No more monkeying around with your Christmas cards, one advocacy group says.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced on Monday that CVS would no longer sell greeting cards featuring “great apes” dressed up in an assortment of outfits.
“Chimpanzees aren’t models or props, and photos of them wearing Santa hats or sitting at the holiday table put these endangered animals at risk,” said PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman.
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@cvspharmacy bans the sale of greeting cards that featured damaging images of great apes!— PETA (@peta) November 29, 2021
PETA argued portraying great apes such as chimpanzees and gorillas in cute outfits or interacting with humans “hinder conservation efforts” and mislead people into thinking chimpanzees are thriving rather than facing extinction. These portrayals could convince others to buy great apes as pets through the black market, the organization argued.
The animal rights group has been actively pushing for card sellers more broadly not to display great apes on their cards, successfully convincing Rite Aid to stop selling cards with great apes and encouraging American Greetings and Hallmark to stop the practice.
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PETA regularly makes requests involving animal safety in the media. In October, the group of animal advocates asked Major League Baseball and fans to stop using the word “bullpen” out of respect for bulls. Target stopped selling Chaokoh coconut milk in January due to PETA accusing the company of “forced monkey labor.”
CVS did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
