Chimp Crazy discussion Episode 3: Head Shot - North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance & ChimpsNW

The North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance (NAPSA) and Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest have been hosting discussions by Zoom after each episode of the HBO documentary series Chimp Crazy. The first discussion was not recorded. This is the third discussion in the series, which took place September 3, 2024 after the airing of the third episode of Chimp Crazy entitled "Head Shot"
Here are links for more information about what was discussed:
Captive Primate Safety Act
The Captive Primate Safety Act would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any interstate or foreign commerce involving nonhuman primates for the exotic pet trade, including sale, transportation, and acquisition. It is narrowly crafted to target the commerce in and private possession of primates, and would not impact zoos and other exhibitors, universities, labs, or sanctuaries.
Currently referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
www.congress.g...
aldf.org/artic...
Use both links above to determine if your senators are currently co-sponsors
More info about the act from the Animal Welfare Institute:
awionline.org/...
MSNBC op-ed: www.msnbc.com/...
Save the Chimps website: savethechimps....
About Tonka and where he is living now: savethechimps....
NAPSA home page: primatesanctua...
NAPSA page regarding Chimp Crazy: primatesanctua...
NAPSA position statements: primatesanctua...
NAPSA page on identifying pseudo sanctuaries and other education resources: primatesanctua...
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest home page: chimpsnw.org
CSNW page on roadside zoos: chimpsnw.org/r...
CSNW daily blog: chimpsnw.org/blog
Chimp Crazy HBO page with resources at the bottom: www.hbo.com/ch...
Companion official podcast of the Chimp Crazy HBO docuseries:
• The Official Chimp Cra...
Resource that lists incidents involving captive primates (apes and monkeys) in the U.S. since 1990 from PETA (scroll down for the primate incident link: www.peta.org/i...
Born Free exotic animal incidents that can be filtered by state and species of animal: www.bornfreeus...
Born Free 2021 paper on the primate pet trade: www.bornfreeus...
Born Free documentary about primate owners: • Finding Sanctuary: Lif...
The Ohio Four
The four chimpanzees living at Union Ridge Wildlife Center were transferred to Save the Chimps in April of 2023
savethechimps....
• Ohio 4 Island release ...