Petition information
Steps:
- Determine who your federal representative is (click here, or call the U.S. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121).
- Determine if they are already a cosponsor on the bill.
- Fill out form on this page. They will recieve the standard message below, which you can personalize if needed (i.e. to thank them if they are already onboard.)
Notes:
- If your Representative sits on the Committee on Energy and Commerce - to which the bill has been referred - it is particularly important that he/she support/cosponsor the bill.
- Non-U.S. citizens: click here to sign our World Solidarity Petitions.
- To read more about legislation and The Great Ape Protection Act, H.R. 1326 click here.
- Project R&R is compiling scientific papers identifying the limitations and problems of using chimpanzees as a means of studying human disease and health. To view and read our current papers, click here
To find out more ways you can help, visit our Take Action page.
What's At Stake?
The Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326) was introduced by Representatives Edolphus Towns (D-NY), David Reichert (R-WA), Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) on March 5th, 2009.
The Great Ape Protection Act, H.R. 1326 seeks to prohibit:
- invasive research on great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons);
- the funding of such research both within and outside of the U.S.;
- the transport of covered great apes for such research; or,
- the breeding of covered great apes for such research;
The Great Ape Protection Act, H.R. 1326 seeks to require:
- the permanent retirement of all federally-owned, covered great apes.
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