Chimpanzees, our closest genetic relatives, share 96-98 percent* of our DNA. In their intelligence, social and family life, and complex emotions, we see ourselves.
A growing body of scientific evidence is showing why even seemingly small genetic differences between chimpanzees and humans call their use in research into question.The scientific debate includes strong arguments around how ineffective, unnecessary, and even dangerous research on chimpanzees can be in our attempts to understand human health and disease.
Some 1,000 chimpanzees are confined in U.S. laboratories. Some were wild-caught as babies in Africa; others were born in a lab or sent from zoos, circuses, owners or trainers. Some were taught to communicate using sign language or raised in family settings %u2013 only to be sent to biomedical laboratories when funding ran out, or they became too strong to manage.
Please sign the Project R&R U.S. petition today, and ask your friends and family to do the same. releasechimps.org
The lives of some 1,000 chimpanzees are depending on us.
Help us build the momentum of citizen support to end chimpanzee research in the U.S. Your signature and that of millions of other U.S. citizens sends a strong message to our elected officials in Congress. Sign today.http://www.releasechimps.org/take-action/sign-the-petition/
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Project R&R - U.S. Petition to End Chimpanzee Research in the U.S.
Chimpanzees are humankind's closest genetic relative, sharing 96-98% of our DNA. An estimated 1,000 chimpanzees are currently held in U.S. laboratories, of which approximately half are federally owned.
The time has come for the United States to join the moral and humane community of countries like Belgium, Balearic Islands, Austria, Japan, Australia, Sweden, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom that have already banned or severely limited the use of chimpanzees and other great apes in research.
We, the undersigned, support the passage of the Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA), U.S. federal legislation: to end to the use of chimpanzees, and all great apes, in U.S. research; to end U.S. funding for chimpanzee research anywhere in the world; and, to permanently retire all federally owned chimpanzees into sanctuary. We strongly support the passage of GAPA and the immediate release of all chimpanzees in U.S. laboratories.
Respectfully signed by:
[Your name]
[Your address]
