Angelica Huston speaks out for the great apes
Everyone loves those chimps in the Career Builder ads. So funny! And the orangutan in Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can? Totally steals the movie from Clint Eastwood.
But here's the thing: those apes are treated badly when they're off stage and off camera. They're basically kidnapped from their mothers and raised by humans, who can't teach them any of the skills necessary for life in the wild. That's a problem when they turn 8 and are too big and strong to be handled, and must be retired from acting work. Since they can't live in the wild, they wind up in sad sideshows and pseudo-sanctuaries, alone in filthy concrete cages.
This is why Angelica Huston, the star of a PETA video, is entreating Hollywood to stop using the great apes. And PETA would like all of us to exert consumer pressure on the industry by walking out of movies that use apes, and contacting companies that use apes in advertising to complain. Check out their site No More Monkey Business for cute pictures and sad details about the way we can help our closest relatives in the animal world.
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