USA: 141 votes in favor of The Great Ape Protection Act
posted in 14 Jan 2010

R&R Project


R&R Project, together with other organizations, are working intensely since the beginning of the year to be succeed in the approval, by North-American Congress, of the GAP Act – The Great Ape Protection Act. It is a bill proposal that guarantees the retirement of all chimpanzees in research labs of the country, prohibiting invasive tests and the use of federal fund in these procedures.

There are already 141 votes of Congress men in favor of the Act, which is being analyzed by Commerce and Energy Subcomission.

Support this initiative, which defends millions of innocent beings who are still being tortured at medical and research labs.

The Great Ape Protection Act


Forbids:

– Invasive tests in great primates;

– Use of federal funds inside and out United States in medical researches that use great primates;
– Transportation of great primates to these kind of researches;
– Reproduction, using federal fund, to the use of great primates in medical researches.

 
Defines:

– Permanent retirement of all great primates owned by the Federal Government.

 

Support R&R Project and GAP Act. Learn more at:
http://www.releasechimps.org/mission/change-laws/the-great-ape-protection-act/

Dr. Pedro A Ynterian
President, GAP Project International