PETA Global 2018 Issue 2

When The Mobile Zoo finally agreed to surrender him, PETA dropped the lawsuit and oversaw his relocation.

Joe’s roadside prison has since permanently closed, and today, he plays under palm trees and on jungle gyms. He has friends of his own species at Save the Chimps, a lush Florida sanctuary where more than 250 rescued chimpanzees roam over 100 acres of tropical islands. Chimpanzees Taste Freedom Thanks to PETA, Joe and other chimpanzees are now free to be themselves. One of them is JR, who was bounced between seedy roadside zoos. At one of them he spent 10 years alone in a small cage. A generous PETA supporter paid for him to be transported to Save the Chimps, too. Another chimpanzee, Terry, spent nearly 18 years all alone at the decrepit Las Vegas Zoo, but then PETA benefactor Sam Simon and another kind supporter helped purchase his ticket to Florida. And Iris, who’d been isolated in a windowless cell at another roadside zoo, greeted the first chimpanzee she met there with an ecstatic hug and a big fat kiss.

Phoenix Zones: © The University of Chicago Press

Lisa Marie explores the lush, tropical Save the Chimps sanctuary.

Broke Joe out of Jail

Before PETA arranged for Lisa Marie, too, to be sent to the Florida sanctuary, she was often confined to a cramped basement cage and forced to wear a collar with a padlock – when not being hauled around in a plastic tote bin. And Tarzan, whose transfer to Florida was paid for by PETA after his companion at a reputable Indiana sanctuary passed away, loves the balmy weather so much that he often chooses to sleep out under the stars. PETA has rescued other chimpanzees as well, and all of them are now safe, just as more will be soon – with your help.

Some Scars Last Forever

Depression. Anxiety. Psychosis. For chimpanzees subjected to years – and often decades – of torture in laboratories, the entertainment industry, and the primate import trade, these symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are the scars that linger.

Dr. Hope Ferdowsian, author of Phoenix Zones , is a physician and scientist who traveled around the world to study more than 350 chimpanzees who had endured social isolation, early maternal separation, sensory deprivation, and other forms of trauma. In her book Phoenix Zones , she details the extraordinarily high prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the survivors: Nearly half of them suffer from PTSD.

Without chimpanzee companionship, Joe got so depressed that he pulled out his own hair.

Take Action Now Please donate to PETA’s rescue efforts via PETA.org/Entertainment , and never visit

roadside zoos, circuses, or any other attractions that exploit animals for human entertainment. Read more about the plight of chimpanzees and other animals in Phoenix Zones, available at PETACatalog.com .

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