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That’s the best rhetoric you can offer? A 200+ year old document written long before Westerners were even aware of the existence of chimpanzees? Chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than they are to gorillas. Our genetic structures are virtually identical. Moreover, chimpanzees are the only animals other than humans that are sentient—chimpanzees are aware of their own existence. They experience the full range of human emotions, are capable of learning human language, can draw in representational form, and have the ability to perform complex tasks as well as (and in some cases better) than humans. Nevertheless, chimpanzees in medical research facilities live out their entire 50 or 60 year life spans in 5' X 5' X 7' cages with no blankets, toys, or contact with other chimps. We don’t even subject our worst criminals to the treatment that we give thousands of innocent chimpanzees in facilities all over the United States.
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