Animal Emotions

Do animals think and feel?

by Marc Bekoff

Chimpanzees Should Not Be Treated as Books in a Library

By Marc Bekoff, Ph.D. on January 28, 2012 in Animal Emotions

Chimpanzees are sentient beings who should not be stockpiled and kept in tiny cells as if they're mere objects because they may have to be used in horrific research in the future. They are making small gains in the on-going, and often deceptive battle, to keep them locked up, but they need all the help we can offer. Read More

How much horror is intolerable horror?

Submitted by Anonymous on January 28, 2012 - 7:50am.

Clearly, the practicies and the mentality of dr Vandebergmendele
should not be tolerated.Why are scientists of his kind, practically mentally crippled individuals, get financially and morally supported by the state? Why are these ghosts, totally incompatible with our current time, still let feel safe and confident?

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evidence

Submitted by Anonymous on January 28, 2012 - 11:00am.

If anyone has any questions about the physical and mental effects of long-term confinement of chimpanzees in research institutions, get a hold of the PBS Nature documentary "Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History" on DVD. After watching it it is hard not to feel thoroughly asahamed of what our tax dollars have subsidized under the auspices of moral cretins like Vandeberg and other individuals of his ilk.

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Get them out of the labs, and out of ads

Submitted by Dawn Forsythe on January 28, 2012 - 4:58pm.

Part of the problem, as Marc and others have pointed out previously, is the public thinks that chimps are buffoons. With ads like the one that CareerBuilder is planning for the Super Bowl, people get a warped idea about chimpanzee intelligence and emotions. Please help us send a message to CareerBuilder, which is scorning primatologists and apes advocates AGAIN this year. Sign our petition at http://www.change.org/petitions/careerbuilder-stop-using-chimpanzees-in-...