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Dear John,

Today is the first day of our week of action [[link removed]] in recognition of the suffering our clients have endured as a result of their imprisonment and with the hope they will soon be able to live freely and with peace and dignity.

Yesterday, March 21 st , was the third anniversary of Hercules and Leo [[link removed]] ’s transfer from the New Iberia Research Center to Project Chimps. Last year, whistleblowers brought to light well-documented information [[link removed]] that showed Project Chimps and the Humane Society of the United States (Project Chimps’ primary funder) were not fulfilling their commitment to provide true sanctuary to Project Chimps’ chimpanzee residents, including the NhRP’s clients Hercules and Leo. The NhRP called [[link removed]] on Project Chimps and HSUS to take whatever steps and devote whatever resources are necessary to immediately provide Hercules and Leo with daily access to an outdoor habitat. To our knowledge, Hercules and Leo still spend a majority of their time confined to their housing structure.

Actions of the day:

*
Email
Kitty
Block,
President
and
CEO
of
HSUS,
and
ask
that
Hercules
and
Leo
are
immediately
provided
with
daily
access
to
the
outdoor
habitat
at
Project
Chimps.
Kitty
Block
can
be
reached
at
[email protected]
[[email protected]]
.


A
sample
email:


I
am
writing
out
of
deep
concern
for
Hercules
and
Leo,
two
chimpanzee
residents
of
Project
Chimps.
Hercules
and
Leo
suffered
for
years
in
a
basement
laboratory
at
Stony
Brook
University
where
they
were
subjected
to
invasive
locomotion
studies.
Three
years
ago,
Hercules
and
Leo
were
transferred
to
Project
Chimps,
which,
at
the
time,
claimed
that
they
would
spend
the
remainder
of
their
lives
at
the
sanctuary
napping,
foraging,
and
climbing
pine
trees.
However,
three
years
since
their
arrival
at
Project
Chimps,
their
lives
resemble
nothing
of
what
was
promised.
Hercules
and
Leo
are
confined
to
an
indoor
housing
structure
and
an
enclosed
porch
for
all
but
a
few
hours
a
week.
Outdoor
access
is
integral
to
Hercules
and
Leo’s
ability
to
exercise
their
autonomy
and
their
physical
and
psychological
health.
Your
organization
took
on
the
responsibility
to
provide
lifetime
care
to
Hercules
and
Leo
and
it
is
HSUS'
duty
to
provide
them
with
true
sanctuary,
which
includes
the
freedom
to
choose
how
to
spend
their
days.
I
am
deeply
troubled
that
an
organization
with
as
ample
resources
as
HSUS
has
not
allocated
funds
to
either
expand
the
existing
habitat
at
Project
Chimps
or
build
out
a
new
one.
Please
take
all
steps
necessary
to
immediately
provide
Hercules
and
Leo
with
daily
access
to
an
outdoor
habitat.

*
Tweet
at
HSUS
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and
Project
Chimps
[[link removed]]
asking
that
they
do
whatever
necessary
to
provide
Hercules
and
Leo
with
daily
access
to
the
outdoor
habitat.
A
sample
tweet
is:
“The
@HumaneSociety
and
@ProjectChimps
have
deprived
Hercules
and
Leo
of
true
sanctuary
for
the
past
3
years,
confining
them
to
housing
structures
for
all
but
a
few
hours
every
week.
This
is
unacceptable.
Please
immediately
provide
them
with
daily
access
to
the
outdoor
habitat.”
If
you
do
not
have
Twitter
or
prefer
to
advocate
on
another
social
media
platform,
you
can
still
help
by
sharing
this
email
or
this
[[link removed]]
blog
post.

Thank you!

Click here [[link removed]] to view and share this message as a blog post.

Courtney Fern
Director of Government Relations, the NhRP

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