Friends of Animals, a non-profit animal protection group
with more than 200,000 members around the world, has taken a strong
stand against the Chimp Act, now pending in the U.S. Senate.
The Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and
Protection Act (HR 3514) has passed the House and was introduced in the
Senate by Bob Smith (R-NH).
Says Priscilla Feral, President of Friends of Animals,
"People who support the Chimp Act should do so knowing that 1) as a
factual matter, the Act will create a centralized facility that will
lower the informational and other opportunity costs of vivisectors who
wish to locate chimpanzees with "unique" medical histories to use in
further research."
"They should also know," says Feral, "that as a matter
of law, the decision of the Department of Health and Human Services to
allow experiments on retired chimpanzees will be immune from any legal
challenge."
Friends of Animals is opposing the bill because it will
establish a federal "research farm" for chimpanzees. Once passed, the
bill will be immune from any effective legal challenge.
Friends of Animals is urging its members around the
nation to call and write their Senators, urging them NOT to support the
Chimp Act.
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