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Gibbons Converse Commit to end use of primates in adverts
15/11/2012
Converse have removed footage of a performing chimp used in a recent advertising campaign and made commitments to stop using primates in ads... Read more
Apes in Entertainment Working Group
This section is concerned with efforts to end the use of trained Apes in the entertainment industry; including films, adverts and live shows.
AnimalPledge.org was established in 2012 by a coalition of leading animal charities and NGOs - largely made up of Ape Alliance members. AnimalPledge.org is a scheme by which companies (and individuals) can learn about and commit to reducing their negative impact on animals as a result of their use in the entertainment industry. Explore the site to find out more about why you and your company should make the pledge. Please visit the site to find out more www.animalpledge.org.
If you agree that it is wrong to separate baby Apes from their mothers to teach them tricks for films, advertisments and circuses and the like, please contact the organisations involved.
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Organisations Involved
The following organisations are involved in the Apes in Entertainment Working Group.
Animal Defenders International
Millbank Tower
Millbank
London
SW1P 4QP
Millbank
London
SW1P 4QP
Phone: +44 (0)20 7630 3340
Fax: +44 (0)20 7828 2179
Web (en): www.ad-international.org
Email: click for contact form
Fax: +44 (0)20 7828 2179
Web (en): www.ad-international.org
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Captive Animals' Protection Society
CAPS
PO Box 4186
Manchester
M60 3ZA
PO Box 4186
Manchester
M60 3ZA
Orangutan Foundation UK
Ashley Leiman
7 Kent Terrace
London
NW1 4RP
UK
7 Kent Terrace
London
NW1 4RP
UK
Phone: +44 (0)207 724 2912
Fax: +44 (0)207 706 2613
Web (en): www.orangutan.org.uk
Email: click for contact form
Fax: +44 (0)207 706 2613
Web (en): www.orangutan.org.uk
Email: click for contact form
Wild Futures
Brooke Aldritch
