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Dear Friends,
Hello again — it’s me, Nicole, the undercover investigator for The Humane Society of the United States. I spent a lonely and depressing nine months documenting the even more depressing lives of some of the 325 chimpanzees who are caged at the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana.
In part because of my investigation, Congress is poised to consider the Great Ape Protection Act, which would end invasive research on the 1,000-plus chimpanzees remaining in U.S. laboratories. I’m hopeful that my work might one day save these intelligent primates from lives of misery.
But I’m also worried. Without resources, investigations like mine can’t happen. And without investigations, our campaigns to confront animal cruelty lack a key ingredient: facts. We desperately need facts to inform advocates and policymakers about cruelties often hidden behind closed doors.
Will you make an emergency donation to support our Investigations Fund?
When I was undercover, I knew that I could walk out of the research lab any time I wanted. And some days, believe me, I wanted to. But I didn’t, and on those lonely days of self-doubt, when I was pretending to be someone I wasn’t, this is what kept me going: I knew that once I left those sterile, lifeless cinderblock rooms that are under lock and key, no one was going to give the chimpanzees what I had been giving them whenever I was able — a friendly voice, a caring hand, or a playful tickle. I could leave the research lab’s iron-clad doors, but would my friends ever be as lucky?
So I resolved that I would not leave them until I was ready to tell the world their stories. When you support our Investigations Fund, you enable me to go undercover, document abuses, and tell the stories of animals who suffer in the shadows, out of the sight of the public. My work is to bring their misery into the sunlight, where it cannot survive.
I was asked to write you because investigations are one of the most powerful tools that The Humane Society of the United States can bring to bear against the mistreatment of animals — whether chimps, pets, wildlife, or farm animals. But it’s costly work. It takes lots of time. My colleagues and I can’t get the job done without you standing with us. Today, please support our Investigations Fund with a gift of $35, $50, $100 or more.
I’m grateful that the tragic stories of Danielle (pictured above), Siafu, Karen, and other chimps I met at the New Iberia Research Center have motivated tens of thousands of people to demand that they be retired. I look forward to the joyous day this happens.
For now, though, I’m already preparing for my next undercover assignment. It’s going to be another tough one. That’s why I’m grateful you are standing behind me. Please donate today.
Sincerely,
Source: Humane Society of The United States .
