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Home > Action Alerts > Chimpanzee Abandoned by Saint Louis Zoo, Left to Live in MiseryDuring a recent investigation of a hideous roadside zoo called the Amarillo Wildlife Refuge (AWR), PETA discovered a chimpanzee named Edith living in squalor, along with several other chimpanzees. The animals were being sustained on a diet of dog food and rotten produce.
AWR, which masquerades as a refuge in order to collect donations, tears newborn animals away from their mothers in order to use them for photo shoots and exacerbates the homeless exotic-animal problem by breeding and selling exotic animals. PETA’s investigation revealed that animals at AWR were living in filthy, barren cages that contained piles of rotten food and feces, swarming with flies and maggots. PETA also documented numerous other instances of chronic abuse and neglect at AWR. For more details on our investigation, please visit http://www.peta.org/feat/awr/default.asp. The Saint Louis Zoo must take responsibility for Edith’s miserable situation. Please write a polite letter to Saint Louis Zoo officials. Ask them to immediately rescue Edith and send her to an accredited sanctuary, and in order to ensure that this tragedy is never repeated, request that the zoo implement a policy of providing lifetime care for all animals born at or acquired by the Saint Louis Zoo: Jeffrey Bonner, President LW 8004
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Edith was born at the Saint Louis Zoo on August 16, 1964. She is a forgotten casualty of the zoo industry’s disgraceful practice of breeding animals and then dumping them once their income-generating or reproductive value diminishes. Edith, who was, presumably, once a loved and crowd-pleasing baby at the Saint Louis Zoo, now languishes—abandoned, depressed, and nearly hairless—in a Texas hellhole. 