|
|
Home >
Behind The Scenes >
Campaign Supporters
Campaign Supporters
Many animal-protection organizations and primate experts are opposed to the use of great apes in film, television, advertising, and other performance situations.
The Chimpanzee Collaboratory is a "collaborative project of attorneys, scientists and public policy experts working to make significant and measurable progress in protecting the lives and establishing the legal rights of chimpanzees." Members of the Collaboratory include the renowned Jane Goodall; Carole Noon, Ph.D., the director of the world's largest sanctuary for captive chimpanzees; Roger Fouts, Ph.D., and Deborah Fouts, M.S., co-directors of The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute and Friends of Washoe; and many others who believe that chimpanzees and other great apes should not be forced to perform for our amusement.
To read an account of one primatologist's undercover investigation of a Hollywood animal trainer's compound, click here. The Chimpanzee Collaboratory's report about the use of great apes in entertainment, "Serving a Life Sentence for Your Viewing Pleasure! The Case for Ending the Use of Great Apes in Film and Television" can be found here.
Read more about the Jane Goodall Institute's position on the use of great apes in entertainment here.
Even the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), a nonprofit organization "dedicated to the advancement of zoos and aquariums in the areas of animal care and husbandry, conservation, education, science, and recreation," has spoken out against the use of chimpanzees on television. In February 2004, the AZA wrote to CNBC to express concern about The Dennis Miller Show's plan to feature a young chimpanzee as Miller's "sidekick." The AZA wrote, "The use of chimpanzees and other great apes for entertainment such as this creates terribly wrong perceptions of these animals, who are highly endangered in their native Africa."
|
|
|
