Many advocates know of writer Charles Siebert from his beautiful New York Magazine cover stories on animal issues. You'll find links to a selection of them in the DawnWatch archives at http://tinyurl.com/m3qpar, the most recent being the beautiful July 13 article on whales. In 2005 the New York Times magazine published a story by him titled, "Planet of the Retired Apes," his work on which seems to have inspired his new book,
"The Wauchula Woods Accord."
Last week, guest host Steve Roberts interviewed Siebert on NPR's Diane Rehm show. Here is the promo blurb for the interview:
"Thousands of chimpanzees live in the U-S -- in research labs, zoos, and sanctuaries. A look at how one journalist's encounter with a former circus chimp helped him understand the bonds between man and ape."
I listened to the interview on line and highly recommend you do the same. It is terrific, including loads of information about chimps in entertainment and medical testing and their need for sanctuary. You'll find it on line at http://wamu.org/programs/dr/09/07/21.php#26921
Please thank the show for such a wonderfully animal friendly broadcast. Positive feedback for animal friendly material encourages more of it. The show takes comments at drshow@wamu.org
I thank Laura Beth Slitt for making sure we new about the broadcast.
The timing is perfect as it coincides with the legislative push to get chimps out of research:
"The Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326) has been reintroduced in Congress. This legislation aims to end invasive research on the chimpanzees remaining in laboratories, retire the approximately 500 federally-owned chimpanzees to permanent sanctuary, and turn into law the recent decision by the National Center for Research Resources (part of the National Institutes of Health) to stop funding the breeding of federally-owned chimpanzees."
Please go to http://tinyurl.com/lplll8 to learn more about the Great Ape Protection Act and how easy it is for you to help.
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
(DawnWatch is an animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets. You can learn more about it, and sign up for alerts at http://www.DawnWatch.com. You may forward or reprint DawnWatch alerts if you do so unedited -- leave DawnWatch in the title and include this parenthesized tag line. If somebody forwards DawnWatch alerts to you, which you enjoy, please help the list grow by signing up. It is free.)
Please go to www.ThankingtheMonkey.com for a fun celeb-studded promo video and information on Karen Dawn's book, "Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way we Treat Animals," which was chosen by the Washington Post as one of the "Best Books of 2008." And check out Karen's new blog at www.ThankingtheMonkey.com/blog !
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Date: Thu Jul 30 10:36:53 2009
