Highlights the horrendous animal welfare issue of keeping wild animals in captivity.
But lacking in several ways.
Needed more about chimpanzees and how they live in the wild - their welfare and health needs: diet, size of territories/movement, social structures - they are social/group animal, intelligence etc. There is plenty of time for that.
Would have given much more gravitas to the depth of abuse they are suffering. They are basically kept as slaves depriving them of all they need for a good chimpanzee life.
And not once was the effect on chimp (and monkey) mothers of having their babies taken way mentioned. This must cause extreme distress and sorrow.
Have a biologist talk about all that. To underline how very very bad these people are treating other living, intelligent, feeling creatures.
I stopped watching the previous doc from director about big cats because of this - there was no discussion of how horrible the deprivation is in context of the wild animals basic behavioral and biological needs.
Also more about the mental illness of these animal abusers, hoarders and profiteers. They all give a vibe of 'serial killer keeping victims in the basement' - put their behavior in context also.
Review by MoseporsBlockedParent2024-09-11T04:37:42Z
Highlights the horrendous animal welfare issue of keeping wild animals in captivity.
But lacking in several ways.
Needed more about chimpanzees and how they live in the wild - their welfare and health needs: diet, size of territories/movement, social structures - they are social/group animal, intelligence etc. There is plenty of time for that.
Would have given much more gravitas to the depth of abuse they are suffering. They are basically kept as slaves depriving them of all they need for a good chimpanzee life.
And not once was the effect on chimp (and monkey) mothers of having their babies taken way mentioned. This must cause extreme distress and sorrow.
Have a biologist talk about all that. To underline how very very bad these people are treating other living, intelligent, feeling creatures.
I stopped watching the previous doc from director about big cats because of this - there was no discussion of how horrible the deprivation is in context of the wild animals basic behavioral and biological needs.
Also more about the mental illness of these animal abusers, hoarders and profiteers. They all give a vibe of 'serial killer keeping victims in the basement' - put their behavior in context also.