(USA) Legislation Affecting Nonhuman Great Apes

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Fri, 22 Sep 2000 18:17:15 EDT

GAPNews: Legislation Affecting Nonhuman Great Apes

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The below is a message from Paul Waldau, GAP's Executive Director.

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Two pieces of legislation affecting various nonhuman great apes are winding

their way through the U.S. Congress.

 

The first is the Great Ape Conservation Act (technically known as H.R. 4320),

which the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has just addressed

and which may thus come up for a vote on the senate floor within the next

several weeks.

 

The second is the Chimpanzee Health Protection, Improvement and Maintenance

Act (the " CHIMP Act " -- S. 2725), which recently gained the full support of

the Senate Health Education, Labor & Pensions Committee.

 

While legislation these days is often imperfect, falling far short of basic

protections, each of these bills reflects that more and more attention is

being paid to the plight of the nonhuman great apes. We will report on

developments as they occur, and we may ask you to write your U.S. legislator

to help ensure that these bills are passed in a form which provides good,

consistent protections.