Quoted in The Dodo

This week I was busy working on NAPSA's response to a viral video making the rounds, which originated from a disreputable organization housing exotic wildlife. Many media sources re-posted the video, so I prepared an open letter to those corporations in order to inform them about the harms they were inadvertently supporting via promotion of the video.

When I pitched the story to The Dodo, I was happy to see them jump on the opportunity and the article reported the truth behind the video that was garnering so much attention.

As always, I am grateful that the website serves as a platform to help spread the right messages about misleading online content.

 The best part of this article, in my opinion, is that they printed my comment that "It's never too late for a chimpanzee to be placed in a sanctuary." This is a hot topic of late, in regards to the NIH's retirement of federally-owned and -supported chimpanzees to sanctuary. And of course - it's the truth! There are over 340 chimpanzees at NAPSA member sanctuaries who are proof of this.

Quoted in Conexion Coral

July 14th is the first World Chimpanzee Day, and I am one of four people who have worked to prepare this global event. Argentinian website Conexion Coral contacted me for an interview regarding chimpanzee conservation and why World Chimpanzee Day is so important. I am very pleased with the messages the article helped me get across (translated from Spanish below - which surely affects the quality of the writing a bit, but you can get the idea.)

It's always exciting to experience the reach of projects I work on. Thank you to journalist Tais Gadea Lara for recognizing the important issues behind World Chimpanzee Day!