PETA is desperately trying to rip Joe the Chimpanzee from his home here at the Mobile Zoo and send him to another facility. We know that this would be detrimental to Joe's mental well being. Please sign this petition to urge PETA to leave Joe alone and to stop any attempts of taking Joe from his home and the people who love and care for him.

Here is a little about Joe:

Joe is a 27 year old chimpanzee who has called the Mobile Zoo home since 1999. Joe came to us from Hollywood where he was a chimp actor, best known for the 1997 movie ‘Buddy’. Joe retired at the age of 10, which is common for chimps, and went to live in a sanctuary with other chimpanzees. Unfortunately, Joe did not adjust to his surroundings and living with other chimps, as he had been raised by humans and not in a normal chimp family environment. Due to Joe’s inability to adapt to his new surrounding and the danger it put him, the other chimps and his caretakers in, it was decided that Joe be moved to a facility where he could get the one on one care he needed and one day may possibly adapt to the companionship of another chimp.
That is how Joe came to live at the Mobile Zoo. Joe has had companion chimps previously while here at the Mobile Zoo, but both chimps had medical issues that they came to us with that eventually claimed their lives.

We here at the Mobile Zoo have Joe's best interest at heart. He is NOT here for us to gain a profit (we are a 501-c-3 non-profit organization). Prior to PETA beginning to harass and slander the zoo, we have been working hard to expand Joe's current outdoor enclosure and we had someone wiling to donate a female chimpanzee to give Joe some companionship, but due to PETA and their attacks on the zoo, the donation fell through because  they were afraid that PETA would then come after them if they donated the chimpanzee to us.

If PETA gets their way and takes Joe away from his home, Joe will get sent to a facility where he will receive a vasectomy, so he will never have the opportunity of successfully breeding; he will receive minimum human interaction, something that he has thrived off of since he was an infant; not to mention the stress and frustration Joe will endure from being taken from his home of 17 years, the stress of the transport, being around people who do not know him, being in an unfamiliar facility and being forced to join a chimpanzee group that could result in physical harm to him and even the possibility of getting killed by another male chimpanzee. The stress and frustration alone from this could potentially cause Joe to get sick and even die. If PETA truly had Joe's best interest in heart then instead of trying to take Joe away, they should invest that time and money into improving Joe's current home and work together with the zoo to find Joe a compatible chimpanzee companion.

Please help Joe keep his home at the Mobile Zoo. Sign this petition and Urge PETA to Leave Joe Alone!