Dear John,

As we announced yesterday [[link removed]] , we believe our chimpanzee client Tommy–if alive–is imprisoned at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Wallace, Michigan. The DeYoung Family Zoo no longer has the chimpanzees in its custody on public display, so little is known about Tommy’s captivity or his physical and psychological health. We’re calling on the DeYoung Family Zoo to free Tommy to an accredited chimpanzee sanctuary.

Read this blog post for the full update on Tommy. [[link removed]]

You can help Tommy in three ways:

*
Complete
this
[[link removed]]
action
alert
asking
the
Michigan
Department
of
Agriculture
&
Rural
Development
(the
state
agency
that
oversees
the
keeping
of
chimpanzees)
to
conduct
an
emergency
inspection
of
the
zoo
to
check
on
Tommy’s
welfare.
*
If
you’re
on
Facebook,
please
send
a
polite
message
to
the
zoo
[[link removed]]
and
comment
on
their
most
recent
post
politely
requesting
that
they
free
Tommy
to
an
accredited
chimpanzee
sanctuary.
*
Share
this
[[link removed]]
blog
and
the
action
alert
[[link removed]]
on
social
media
with
the
hashtag
#FreeTommy
.

If you have any questions, NhRP Staff Attorney Jake Davis and I will be discussing Tommy’s plight, including how it’s possible for a chimpanzee to be treated this way under existing law, on a Zoom seminar [[link removed]] on March 15th.

Thank you as always for your time and support,

Courtney Fern
Director of Government Relations, the NhRP

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