What's At Stake?

Project R&R - World Solidarity Petition to End Chimpanzee Research in the U.S.

HOW YOU CAN HELP: Project R&R is a campaign to end chimpanzee research in the United States - the largest remaining user of chimpanzees for research in the world. An estimated 1,000 chimpanzees still remain in U.S. labs.

As we build momentum to end chimpanzee research in the U.S., your signature and that of millions of others across the globe will build a strong case for our Campaign. All non-U.S./non-Canadian citizens please sign today! We encourage you to email your friends and family to get as many people as possible to do the same.

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 – only to be sent to biomedical laboratories when funding ran out, or they became too strong to manage.

Please sign the Project R&R World Solidarity Petition today, and ask your friends and family to do the same.
 
The lives of some 1,000 chimpanzees are depending on us.