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Great apes need you to act now to stop Deal or No Deal from featuring a chimpanzee in an upcoming episode.

Deal or No Deal has a two-hour special scheduled on Monday, May 18, that will feature a live chimpanzee. To train great apes, trainers forcibly remove infants from their mothers. These babies are punched, kicked, and beaten with sticks and fists as part of the training process to ensure that they perform correctly in the fewest takes possible while on set. Great apes can live to be more than 60 years old, but at around 8 years of age, they become too powerful to be safely handled. They are often discarded at substandard roadside zoos or are simply warehoused. To learn more, visit NoMoreMonkeyBusiness.com.

Please take just a few minutes to call NBC to urge it to pull any scenes featuring a chimpanzee from its upcoming episode of Deal or No Deal and to pledge never to use great apes in future episodes. You can reach NBC at 212-664-4444.

Thank you for your kindness and dedication to animals.

Kind regards,

Kristie Phelps
Assistant Director
Animals in Entertainment Campaign

PETA

Great Ape Protection Act

From Project R and R

Great Ape Protection Act Reintroduced

PLEASE, call your legislator and ask them to cosponsor

Photo: Goliath © N. Megna

The Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA) was reintroduced today in Congress. Project R&R: Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories applauds the bill's lead sponsors: Reps. Adolphus Towns, D-NY, David Reichert, R-WA, Jim Langevin, D-RI, and Roscoe Bartlett, R-MD and a long list of other cosponsors, for their commitment and continued attention to the urgent need for this legislation. Project R&R is asking all members to contact their representatives immediately and ask them to cosponsor the bill. Last night, an ABC Nightline segment featured a nine-month undercover investigation of New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in Louisiana by HSUS that captured footage of the psychological and physical suffering of chimpanzees at NIRC. A 108-page complaint filed with USDA contains 338 alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Read more...

The tragic realities of life for chimpanzees and other primates in U.S. laboratories have finally been brought to light. Last evening’s expose on ABC NIGHTLINE educated millions of viewers on their plight. NIH* and the labs must be held accountable. (To write to the acting head of the NIH about this issue, click here; to write to NIRC, click here.) Today, the Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA) was reintroduced in the 111th Congress. Project R&R has been working diligently with HSUS, other organizations and individuals to secure a precedent setting number of cosponsors and a groundswell of public support for this bill. GAPA offers the promise of release and restitution to all chimpanzees now languishing in all U.S. laboratories. Please visit our website today to find your legislator’s name and contact information and ask them to sign on as a co-sponsor of this important legislation.

Photo: © M. Nichols Our promise to all the chimpanzees we know - that we will help all those who are still waiting in laboratories - will be fulfilled with passage of the Great Ape Protection Act.

I also invite each of you who is not already a GAPA volunteer to consider signing up NOW – you’ve never been needed more.

A sincere thank you for your ongoing support in helping us pass and sign GAPA into law and for your commitment to NEAVS until we arrive at the day when all animals in all labs will be replaced with humane, scientifically superior non-animal research.

Finally, a special thank you to Tom, Pepper, Jeannie, Rachel, Billy and all the others whose presence in our life inspires us and who are truly the ones who will help us help all the rest.

Theodora Capaldo, Ed.D

President NEAVS/Project R&R

Chimpanzee Reseacrh Exposed on Nightline

BREAKING STORY

Tune in to ABC-TV Nightline tonight

Please tune in to Nightline tonight (Wed. 03/04 11:30pm EST). This evening's broadcast* features an expose of the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC). The 9 month undercover investigation of NIRC brings the sad realities of a chimpanzee's life in a lab to millions of viewers. We ask you to not miss this rare opportunity to see the truth. Please invite your friends and family to watch. Go to the ABC News website to see a preview and to post a comment. Please watch your email for a follow up eAlert with timely campaign news. Thank you for your support and attention. *News segment schedules are subject to change. Visit Nightline for more information and local listings.