This place is hell for chimpanzees
In Missouri, there’s a place called the Missouri Primate Foundation (MPF)—but the name is misleading. MPF is actually a filthy home, where a woman named Connie Braun Casey keeps chimpanzees.
Right now, 16 chimpanzees are being kept in cages in the house and basement and in an addition built onto her house. Other species of primates are kept in cages on the property. Many of the chimpanzees were bred at MPF and used in the entertainment industry. Some were kept as “pets.”
Two chimpanzees are kept in what appears to be a converted bedroom. They have no direct access to the outdoors. The other 14 chimpanzees are kept in the basement and another prison-like addition to the house. Most of the chimpanzees don’t have free access to the outdoors and none of the cages provide any meaningful opportunity to climb or exercise. None of the chimpanzees are allowed outdoors in the winter.
The chimpanzees are regularly forced to live amid trash and their own feces and urine. The stench of urine in one room was so overwhelming that the volunteer couldn’t enter. All of the chimpanzees are missing hair, likely from pulling it out in response to the stress of their living conditions.
Reportedly, MPF does not have any employees, and the daily care of these endangered animals falls to Casey, whose funds are severely limited, and a few inadequately trained and relatively inexperienced volunteers. The chimpanzees reportedly receive only minimal veterinary care, even when health issues are urgent.
MPF has bred chimpanzees to sell for profit and apparently takes no steps to prevent chimpanzees from breeding. In 2009, Casey told a reporter that she had sold “about 15 to 20” chimpanzees.
Help the chimpanzees and urge Casey to STOP using wild animals for entertainment purposes and greeting cards—now! Petition!
Right now, 16 chimpanzees are being kept in cages in the house and basement and in an addition built onto her house. Other species of primates are kept in cages on the property. Many of the chimpanzees were bred at MPF and used in the entertainment industry. Some were kept as “pets.”
Two chimpanzees are kept in what appears to be a converted bedroom. They have no direct access to the outdoors. The other 14 chimpanzees are kept in the basement and another prison-like addition to the house. Most of the chimpanzees don’t have free access to the outdoors and none of the cages provide any meaningful opportunity to climb or exercise. None of the chimpanzees are allowed outdoors in the winter.
The chimpanzees are regularly forced to live amid trash and their own feces and urine. The stench of urine in one room was so overwhelming that the volunteer couldn’t enter. All of the chimpanzees are missing hair, likely from pulling it out in response to the stress of their living conditions.
Reportedly, MPF does not have any employees, and the daily care of these endangered animals falls to Casey, whose funds are severely limited, and a few inadequately trained and relatively inexperienced volunteers. The chimpanzees reportedly receive only minimal veterinary care, even when health issues are urgent.
MPF has bred chimpanzees to sell for profit and apparently takes no steps to prevent chimpanzees from breeding. In 2009, Casey told a reporter that she had sold “about 15 to 20” chimpanzees.
Help the chimpanzees and urge Casey to STOP using wild animals for entertainment purposes and greeting cards—now! Petition!
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