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For immediate release:
June 23, 2021
Contact:
Brooke Rossi 202-483-7382
Lick, Mon. – PETA today sent an urgent letter to Aya Katz, a video blogger who keeps a chimpanzee named Bowe in his Texas home as a “pet” and posts videos of him “grooming” her hair and face, urging her to stop direct contact with Luke and deny him fellowship and friendship with others of his kind and make plans to transfer him to an accredited refuge as soon as space becomes available.
PETA warns that it’s only a matter of time before such close contact with a chimpanzee could be fatal – just last weekend, a private chimpanzee named Buck was shot by Oregon police after assaulting its owner’s daughter, and notes that only an accredited Object can provide Luke with suitable living conditions.
“Domestic chimpanzees are ticking time bombs, and direct contact with Bow can be a death sentence for him and everyone in the vicinity,” says Brittany Peet, deputy general counsel for the PETA Animal Bondage Law Enforcement Foundation. “PETA asks Katz to give Bow the best gift she can: the ability to play, care for, and interact with other chimpanzees.”
PETA, whose motto is in part that “the animals are not ours to be used for entertainment” – opposes arrogance, a worldview focused on human superiority. For more information please visit PETA.org or subscribe to the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram…
This is followed by PETA’s letter to Katsu.
June 23, 2021
Aya Katz, Ph.D.
Research Director of Project Bow
Dear Dr. Katz,
I am writing to you today on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) regarding the chimpanzee onion. You’ve probably heard of the tragic killing of another domestic chimpanzee named Buck, who was kept by Tamara Brogoitti in Umatilla County, Oregon. Buck was shot and killed by local law enforcement earlier this week following an attack on Brogoitti’s daughter, who was badly injured. As you well know, Buck’s murder is not the first time a privately owned chimpanzee has been killed following an attack on a human, but we hope it will be the last. With this in mind, we strongly recommend that you immediately end direct contact with Luke and make a plan to place Luke in an accredited shelter as soon as space becomes available.
Continuing direct contact with Bow would almost certainly mean a death sentence for him, as it would for Buck. It’s not about whether the Bow will attack a person, but when… Chimpanzees tend to be aggressive, and one of the ways they define social hierarchy is through frequent, erratic, and unstable conflict. Although Bow lived in isolation, this behavior was ingrained, and it is impossible to predict what would prompt him to react quickly and violently, so if Bow escaped, he could easily damage property or cripple a person in a matter of minutes. No chimpanzee owner thinks the worst will happen to them until it happens, as Brogoitti tragically learned this week and as many have learned before her. Please, let’s stop this death cycle now.
In an accredited reserve, Lucu will be allowed to thrive in their natural environment with other chimpanzees. Imagine Bowe living with other chimpanzees … playing, caring for and interacting with others like him as he was born. It would be the greatest gift you could give him. This is the right thing to do and the most practical next step in ensuring public safety, as well as your own.
I look forward to discussing options for a plan to transfer Luke to an accredited asylum. Hope to hear from you as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Brittany Peet, Esq.
Deputy General Counsel for Animal Bondage Compliance
PETA Foundation
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