The media coverage of the rescue of seven chimpanzees continued, hitting outlets all over the world. On World Chimpanzee Day, July 14th, the coverage intensified due to FedEx releasing news that they flew the chimps to their new home. I wish I was able to capture all the stories here! One of the larger ones (other than People Magazine) was a spot in Yahoo Finance.
The Chimpanzees In Need rescue effort I am leading recently celebrated a major victory as we moved seven more chimps to sanctuary! In addition to Los Angeles and Florida local markets that picked up the story, it was great to have People spread the word nationwide.
Alex Tello's Furthest from the Wild podcast covers a range of issues related to captive exotic animals. I had appeared on the podcast previously (see here) and when Alex told me my last episode was his most popular, I was more than happy to return for a new interview. We discussed the harms of keeping primates in human homes as "pets" and I answered some questions from listeners.
This podcast is released in audio format as well as in video. The video segments are released periodically over a few weeks, and I will add them to this post as they become available. The audio-only podcast is available here.
