Christos M. Cotsakos
Chair and CEO
E*Trade
4500 Bohannon Dr.
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Dear Mr. Cotsakos:

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an international nonprofit organization with more than 750,000 members and supporters worldwide dedicated to animal protection. We have been bombarded with calls and letters about E*Trade’s use of great apes in recent advertisements.

We share our complainants’ concerns about the use of these intelligent and magnificent animals and wanted to share with you Dr. Jane Goodall’s comments about this matter. We hope you will review the enclosed statement carefully and then confirm in writing that E*Trade will set a policy against the use of primates in its promotions. We look forward to sharing the good news with our members, complainants, and Dr. Goodall. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Amy Rhodes
Animals in Entertainment Specialist
Research, Investigations & Rescue