PETA Statement on Live Animals Used in CBS’ ‘Zoo’

For Immediate Release:
June 29, 2015

Contact:
Moira Colley 202-483-7382

By producing a show that exploits wild animals, including lions, CBS has proved that it’s out of sync with public opinion at a time when people are shunning SeaWorld’s captive orca sideshows, states and counties are passing laws banning wild animal acts and private ownership, and Ringling Bros. is taking elephants off the road. Lions belong in the wild, not confined to tiny cages and forced to perform tricks, often under the threat of beatings. CBS should employ only humane and versatile computer-generated imagery, as so many other productions have done. PETA hopes Zoo will be one of this summer’s first cancellations.

–PETA Foundation Deputy Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement Brittany Peet

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