Speak Out For Chimps!
Published March 05, 2009 @ 12:10PM PT
Last night, ABC News: Nightline broke the story of more than 300 chimpanzees languishing at one of the world's largest primate research facilities.
The report featured video footage gathered by The HSUS during a nine-month undercover investigation at the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana -- and showed the routine and possibly unlawful treatment of hundreds of chimpanzees and monkeys.
Each animal's suffering detailed in the report was wrenching, but the story of 26 elder chimps currently warehoused at the facility was particularly moving.
Watch our undercover video and see for yourself.
These 26 chimps were taken from their mothers in the wild, and have since lived a life behind bars. The oldest, Karen, was captured in 1958, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was still president. Can you believe that!?
Please take action now to help these chimps. Here are all the ways you can help:
Ask the Governor of Louisiana to retire these chimps to sanctuary.
Push for the passing of the Great Ape Protection Act.
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