Take Action Tuesday: Tell Geico to stick to the gecko
February 16, 2016 by Diana -
Go to the Geico Action Alert now.
We are faced with constant reminders that many chimpanzees out there do not have the happy life that the chimpanzees at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest currently have.
It took many years and many advocates fighting for the CSNW chimpanzees, and others like them, before they finally made it to a sanctuary. This is why it is so important that we continue to spread information when we know of other chimpanzees being exploited or in dire situations.
Though many strides have been made, the entertainment industry has been, surprisingly, slower to respond to public concern about the use of great apes than the biomedical industry. This clearly needs to change.
You have the opportunity today to help usher that change. A new ad is currently running on television by the insurance company Geico that contains a short clip of a chimpanzee. They have tried to deflect our concerns by saying that the American Humane Association asserted that no animals were harmed on set, but the letter they sent to us with this certification referred to the chimpanzee in the ad as a monkey!
Please take a moment to write to Geico about why chimpanzees do not belong in entertainment (you can personalize the email) and share this action alert far and wide.
It really does only take a minute, and it really does make a difference.
Go to the Geico Action Alert now.
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This is so discouraging. Thank you Eyes On Apes for helping to make this so easy!
Signed and shared. Thanks for the heads up. The Superbowl is about the last piece of television I would ever watch.