Help stop the Kardashians from keeping a pet chimpanzee


Many states, counties, cities and towns have laws banning the ownership of non-human primates. There are very valid reasons for this.  Chimpanzees are meant to live in the wild, not in our homes. Those that have been taken from the forest and their mothers belong in a sanctuary or a high quality zoo. Like human children, ape children learn in a social context, by watching and imitating adults. Chimps that grow up apart from a normal group fail to learn the nuances of chimp etiquette, and are likely to behave abnormally. As adults, chimpanzees have at least five times the strength of humans – too much for any pet owner to manage! Zoos usually refuse to accept pets because they tend not to fit into established groups. Historically, many pet chimps ended up in medical research laboratories. Today they are likely to end up in a roadside zoo. 

 

 

   

 

For more information on chimps, their habitat, and how you can help protect these magnificent creatures please take a look at The Jane Goodall institute at the following web address. You will start on a page explaining why pet "ownership" of these animals is unwise.

http://www.janegoodall.org/chimp-central-pets

 

 

We the undersigned would like to begin by thanking you for taking the time to read this letter of petition as we are hoping to change your mind about keeping a pet chimpanzee. We are sure you are unaware of the danger and unintentional cruelty involved in keeping a chimpanzee for a pet. They are both cute and amazingly intelligent, and on the surface it is hard to imagine a reason not to own one. Unfortunately though there are many reasons not to. First and foremost being the chimps welfare. Try as hard as one may, it is impossible to give them a better life than they would have in the wild. Being social creatures and learning from that society they require other chimps to learn from.  As infants, chimpanzees are affectionate, needy, and a delight to interact with. But chimpanzees grow up fast, and their unique intelligence makes it difficult to keep them stimulated and satisfied in a human environment. By age 5 they are stronger than most human adults. They become destructive and resentful of discipline. They can, and will, bite. Chimpanzee owners have lost fingers and suffered severe facial damage. For these and many other reasons we implore you to do the right thing and begin steps towards finding an appropriate home for the chimp you must surely love, as it is in both of your best interest. 

 

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