DawnWatch: NY Times on chimps leaving entertainment abuse for sanctuary — 12/11/06
December 11th, 2006 10:51 pm by Kelly Garbato———- Forwarded message ———-
From: DawnWatch – news [at] dawnwatch.com
Date: Dec 11, 2006 8:03 PM
Subject: DawnWatch: NY Times on chimps leaving entertainment abuse for sanctuary — 12/11/06
The Monday, December 11, New York Times, includes an article headed, “Settlement Sends Chimps to Sanctuary” (P A20)
It tells us, “Two chimpanzees that appeared in numerous movies and television shows were removed from a ranch and will retire to a sanctuary to settle a lawsuit alleging animal cruelty, an animal rights group said Sunday….A third chimp will be shipped to Florida next week.”
We learn:
“The chimps have appeared in shows like “That 70s Show” and “The Craig Kilborn Show,” and in “Evan Almighty,” a movie to be released next year. They were raised from a young age by the trainer Sid Yost.
“The Animal Legal Defense Fund and other groups sued Mr. Yost last year in federal court, accusing him of beating them, using an electric shock stick on them and punching, taunting and intimidating them.”
The full (brief) article is on line at www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/us/11chimps.html.
You can find out a more about the case on the ALDF site at www.aldf.org/news/details.php?id=202.
And a superb resource for information about the abuse of chimps in entertainment is the Chimpanzee Collaboratory site. It includes a short film well worth watching at www.chimpcollaboratory.org/projects/pubed.asp.
The article opens the door for letters against the use of chimps in the entertainment industry. The New York Times takes letters at letters [at] nytimes.com.
Always include your full name, address, and daytime phone number when sending a letter to the editor. Remember that shorter letters are more likely to be published. And please be sure not to use any comments or phrases from me or from any other alerts in your letters. Editors are looking for original responses from their readers.
Yours and the animals’,
Karen Dawn
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