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These countries have ruled that chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans are so cognitively similar to humans that using them as test subjects is unethical. [2] [3] Austria is the only country in the world to have completely banned experiments on all apes, including both the great apes and the lesser apes, commonly known as gibbons. [4]
[citation needed] Six countries currently ban the use of great apes for scientific research, and Austria is the only country in the world to ban experiments on lesser apes. [citation needed] In 2009, Bolivia became the first country to banish animal abuse and harm in circuses. [1]
Several European countries including Austria, the Netherlands, and Sweden have completely banned the use of great apes in animal testing. [13] Austria was the first country to ban experimentation on lesser apes. Under EU Directive 2010/63/EU, the entire European Union banned great ape experimentation in 2013.
In 1997, the United Kingdom announced a policy of no longer granting licenses for research involving great apes, the first ever measure to ban primate use in research. Announcing the UK’s ban, the British Home Secretary said: "[T]his is a matter of morality. The cognitive and behavioural characteristics and qualities of these animals mean it ...
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Even untrained humans can decipher ape communication, including gestures related to grooming and sex, according to a new study published on Jan. 24 in the journal PLOS Biology.
The Great Ape Project achieved many of its goals in its early years: New Zealand completely banned invasive experiments on great apes in 1999, as did the Balearic Islands (an autonomous region of the monarchy of Spain) in 2007, deciding to implement certain fundamental rights for great apes in their code of law.
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