Urge Congress to Support the Great Ape Protection Act

Please take a moment to help the more than 1,000 chimpanzees forced to live in laboratory research settings in the United States. On March 4, ABC's Nightline exposed the abuse of hundreds of chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates at the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana. Unfortunately, these individuals are not alone in their suffering.

The Great Ape Protection Act has just been reintroduced in Congress. This legislation would end invasive research on the chimpanzees remaining in laboratories, release federally owned chimpanzees to permanent sanctuaries, and end federal funding for the breeding of federally owned chimpanzees.

Make a brief, polite phone call to urge your U.S. representative to co-sponsor The Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326). Then, send an automatic e-mail to your representative to follow up.

As a result of their use in experiments, chimpanzees can experience early separation from their mothers, social isolation, prolonged captivity, sensory deprivation, and repeated physical harm.

"People may be shocked to learn that laboratories in the United States are permitted to keep chimpanzees in cages about the size of a kitchen table, sometimes for decades," says PCRM primatologist Debra Durham, Ph.D. “It’s time for us to join the growing list of countries that ban invasive experiments on these amazing animals.”

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Learn more about chimpanzees forced to live in laboratory research settings:

Watch Videos of Negra in Her New Home
Negra was captured as an infant in the forests of Africa. The vast majority of her 36 years have been spent in a laboratory where she was used in hepatitis vaccine experiments and for breeding. Negra now lives at the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest.

Ready for Retirement: Will Congress Release Chimpanzees Used in Experiments?

Emily Deschanel Speaks Up for Great Apes

PCRM Primate Experts Available for Comment on New Iberia Primate Abuse and Great Ape Protection Act

Torture Discussion Should Include Our Treatment of Chimpanzees
By Hope Ferdowsian, M.D., M.P.H.
June 12, 2009

Nightline Exposes Chimpanzee Abuse
On March 4, ABC's Nightline aired undercover video footage of the abuse of hundreds of chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates at the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana. More >>

Chimps Used in Experiments Develop Psychological Disorders
Learn more about the observational study by PCRM director of research policy Hope Ferdowsian, M.D., M.P.H. More >>

Project R & R
Read about "Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories." More >>

Chimp Attack Should Spark Ethical Reflection on Our Closest Primate Relatives
Read an op-ed about primate experimentation by Debra Durham, Ph.D., PCRM primatologist. More >>

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