Dodge takes PETA criticism and an invisible monkey is born!

Written by Johnathan Bodily

Domestic - GM

Jalopnik has reported that Dodge has bested PETA with an invisible monkey.

PETA upset by Dodge using a small monkey to set off some awfully pathetic excuse for fireworks.

PETA's statement: "Most top ad agencies in the country won't even consider producing an ad featuring a great ape these days given the well-documented abuse that young chimpanzees and orangutans suffer in the entertainment industry. This abuse starts when they are prematurely removed from their mothers and continues when they are trained to perform through savage beatings, denied even the most basic necessities, transported and housed in barren steel cages, and then discarded at seedy roadside zoos around the age of 8, even though they can live into their 60s. You won't find a great-ape trainer without a history of Animal Welfare Act violations and a reputation for dumping animals when they're no longer profitable. After watching a video narrated by Anjelica Huston about the use of great apes in entertainment, savvy ad agencies such as BBDO, Young & Rubicam, Grey Group, Draftfcb, and Saatchi & Saatchi made the compassionate decision not to exploit great apes in future ads. Dodge isn't going to dodge a bullet on this one. It needs to pull the ad - and we've contacted the company asking it to do just that."

Check out the original article over at Jalopnik for embedded youtube videos of the commercial pre-monkey and post-monkey. We're sure you'll get a good chuckle.

Original Article Here