Kardashian Chimp Adoption: Suzy The Chimp “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”
Those controversial Kardashians are back for Season Three of their hit E! reality series Keeping With The Kardashians. And as always the Double K Klan is stirring the pot of public opinion; this time by adopting a pet chimpanzee in the wake of last week’s high-profile chimp mauling in Connecticut.
Last Monday, police in Hartford, CT. shot and killed Travis The Chimp, a 200-pound chimpanzee, after the ape nearly killed its owner’s friend and attacked a police cruiser.
In a post entitled “We Got A Monkey” on her personal blog last week, socialite Kim Kardashian wrote:
As you guys know season three of Keeping Up with the Kardashians is close to airing and we have some crazy surprises.
One of them is…
WE GOT A MONKEY!!!!
Her name is Suzy, she is three years old, and she is a handful!
She steals our BlackBerrys and climbs up my mom’s bed.
Having a monkey is a lot of work. Suzy always has her diaper on and we are the ones who have to change it!
It’s just like having an infant but worse because Suzy runs around like a teenager! She always needs to be fed, drinks out of a bottle and she loves Capri Sun juices!
You have to check out the new season to get all of the details… but how cute is she!?
Correction, Toots, chimps are apes, not monkeys. And if you can’t tell the difference between the two, perhaps you have no business raising one. The animal lover in me soooo wants to organize a rescue effort for Suzy! Who’s with me? Keep your head up, Suzy….It’s not too late to make a break for it, girl.
On Monday, Kim tried to explain the family’s choice in new pet:
Hey guys, so I wanted to explain my post about the Chimpanzee Suzy I posted last week. I understand my timing was not appropriate and it was insensitive of me, so I want to explain. The pictures I posted are from six months ago when we were filming season three of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. I had held onto these pictures for months and preset them to run the month before my show was going to air, to give you guys exclusive glimpses into season three.
Kim added, What happened to the woman that was attacked by the chimpanzee was devastating!
What are your thoughts on chimp adoption? How dangerous is it to raise a wild animal as a pet?
Written by Castina on February 24th, 2009 | Tagged as: Keeping Up With The Kardashians
On February 25th 2009, sheryl, washington d wrote:
I think it's clear that human stupidity is boundless and the Kardashians are a fine example of that.
On February 26th 2009, LB wrote:
Adopting an APE (which a chimpanzee is) or a monkey is horrible for the poor primate and should be illegal in this country. They don't exist for our entertainment and should not be treated as playthings. Stupid celebrities and tv people.
On March 27th 2009, windap wrote:
It’s time to put the baby chimp back with his own kind. This is a life that you are toying with, this is a chimpanzee that belongs with other chimpanzees. Put her in a reputable sanctuary.
She will get older, and I would hate to see her rip one of your beautiful faces off, in a fit of rage.
She will get older and the hormones will kick in.
Chimpanzees do not have tails, monkeys do……
Today chimpanzees are on the endangered list…,
tomorrow they could be on the extinct list
On May 13th 2009, sailor wrote:
hey omg i am ure biggest fan i wach u every time and i am part of yalls club and i really want suzie but my mom wolnt let well hope to talk to u soon :)
♥sailor♥
On May 20th 2009, cnewch wrote:
OK we're all agreed that,
A CHIMPANZEE IS NOT A MONKEY!!
There's also the matter that "adopting" or renting (?) any animal of a non-domesticated species is basically kidnapping and animal abuse. Of course, these animals are only available because of poachers in the illegal bush meat trade in African countries. Entire families are often slaughtered and babies are ripped from their dying or dead mothers grasp. Don't get me started on the lives the baby chimps are forced to live until a buyer comes along. They in turn will then smuggle the chimps into this country usually with false papers as to how the chimps were obtained. The biggest crime is how the babies are forced to trust humans even if it is the killers of their parents. They “learn” to “get over” their mental trauma only because they need food, water and physical contact. And this all takes place is in horrific living conditions.
As for the KKKs, it's simple DUMB, DUMBER and OH MY GOD CAN SOMEONE REALLY BE THAT DAMN STUPID. I'll let you figure out which title goes with which girl.
Nuf Said
On June 10th 2009, Helen Karpouzos wrote:
This is absolutely disgusting. I was appalled when I saw the preview for the upcoming show. I hope this isn't promotion for the wild animal "pet" industry.
On August 10th 2009, YOURMAMMYBOY wrote:
predictions: "Monkey Kardashian" will go Travis the chimp on Bruce jenners face…
outcome not good.
On December 19th 2009, Ashley wrote:
I have worked with rescued primates from the exotic pet trade. Even the smallest of primates are dangerous. A three year old chimp is cute and fun, but they grow quick and are stronger than any human can imagine. Their natural culture is that of aggressive displays, they beat up on each other, and even kill each other. The way the exotic pet trade works, is that they have breeder monkeys, they keep a male female pair together and then after she gives birth they rip it away and stick it on a stuffed animal. A baby monkey needs the same love and attention that a human baby needs. If you pulled a mother and her child apart after birth and she was never to see that baby again, there would be hell to pay. We owe it to our primate family to allow them the same respect. We think all animals dont need their families, but primates do, in the wild, some primate societies are so complex, living with their maternal family until they are no longer alive. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! DO NOT ADPOT AN EXOTIC ANIMAL! For your families safety and the safety of the animal, they do not belong in homes, they belong in jungles. If you need more information please check out junglefriends.org which explains the horrors of the trade. If you want to know more about ape rescue you can check out centerforgreatapes.org
On December 22nd 2010, jay m wrote:
A chimpanzee is a dangerous animal despite what Jane Goodall (her work has and is being discredited. She collected corrupted data based on her erroneous methods.) may say. The image of Hollywood apes is so wrong. They are not pets no matter how the ape saving centers are turning them into creating a false image when they call them wild. The apes are raise by human surrogate mothers, diapered medically tended to, thus destroying the true nature of the animal and making it a pet complete with the human characteristics the sadly misguided people give them. These are apes, not humans raising these animals as human is the worst posible thing that misguided people have done. These apes would be better off in a accredited zoo with a specialized primate section to ensure these animals are with thier own species and not corrupted or exploited by reality show bimbettes with a combined I.Q. no bigger than the poor chimp they are exploiting. Notice the huge grin the chimp is sporting? The primatologists will tell you that is a fear/terror rection. Thats not a smile it is a rictus of fear folks. Makes me wonder just what the handler did to it for the staged photos.
On December 28th 2010, jolene wrote:
Eventually this cutesy adorable chimp will turn dangerous and attack anyone unfortunate to be in proximity of this animal. Look at the example of Travis who ripped his owners face right off when she visited it. Or how about chimps killing tourists who did nothing to provoke the attack(go to chimps attack tourists in congo) . The upside of this is maybe this chimp can rid us of these bubbleheads famous because vacant headed fans give them life. Hopefully the chimp goes bananas and takes all their faces off.