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Tyra Banks Says No More Monkeying Around

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, November 13th, 2009 in Animal Issues, TV Hosts.

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Tyra Banks recently aired a show where a woman couldn’t stop talking about how much she loved her pet capuchin monkey.

With the recent news update on Charla Nash, the woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee formerly in the entertainment industry, the idea of a monkey as a pet is making some animal activists go bananas.

PETA took the time to write to The Tyra Show, warning that viewers could be tempted to buy their own pet monkeys after viewing the episode.

As PETA states on its blog, “And while capuchins are much smaller than chimpanzees, they are still very strong and very fast, and they have extremely sharp canines that can quickly do a great deal of damage to an unwitting person.”

The Tyra Show has added a disclaimer, albeit small print and in italics, on its website now stating, “Please note, PETA has contacted the show and does not recommend keeping monkeys as pets,” after a synopsis of the show that featured the monkey owner which described the segment as “The Trend in Tiny Pets.”

Now if only Tyra would feature a show detailing “The Dangers of Pet Trends.”

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Charla Nash “Travis The Chimp” Attack Victim On Oprah (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 in Animal Issues, Videos.

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Charla Nash, the woman who’s face was mauled by the Travis the Chimp was on Oprah recently where she revealed how she looks months after the attack.

Some might find the video hard to watch, but pictures like these may be the only motivation to convince people that wild animals like chimpanzees don’t belong in housing developments.

Travis, the star in Old Navy and Coca Cola commercials lived with his owner and attacked Charla one day, refusing to let her go until he was shot by police.

Our thoughts go out to Charla and we congratulate her for her strength and bravery that’s helped her move forward since the incident.

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