Contact NBC about abuse of “Whiplash” the Rodeo Monkey
Posted by: AnimalAdvocacy [at] yahoogroups.com
Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:47 pm (PST)

Contact NBC about abuse of “Whiplash” the Rodeo Monkey

On January 31st, both the early Today show and channel 4 showed video/photos of this poor capuchin monkey “riding” a border collie at a livestock show/rodeo in Colorado as their “funny” photo of the day. Obviously they don’t know or care that the monkey is not riding the dog voluntarily and is strapped onto the dog, unable to get off. The video showed Whiplash almost falling off, flopping to one side, obviously bound to the animal while he ran wildly around the rodeo yard. Channel 4 has posted the photos on its website at www.nbc4.com/entertainment/15178021/detail.html

Please contact channel 4 and NBC to let them know referencing “the January 3oth Whiplash the Rodeo Monkey segment.” Mention that this is not the upbeat event they seek to portray it as and perhaps they would do a serious story on how this monkey is kept, trained, and then forced to ride the dog.

Submit your comments online at: www.nbc.com/Footer/Contact_Us/ (click on “other” in the menu box in the middle of the page) or by phone at: 202-885-4000.

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY AND CONTACT NBC TODAY!

– Our task must be to free ourselves …by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. - Albert Einstein

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