is utterly sickening.... Destroyers, you are self-destructive. THINK! What will your children inherit? A devastated wasteland they will have to call "our home"... |
| 5,461 | 2:02 am PDT, Oct 12 | michelle müller | Germany | |
| 5,460 | 8:48 pm PDT, Oct 8 | Pascal Delaunay | France | because they are our Cousins ! |
| 5,459 | 1:28 pm PDT, Oct 8 | Anonymous | United States | |
| 5,458 | 8:16 am PDT, Aug 27 | Deborah Moreno | United States | If I didn't, I would feel like an accomplise to the deaths of so many fellow inhabitants of this earth. |
| 5,457 | 9:14 pm PDT, Aug 17 | Genesis Vegan O'Neil | United States Minor Outlying Islands | |
| 5,456 | 6:56 pm PDT, Aug 16 | Dustin Perry | United States | Too many of these animals have been sacrificed for human greed. |
| 5,455 | 6:53 pm PDT, Aug 16 | Wanda Perry | United States | I do not want these animals to end up as pets or in research labs. I want them free from human bondage. |
| 5,454 | 11:12 am PDT, Aug 14 | Dariusz Bialkowski | Poland | There's a long-lasting discussion between zoologists about classification of all apes and potential classifying great apes as homo genus, thus granting them many privileges we enjoy as humans. Regardless of the discussion results it just shows that the gap between humans and rest of the primates is merely symbolic. Remember, we humans are primates and apes as well! |
| 5,453 | 7:06 am PDT, Aug 7 | Linda Kloß | Germany | |
| 5,452 | 10:24 am PDT, Aug 6 | nicholas spry | United Kingdom | Another example of the greed and cruelty of man. Makes me ashamed to be human. |
| 5,450 | 12:56 pm PDT, Aug 2 | jasmine grewal | India | |
| 5,449 | 8:58 am PDT, Jul 29 | Jennifer Brennan | United States | This is the most heinous and horrific thing I have ever witnessed. look at the faces of these primates---they are so close to human faces (but they cannot be as cruel as we)! It is a sick sick practice and I pray it will stop!!! |
| 5,448 | 2:44 am PDT, Jul 23 | Daniela Kroog | Germany | |
| 5,447 | 1:43 pm PDT, Jul 20 | greta malkotzoglou | Greece | |
| 5,446 | 11:56 am PDT, Jul 13 | Michelle Balge | Canada | Killing and eating chimpanzees/gorillas is the same as killing and eating humans. |
| 5,445 | 11:44 am PDT, Jul 10 | Laurel Watson | United States | |
| 5,444 | 4:41 am PDT, Jun 18 | staci-lee Sherwood | United States | |
| 5,443 | 9:55 am PDT, Jun 9 | Greg Zumbaugh | United States | |
| 5,442 | 12:27 pm PDT, Jun 8 | Seth Stern | United States | |
| 5,441 | 1:51 pm PDT, Jun 5 | Camila cardoso | Brazil | |
| 5,440 | 5:01 pm PDT, Jun 4 | Igor Purlantov | United States | |
| 5,439 | 9:49 am PDT, Jun 4 | Christine Bondy | United States | Becuse we need to stop the killing of these animals |
| 5,438 | 11:03 am PDT, May 23 | Fabiana Teixeira | Brazil | |
| 5,437 | 11:57 am PDT, May 2 | Nancy Brenner | United States | |
| 5,436 | 10:21 am PDT, Apr 26 | Amy Jansen | United States | |
| 5,435 | 1:40 pm PDT, Apr 23 | andrew strauss | United States | i love animals |
| 5,434 | 1:44 pm PDT, Apr 21 | Geoff Galbraith-dear | United Kingdom | |
| 5,433 | 6:07 pm PDT, Apr 4 | moni anonym | Germany | |
| 5,432 | 4:03 pm PDT, Apr 3 | Widalys Robles | United States | stop the primate hunt and stop the killing of innocent animals. |
| 5,431 | 11:12 am PDT, Mar 27 | Regina Saraiva | Brazil | |
| 5,430 | 7:19 pm PDT, Mar 25 | Tim McDonald | United States | save the innocent animals and prevent new viruses from running rampant through our communities |
| 5,429 | 9:12 am PDT, Mar 24 | Klaus Eiserbeck | Germany | |
| 5,428 | 9:09 am PDT, Mar 24 | Ingrid Eiserbeck | Germany | Animals are part of creation (like humans)!!! Animals have a right to live with the same species (like humans)!!! Animals want to be alive because they also have feelings (like humans). Animals are fear of death(like humans)!!! |
| 5,427 | 11:44 pm PDT, Mar 21 | Shaine Klish | United States | |
| 5,426 | 7:15 am PDT, Mar 21 | Beatriz Jorge Gianiselle | Brazil | |
| 5,425 | 6:12 am PDT, Mar 17 | Emmy Undem | Austria | |
| 5,424 | 3:02 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Amanda Merrill | United States | It greatly disturbes me to see what is happening to all of the amazing animals in Africa. It is a shame to see that the wealthy people of this planet, who have more foods options than anyone else, fuel this terrible trade. |
| 5,423 | 2:31 pm PDT, Mar 9 | Julie Stuckey | United States | |
| 5,422 | 6:37 am PST, Mar 8 | Franz Scheiber | Austria | Let this lovely animals be theirs ,please!!! |
| 5,421 | 10:42 am PST, Mar 4 | Lilian Matias | Brazil | |
| 5,420 | 6:27 am PST, Mar 2 | Nadine Schüring | Germany | Oh Gott, höre unser Gebet für unsere Freunde, die Tiere, besonders für alle die Tiere, die geschlachtet werden, die misshandelt werden, die nicht geliebt werden, die gejagt werden oder sich verlaufen haben oder hungrig und verlassen sind und sich fürchten und für alle die eingeschläfert werden müssen. Für sie alle erbitten wir Deine Gnade und Dein Erbamen und für alle, die mit ihnen umgehen, erbitten wir ein mitfühlendes Herz, eine sanfte Hand und ein freundliches Wort. Mach uns selbst zu wahren Freunden der Tiere und laß uns so teilhaben am Glück der Barmherzigen! (Albert Schweitzer) |
| 5,419 | 9:47 am PST, Feb 25 | nina anonym | Germany | |
| 5,418 | 9:44 am PST, Feb 25 | marion bienert | Germany | stopt diese sinnlosen tötungen alles wird brutal zerstört lasst die tiere leben!!der mensch macht sich immer breiter und die unschuldigen müssen brutal sterben bald haben wir keinee tiere mehr sondern nur noch tierfilme weil ihr alles zerstört!!!!°! |
| 5,417 | 9:21 am PST, Feb 21 | Anonymous | United States | The killing of our close relatives has got to STOP! It is WRONG, EVIL, and DISGUSTING! We need to take ACTION! These poor creatures can't fight without us. Please STOP THIS KILLING it is a huge sin in the eyes of God! |
| 5,416 | 4:39 am PST, Feb 18 | Chris Spruit | Germany | Stop treating animals like goods. Stop the killing. |
| 5,415 | 6:19 am PST, Feb 13 | TK Farley | United States | |
| 5,414 | 5:24 pm PST, Feb 9 | Victoria Jeffries | Canada | |
| 5,413 | 12:20 pm PST, Feb 8 | Sabine Schneider | Germany | |
| 5,412 | 10:58 am PST, Feb 7 | Jacqueline Tremlin | United States | |
| 5,411 | 12:18 am PST, Feb 4 | Maike Schlarbaum | Germany | |
| 5,410 | 3:09 pm PST, Feb 2 | Daniela Vogt | Germany | |
| 5,409 | 3:26 pm PST, Jan 31 | Olivia Cuthbertson | United States | Chimpanzees are not meant to be eaten.It's cruel, sick, and wrong. |
| 5,408 | 3:24 pm PST, Jan 20 | kely tanigawa | Brazil | |
| 5,407 | 8:05 pm PST, Jan 19 | Jens Grosse-Brauckmann | Germany | |
| 5,406 | 12:39 pm PST, Jan 16 | Kristy Hepworth | United States | Although considered a delicacy in certain social circles, bushmeat is nothing short of disgusting. Gorillas, and all apes, are closer to human than the individuals who senselessly murder and consume them. Please allow me to shoot you and dine upon your meat. What would be the difference? |
| 5,405 | 9:27 pm PST, Jan 14 | Manolo Martinez | United States | |
| 5,404 | 7:54 am PST, Jan 5 | Eileen Hennessy | United States | Eating primates is tantamount to cannibalism. |
| 5,403 | 10:14 pm PST, Jan 4 | SOPHIA MUNOZ | United States | Bushmeat trade must stop. It is an uncivilized and an unethical thing to do for all those involved! Why murder innocent, unique, beautiful animals to obtain status symbol or to eat as a delicacy??? It's not necessary to butcher and eat these animals. All those involved in such actions should be condemned and brought to justice! I love gorillas and chimps....it breaks my heart to see these animals killed for no good reason!!! |
| 5,402 | 3:18 am PST, Dec 28 | Silvio Trensch | Germany | |
| 5,401 | 3:16 am PST, Dec 28 | Bianka Trensch | Germany | "It is the time, Because the crimes on animals also punished, Like the crime on humans. " Leonardo da Vinci Stop the Kanibalismus apes are our ancestors !!! |
Stop the Bushmeat Trade/End Hunting of Primates!
Two male mountain gorillas were recently killed and eaten in Rwanda - today only 355 survive in the wild. In 1980 there were an estimated 100,000 bonobo chimpanzees in Congolese forests. In 1990, fewer than 10,000 were found. Today, after three years of military occupation, there may be as few as 3,000 remaining. Studies have concluded that bonobos are the primates closest to human beings, with whom they are said to share 98.6 percent of their genetic makeup.
Recent reports put the price of the meat at $7 for a half-ape - in the jungles it's cheaper than beef, easier to get than chicken, and deemed tastier than fish. "It's a bit tough, but it is better than cat ... and it is certainly better than nothing," says John, a middle-aged Congolese security guard. Bush meat hunters earn $300 to $1,000 a year in a country where the average family lives on $100 a year.
"The[bonobo babies] cry, they need their mothers, they get chicken pox, they look you in the eye and seem to say they understand a whole lot," says conservationist Claudine Andre, who manages a one-of-its-kind bonobos sanctuary on the outskirts of Kinshasa. "And they are being wiped out." Chimps are expected to disappear from five more countries, including the Congo, by the end of the decade.
We call on governments, and international agencies including the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, to to dramatically increase funding for projects that support, rather than undermine sustainable development in Africa. We call on the governments of Rwanda, Uganda, Congo and other African countries to take all measures possible to enforce anti-bush meat rules immediately and end the illegal hunting of primates. We call on consumers to learn more about the products they buy, and ensure that the purchases they make support rather than undermine efforts to protect wildlife. Finally, we endorse solutions to end the bushmeat crisis that not only protect animals, but also respond to the people in greatest need in the region.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned.
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