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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]
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.
[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]
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[9] [10] [11] In 1999, New Zealand was the first country to ban experimentation on great apes by law. [12] [13] On June 25, 2008, Spain became the first country to announce that it will extend rights to the great apes in accordance with GAP's proposals.
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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Australia has enacted a law banning children under 16 from social media, putting in place one of the world’s strictest measures against internet use for minors.. The new legislation has sparked ...