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Victory! Sprint Agrees Not to Use Great Apes in Ads
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Witnessing animal abuse during the previews definitely ruins a movie before it starts, but—thanks to those who participated in our action alert and all of you who tweeted at Sprint—we're thrilled to announce that the company has decided to stop circulating the ads as of July 3 and has pledged never to feature great apes in future ad campaigns. Yay! Check out Sprint's full statement on its Web site.
Chimpanzees and other great apes who are forced into the entertainment industry are ripped away from their mothers when they are only days old, are trained by being beaten, kicked, and punched, and are then discarded at filthy roadside zoos when they're no longer useful in show business. After learning about this abuse, progressive companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Gap Inc., Levi Strauss & Co., SEGA, Honda, PUMA, Yahoo!, Subaru, and now Sprint have been quick to step up and take a stand for animals. Castrol, are you listening?
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Glad to hear that. I have sprint and I did send them a letter saying that I would change providers if they continued to exploit animals.
Posted by: Alicia | June 25, 2009 04:51 PM
Great! I am a Sprint customer who emailed them several times and am so happy that they have responded accordingly. I just bought a new Palm Pre phone and am a very happy Sprint customer, but was extremely disappointed that they were using apes in ads. So this is very good!
Posted by: Curtis | June 25, 2009 05:38 PM
save the cheimps
Posted by: bernadette przybyl | June 26, 2009 01:28 PM
How can you call Johnson & Johnson "progressive" when they still test their products on animals?
Posted by: Eileen | June 26, 2009 01:59 PM
Thank you to all of the companies who are no longer contributing to animal abuse.
Posted by: Beth Patterson | June 26, 2009 06:10 PM
Sprint, thank you for seeing the error of your ways.
Posted by: NT | June 26, 2009 06:37 PM
Thanks Sprint!
Posted by: MAtt Foley | June 26, 2009 08:16 PM
thank you very much.....:)
Posted by: arlen tucker | June 26, 2009 09:24 PM
Thank you so much for listening to us.
Posted by: Christina Guerra | June 27, 2009 02:16 PM
Sincerely grateful to you Sprint, the great apes too. Best regards, Jennifer
Posted by: JB | June 29, 2009 08:06 AM
@ Curtis: Thanks for your hard work! We wouldn't have victories like this if it weren't for people like you.
Posted by: Shawna Flavell | June 29, 2009 04:01 PM
Thank you,
Mr Sprint! your choice to stop using chimpanzees did end so much suffering to those dear creatures .
Thanks, infinitely
Posted by: giovanna | July 1, 2009 10:58 AM
thank you so much to stand up for the rights of animals, and thouhg for a better place to live on.
Posted by: susan korths | July 31, 2009 04:35 PM