URGENT: Ask the Army to Stop Poisoning Monkeys TODAY

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Click on and sign Please End Use of Monkeys Today!

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Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) met with Army officials at Aberdeen Proving Ground and confirmed to PCRM today that they have agreed to end the cruel use of live monkeys in chemical casualty management courses and replace them with nonanimal training methods.

We could never have done this without your help. After hearing from their constituents, numerous members of Congress reached out to the Army and voiced their complaints. Furthermore, Army officials told us that they received more than 30,000 e-mails on this issue.

While Army officials have agreed to end this animal use, they have not committed to a specific timeline for the phase-out, stating only that the use of monkeys will stop in the near future. Please e-mail the Army surgeon general and other Army medical leaders and ask them to end the use of monkeys immediately.

By ending this live animal use, the Army has acknowledged that the use of animals is unnecessary and that human-relevant methods such as medical simulation provide a better learning experience for trainees. Since the Army already owns hundreds of medical simulators, there is no reason this transition cannot be made immediately.

Please e-mail Army medical leaders today and respectfully ask them to end the suffering of these monkeys immediately.

Thank you again for all that you have done on this issue. Together, we are making a difference.

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There is no reason
No words, nor rhyme
End all animal testing
And now is the time

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