Fw: An important message from Great Ape Standing & Personhood (GRASP) and Friends of Animals

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-----Forwarded Message----- Friends of Animals Nov 1, 2005 1:02 PM EBbrewpunx An important message from Great Ape Standing & Personhood (GRASP) and Friends of Animals

 

 

 

 

 

An important message from Great Ape Standing & Personhood (GRASP) and Friends of Animals

 

Contact: "Paula Casal" <paula.casal of Proyecto Gran Simio, Spain

Spain poised to grant legal protection for great apes

 

Zapatero's Socialist Party in Spain is governing in coalition with the Green Party. Francisco Garrido of the Green Party, a bioethicist and deputy for Seville, has presented a proposal to the Spanish parliament ("proposición no de ley" is the technical term) to obtain a commitment from the Spanish government to grant chimpanzees, gorillas, orang-utans, and bonobos protection against "slavery, torture, death, and extinction."

 

Text of the "Proposicion No de Ley" by Francisco Garrido:"El Congreso de los Diputados insta al Gobierno a declarar su adhesión alProyecto Gran Simio y a emprender las acciones necesarias en los foros yorganismos internacionales, para la protección de los grandes simios delmaltrato, la esclavitud, la tortura, la muerte y extinción."

The proposal is enjoying considerable attention from the Spanish media following front-page news in the main papers regarding the completion of the chimpanzee genome project and a United Nations report predicting that all free-living great apes, and their cultures, will disappear in the next thirty years.Members and supporters of Friends of Animals should feel empowered to spend a few minutes writing, on paper (letter rate U.S. to Spain is 80 cents), your support for Garrido's "proposicion de ley", sign it, and send it to the address below. Just a few lines by hand (in English or Spanish; see sample below) will suffice; it is the speed and volume of letters that matters. Writing from universities or other institutions also helps. In addition, please inform others of this alert.

Sample message of support (suggested letter for members and supporters to send to the address below):

Apoyo la "Proposicion No de Ley" y todas acciones necesarias en los foros y organismos internacionales, para la protección de los grandes simios del maltrato, la esclavitud, la tortura, la muerte y extinción.

 

I support the Proposal to the Spanish Parliament as well as all necessary actions in international fora to protect great apes from maltreatment, enslavement, torture, death, and extinction.

 

______________________ [sign]

 

______________________ [Print name; date; institution if applicable]

Please send your message of support to:Proyecto Gran Simio,Guadalest 5, 2A,03005 Alicante, Spain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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