Space Chimps

I didn't finish watching this movie. As a matter of fact I didn't watch very much of it. I got too disgusted and angry. The idea that chimpanzees just love doing dangerous circus stunts. That chimpanzees dream of being put in a capsule and shot into space. That to them, another chimpanzee who was shot into space is a hero.

I'll tell you what chimpanzees dream about. They dream about being with their families. They dream about being safe and well fed and free to move about. They don't dream about being dressed up in little outfits. They don't dream about doing tricks for our entertainment. They don't dream about living out their lives in cages.

And they most certainly don't dream about being shut up in a space capsule and shot out into space. From a chimpanzees point of view he is being shut up in a little prison and left alone. A prison he can't escape from. He has no idea what is happening to him, he just knows that he is alone and unable to move and it is very frightening.

Hey Delia lighten up! It's true where animal abuse is concerned I'm not very light. I have no idea who directed or wrote this movie. Usually I like movies that anthropomorphize animals because it makes humans feel closer to them and therefore more sympathetic. Oh look the cute little rat wants to be a chef. The pig wants to be a sheep herder. If it wakes anyone up to the fact that animals have feelings and needs then I'm all for it. But animals do not love to be put in dangerous situations they don't understand and can't control. They don't love to be shot out of cannons or strapped into a tiny cell and sent out into space. And any movie that says they do is lying.