AR-News: ads and other promotions using chimpanzees

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From:  primfocus at waste.org


A slew of new ads and other promotions using chimpanzees have come up recently.  Please consider writing polite letters to the following companies asking them not to contribute to the exploitation of chimpanzees.  Possible issues to raise with these companies include the often brutal training methods used by chimpanzee trainers, the fact that these individuals are taken from their mothers at infancy and rarely returned, and the fact that representing a critically endangered species as a cute little joke just isn't funny or responsible.



More details on chimpanzee “actors” and how they are treated and trained can be found at http://www.chimpcollaboratory.org/projects/pubed.asp



Please cross post.



1. A calendar company in Canada uses pictures of baby chimpanzees dressed up in clothes and customizes the calendars for various advertisers:



Distributor:



Canadian Calendar Metal Co

1545 Britannia Rd. E. Unit 2, 

Mississauga, ON L4W 3C6

c2k at on.aibn.com



Company that uses them for advertising:



National Hose Industrial & Hydraulic Hose and Fittings

160 Milner Avenue

Scarborough, ON

M1S 3R3

NATHOSE at aol.com



2. VH1’s “I Love the 70’s” features a young chimpanzee running through tricks during the end credits of at least one of the episodes:



Christina Norman

President, VH1

1515 Broadway

New York, NY 10036



3. An Oregon progressive radio station has billboards with photos of chimpanzees for a “Hear no evil, see no evil” campaign:



Mike Dirkx

Operations Manager

AM 620 KPOJ
4949 SW Macadam Avenue

Portland, Oregon  97239



4. A prominent pet products trade show recently included a booth where attendees could pose for a photo op with a young chimpanzee:



Trade show organizer:



Andrew Darmohraj

VP and Deputy Managing Director, Trade Show Department

American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, Inc. 
255 Glenville Road
Greenwich, CT 06831
Phone: 203-532-3606
Fax: 203-532-0551
E-mail: andy at appma.org



The company whose booth featured the young chimpanzee:



Rick Lang

President, Dad’s Products Company, Inc
PO Box 451

Meadville, PA 16335



5.  Moviefone runs a promotional segment at movie theaters that features a number of chimpanzee “actors”:



Lori Dolginoff

Senior Director of Corporate Communications, AOL
1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
Tel: 212 / 652-6363
Fax: 212 / 956 -2768
Dolginoff1 at aol.com
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