Here is a copy of the letter I sent today. Thank you.
RE: The Great Ape Law
July 29, 2024
From: Diana Blinn, M.D., M.P.H.
I respectfully thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak. I have no other agenda other than an individual and surrogate who voices strong support for the creation of the “Great Ape Law” especially in prohibiting potentially harmful experimentation that is not in the interest of apes.
These subjects are not criminals or consenting parties. They are simply deemed expendable to undergo experiments. An overwhelming body of research and literature attests to a broad variety of superior laboratory methods that do not torture these animals and allow them life and liberty.
The European Union, U.K., Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan have all banned or limited the use of great apes, as well as your own Balearic Islands.
Many of the most innovative, intelligent, and forward-thinking scientists and communities have come together with overwhelming support for the protections originally articulated in the Great Ape Project. I commend you for giving such strong thought to embodying these rights in law. Where there is innovation, there is strong prosperity and economic growth. Look at the GDPs of countries with such innovations. With strong support for protection from torture for the Great Apes, you are addressing the issue at its core.
Continuing to develop protections for these animals within a legislative framework is the moral high path that Spain through its actions can encourage others to follow.
“There have been some improvements in their situation since then - in particular, in both the European Union and the United States, the use of great apes in invasive medical research has ceased.”
If we were able to save a great deal of human lives by performing medical research on apes would that not be an effective trade off?
Here is a copy of the letter I sent today. Thank you.
RE: The Great Ape Law
July 29, 2024
From: Diana Blinn, M.D., M.P.H.
I respectfully thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak. I have no other agenda other than an individual and surrogate who voices strong support for the creation of the “Great Ape Law” especially in prohibiting potentially harmful experimentation that is not in the interest of apes.
These subjects are not criminals or consenting parties. They are simply deemed expendable to undergo experiments. An overwhelming body of research and literature attests to a broad variety of superior laboratory methods that do not torture these animals and allow them life and liberty.
The European Union, U.K., Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan have all banned or limited the use of great apes, as well as your own Balearic Islands.
Many of the most innovative, intelligent, and forward-thinking scientists and communities have come together with overwhelming support for the protections originally articulated in the Great Ape Project. I commend you for giving such strong thought to embodying these rights in law. Where there is innovation, there is strong prosperity and economic growth. Look at the GDPs of countries with such innovations. With strong support for protection from torture for the Great Apes, you are addressing the issue at its core.
Continuing to develop protections for these animals within a legislative framework is the moral high path that Spain through its actions can encourage others to follow.
Respectfully,
Dr. Diana Blinn
That's a great letter!!
Are you ok if i use it to send it also?
Thank you! Of course.
“There have been some improvements in their situation since then - in particular, in both the European Union and the United States, the use of great apes in invasive medical research has ceased.”
If we were able to save a great deal of human lives by performing medical research on apes would that not be an effective trade off?
Is there a way to vote against it? There's more than enough limitations on scientific experiments already.