Tell Congress to save the apes

While we can argue that government does a whole lot of nothing, there's still a little something they can do for the apes. Support the Great Ape Conservation Act Reauthorization by contacting Congress. Jane Goodall is all about it. And I think she's a pretty reliable when it comes to apes. A world without apes would be a sad world indeed. This is, literally, the least you can do. I just sent a message to Sandy Levin, my man in Congress, and it took me less than five minutes.

UPDATE: From a return email from Sandy Levin: "You may also be interested to know that I was a cosponsor of the Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act (CHIMP) which prohibited the euthanasia of chimpanzees for anything other than humane health reasons and established a federally-funded reserve where chimpanzees can live when they are no longer needed for federal research. Since enactment of this legislation in 2000, over 140 chimpanzees have 'retired' to this facility."

Cool.