MF Doom Speaks Up for Animals in Entertainment October 20, 2009
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I'm sure you all remember a few months back when a chimp named Travis was stabbed and shot to death after badly attacking a Connecticut woman. Travis was just one of countless animals used in entertainment who spend their lives being forced to perform and end up suffering terribly for it. In this case, one animal lost his life, and an innocent woman was seriously injured. When this story broke a lot of people looked at Travis as a monster who was out of control. The truth behind the story though is that animals like chimpanzees should not be kept as pets, or in shady road-side "zoos" or Hollywood film studios for that matter.
It caught our attention when we saw that infamous hip-hop artist MF Doom (a.k.a. Danger Doom) spoke out about the tragedy in a recent interview with The New Yorker. He apparently wrote a song about the incident from the chimp's perspective, and said "It's still the fact of shooting a monkey. What is this disrespect for life?"
You can speak up for animals used in entertainment by spreading the message to your friends and family not to support companies, movies, or TV shows that think animals are ours to exploit.
xo
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