Morgan Fairchild mourns face-ripping Chimpanzee Travis

BeakoFeb 19th, 2009 - 05:24:34

This was a darling animal with love and hunger for everyone. His alert nature working, making, and breaking him to peel off the grotesque piece of skin on a human primate's face beckoned him to the afterlife. Oh Morgan, how fair art thou!

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wendiFeb 19th, 2009 - 11:18:43

She was around Travis the chimp for as long as it took to make a commercial, yet she knew him so well? He was acting like a chimp and they get to a certain age where they get aggressive over their territory. This happens in the wild all the time. Yes, it's a shame he had to be killed for simply acting like a chimp, but the real sin is that people are allowed to exploit these guys to make money and keep them as pets.

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PattiFeb 19th, 2009 - 13:45:30

I agree with Wendi. The other part of the problem is that the advertising and entertainment business keeps seeking out infant chimpanzees because the public likes to laugh and ad agencies think they sell products. Rather than remembering Travis as a sweet chimp, i would think that Morgan Fairchild could use her experience and influence to vow not to work with great apes again in the entertainment business. If responsible actors refuse to be part of the practice, then the future of those working infant chimpanzees won't be in jeopardy... or put innocent victims like Charla Nash and the other attack vicitim from 4 yeasr ago (St.James Davis)in life-threatening situations. Morgan Fairchild still has her pretty face... what about Charla Nash?

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AB GouldMar 18th, 2009 - 04:05:30

Um.... Are you insane?

Any animal or human in the process of killing someone should be stopped. Immediately.

It's grand that no one else had their face and hands ripped off. Really. But this friendly adult chimp had bitten two people and escaped to the freeway.

In Chicago, they shot the cougar that wandered into the loop. A chimpanzee is a hundred times stronger and smarter than that cat, yet he was given a pass at least three times for dangerous behavior.

I don't care if the chimp was helped the homeless and donated to charity. He was in the process of killing someone. Do you know that most murders are committed by previously loving family members?

It doesn't matter if the chimp meant to do it or not. It wasn't his fault. He was demonstrating perfectly acceptable chimpanzee behavior. Except he wasn't in his jungle that he was kidnapped from. He was in the process of killing someone.

Did you know that the United States is the only country in the world that still allows people to 'own' chimpanzees for profit-making (the 'owners' business) and 'scientific' research?

More than any other animal, the United States is positively schizophrenic in our treatment of chimpanzees. Either we treat them like adopted surrogate family members or terrorist at Gitmo prison. Neither is right or makes any_sense_at_all.

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