What's At Stake?

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

HOW YOU CAN HELP: 

1.) If you are a U.S. citizen, sign this Project R&R petition today to add your name in support of ending chimpanzee research in the United States. Together, we can secure the release of all chimpanzees remaining in labs into permanent sanctuary. 
2.) Then, please sign the Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA) petition which we will send to legislators asking for their support of GAPA, which will end all chimpanzee research and retire all federally owned chimpanzees into permanent sanctuary.

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 U.S. petition today, and ask your friends and family to do the same. 
The lives of some 1,000 chimpanzees are depending on us.