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Giant 'Chimpanzee' Protests at Sundance Film Festival
A giant "chimpanzee," along with activists, will demonstrate at the Sundance Film Festival to discourage the use of great apes in movies.
An activist dressed as a giant chimpanzee holding a sign that reads, "No, I Don't Want to Be in Your Damned Movie," accompanied by PETA activists holding signs that say, "Get Great Apes out of Movies," will protest at the famed Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, January 20.
PETA seeks to reach members of the film industry, including producers, directors, actors, and distributors at the festival to alert them to the cruelty inherent in using chimpanzees and orangutans in films.
Chimpanzee and orangutan experts agree that it is impossible to train these intelligent and sensitive animals without the use of force, fear, and intimidation. Trainers have been seen kicking, beating, and using electric-shock collars on the animals.
Around age 8, as they enter young adulthood, chimpanzees and orangutans become too strong for trainers to manage so they end up being warehoused or dumped at poorly run facilities, where they might live more than 50 years!
No humane agency monitors the traumatic separation of infants from mothers, the cruel training sessions and deplorable housing conditions, or the placement of animals once they are no longer useful to the industry.
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