Think that GIF of the smoking chimp is funny? The chimp wasn’t laughing

Mongabay
Nov 17, 2021, 6:13 am518 ptsHot
You might think it’s cute to text a GIF of a chimpanzee in overalls walking a dog, but behind this seemingly adorable image is a grim truth: “Those animals were beaten and abused into submission to act that way,” says Debbie Metzler, associate director of captive animal law enforcement for People for the…

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