- United States
- Colo.
- Letter
I, and much of the nation, am currently enjoying (if that is the right word) the show Chimp Love on HBO, which details the wild abuses of a group of people who owned chimpanzees in captivity. The show ends on the note that there are still not laws to outlaw private ownership of chimpanzees in the US. While I certainly understand that there are more pressing issues, the defense of democracy of included, this is one that I would love to see at least on the to-do list.
Just as there is no reason that an adult in the United States should own military-grade weapons there is no reason an adult in the United States should own a wild animal. It's unethical and can lead to suffering for both the animal and the people around it.
Please reconsider these laws, especially as we endure a mass extinction event due to climate change and other factors.