Support the Great Ape Protection Act
Critter News
MARCH 7, 2009
End the use of chimpanzees in animal experiments. It's unconscionable.
Critter News
MARCH 7, 2009
End the use of chimpanzees in animal experiments. It's unconscionable.
Critter News
OCTOBER 30, 2009
She's the new Director of Public Affairs and she's already started lobbying for the Great Ape Protection Act, which would phase out invasive medical research on chimpanzees. Tags: chimpanzees activism apes medical research us. For you international readers, she's Dennis Kucinich's wife.
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Critter News
JUNE 4, 2009
Drug industry group EFPIA said the parliament had managed to balance the protection of animals, the reality of biomedical research, and the needs of patients. They also called for a feasibility study before agreeing to a ban on capturing wild primates to use in laboratories. Nothing, nothing makes me angrier than animal researchers.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
Let's keep our fingers crossed that it provides effective protection. Cameroon, with one of Africa’s highest rates of deforestation, has set up a new national park to protect gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants and a rare type of antelope called bongo.
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 18, 2011
Another way you can help right now (if you are American) is by writing your congressman in support of the Great Ape Protection Act, which not only will save chimpanzees from life in laboratories, but will also save millions of tax payer dollars! Also, you can learn more about Fauna Sanctuary at faunafoundation.org.
Animal Ethics
JULY 22, 2008
The Unalienable Rights of Chimps ,” by Adam Cohen (Editorial Observer, July 14): The Spanish Parliament’s decision to grant rights to apes is indeed groundbreaking, and will foster philosophical discussion about animal protection for some time. Our findings follow many other studies demonstrating mental anguish in traumatized animals.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2013
Their scientific name is Theropithecus gelada, the former word meaning “beast-ape” in Greek. In parts of the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia, from which I have just returned, Geladas have been protected from persecution for some time. Gelada lip flare and yawn. Photo by Adam Riley. Bachelor male Geladas chase a harem male.
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