Fwd: Call Congress Now to Help End Chimpanzee Experiments!

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From: PETA <do-not-reply@peta.org>
Date: January 31, 2012 9:11:28 AM CS
Subject: Call Congress Now to Help End Chimpanzee Experiments!
Reply-To: PETA <do-not-reply@peta.org>

Dear Cindy, Thanks to you, there is currently more bipartisan support in Congress for banning invasive experiments on chimpanzees than ever before! The Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act now has 150 cosponsors, with more than 35 of those signing onto the bill after our last National Call-In Week in December! This is great progress, but we still need your help to make history for great apes. Last night, NBC's Rock Center With Brian Williams aired a story about the fiery national debate surrounding the continued abuse of chimpanzees at the notorious Texas Biomedical Research Institute and a small handful of other barbaric laboratories in the U.S. that are the last in the industrialized world to still use great apes for invasive experiments. Dr. Jane Goodall cut right to the heart of the issue when she told NBC, "All invasive research is torture. And it's not just the procedures. It's the imprisonment. It's being kept in a small space with no choice. You just are there. You're powerless." But while the nearly 1,000 chimpanzees locked in U.S. laboratories are powerless, you and I are not. We are chimpanzees' only defense against heartless vivisectors, and it is now more important than ever that we take decisive action to end this vile practice. Even if you've already sent an e-mail, please join me and other concerned citizens by calling your senators and representatives today to ask them to cosponsor the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act (H.R. 1513/S. 810). If you already know who your members of Congress are, you can call 1-855-855-7276 right now to reach the switchboard at the Capitol. If not, click here to find the telephone numbers for your senators and here to find the telephone numbers for your congressional representative. Thank you for all that you do for animals. Very truly yours, Justin Goodman, M.A. Associate Director Laboratory Investigations Department People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals