,,iv  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ace  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,febru>y #ad1         
#bjai,mr4 ,pet]s 7= himself1 ,mr4       
,blum5au]1 ,mr4 ,crd5as1 ,mr4 ,coh51    
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,johnson (     
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4         
,mc,nerney1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,pocan1  
,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,s]rano1 & ,mr4     
,*abot7 submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2   
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,natural
 ,res\rces  ,,resolution  ,express+     
support = designation ( ,febru>y #ad z  
,_w ,bonobo ,day4  ,:]eas ! ,bonobo     
,project is a #eja7;c77#c7 nonpr(it     
organization t seeks to elevate ! /atus 
( ! bonobo1 an endang]$ species1 &      
coord9ate activities t support !        
pres]vation ( bonobos 9 _! natural      
habitat2 ,:]eas bonobos are classifi$ z 
great apes & are f\nd only 9 ! he>t ( ! 
,democratic ,republic ( ,congo 7,,drc71 
,africa1 betwe5 ! ,congo ,riv]1 !       
,lualaba ,riv]1 & ! ,kasai_/,sankuru    
,riv]s2 ,:]eas ! ,int]national ,union = 

,cons]vation ( ,nature 7,,iucn7 has     
plac$ bonobos on ! endang]$ species li/1
 /at+ t !re are z few z #ae1jjj bonobos 
left 9 ! wild & _! population is        
decreas+2 ,:]eas bonobos %>e almo/ #ii  
p]c5t ( ! same ,,dna ) humans & !y are  
clos] g5etically to humans ?an !y are to
 gorillas or orangutans2 ,:]eas bonobos 
are ! only matri>*al great ape1 & female
 alliances enable bonobos to ma9ta9     
social dom9ance 9 _! gr\ps2 ,:]eas      
bonobos prim>ily resolve t5sions )9 &   
betwe5 _! gr\ps ?r\gh sexual contact1 n 
?r\gh fatal aggression2 ,:]eas ! ,bonobo
 ,project works ) o!r bonobo            
organizations1 su* z ,lola ya ,bonobo1 !
 only sanctu>y = bonobos 9 ! _w2 ! /aff 
at ,lola ya ,bonobo "w to rescue1       
rehabilitate1 & release bonobos back    
into ! wild2 & ,lola ya ,bonobo is      
locat$ 9 ,k9%asa1 ,,drc1 on #ge acres ( 
=e/$ l&2 ,:]eas ! ,bonobo ,project also 
works ) ! ,wamba ,committee = ,bonobo   
,rese>*1 locat$ ne> ! ,luo ,sci5tific   
,res]ve 9 ,wamba1 ,,drc1 :i* is !       

orig9al site = bonobo rese>* f\nd$ by   
,dr4 ,takayo%i ,kano 9 #aigc2 ,:]eas    
bonobos are an endang]$ species = sev]al
 reasons1 b ma9ly due to poa*+ & habitat
 de/ruction & fragm5tation2 ,:]eas sev5 
,unit$ ,/ates zoos h bonobos includ+ !  
,san ,diego ,zoo1 ,milwaukee ,c\nty     
,zoo1 ,jacksonville ,zoo1 ,columbus ,zoo
 & ,aqu>ium1 ,c9c9nati ,zoo & ,botanical
 ,g>d51 ,memphis ,zoo1 & ,=t ,wor? ,zoo2
 ! ,milwaukee ,c\nty ,zoo sponsors !    
,bonobo & ,congo ,biodiv]sity           
,initiative2 sev]al ( ! zoos support    
bonobo sanctu>y1 rese>*1 & cons]vation  
ef=ts 9 ! ,congo2 & ! ,ape ,cognition & 
,cons]vation ,initiative ne> ,des       
,mo9es1 ,i[a1 h\ses & /udies a small    
gr\p ( bonobos2 & ,:]eas ,febru>y #ad1  
,val5t9e's ,day1 w\ld be an appropriate 
date to designate z ,_w ,bonobo ,day3   
,n[1 !re=e1 be x  ,t ! ,h\se (          
,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 supports         
designation ( ,_w ,bonobo ,day2 &  7#b7 
enc\rages ! p ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates to      
p>ticipate 9 activities t help to       

educate ! public ab\t ! ne$ to protect  
bonobos z uniquely matri>*al1 lov+1 &   
endang]$ great apes4