Gorilla Barbeque in Pacifica. Please write ASAP to change the name.

[Guest guest]

Dear Veggie Friends,

I would like your assistance in an immediate letter writing campaign to the

Pacifica

Tribune. A new business in town is opening up called Gorilla Barbeque. Please,

right now,

if possible (the paper is sent for printing on Monday night), fire off a letter

requesting the

owners of Gorilla Barbeque change the name of their business. My letter is

below. The

email for the Pacifica Tribune is pactrib. My 2nd thought was to ask

them to

make their restaurant vegetarian/vegan but I stopped at asking them to change

their

name. PLEASE HELP.

Thanks,

Amy in Pacifica

 

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pactrib

Gorilla Barbeque

 

Dear Editor,

 

I was shocked and dismayed to see a t-shirt at the Fogfest and later a sign on

Hwy 1

announcing the opening of a restaurant called Gorilla Barbeque.

 

Gorillas are an endangered species. Along with chimpanzees and bonobos, they are

being

hunted and eaten to extinction in Africa. This killing and eating of wildlife is

referred to as

the bushmeat crisis.

 

In Africa, where food and jobs are scare, forests are being torn down to make

roads and

harvest wood. Hunters are making a living capturing and slaughtering endangered

apes

for meat. Bushmeat, especially from gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos is

considered a

delicacy in the same way westerners might serve filet mignon or cavier to

honored guests.

 

When the adults are killed for meat, the young apes are orphaned and often sold

as pets,

being raised in horrific conditions among humans until they are old enough to be

killed

for meat. Luckily, many bushmeat orphans end up in sanctuaries for apes in

Africa. But

most young apes end up on the barbeque smokers alongside adults of their

species.

 

Humans and apes share 96%-98% of our DNA. Although rarely chimpanzees may

cannibalize their own species, gorillas and bonobos vegetarians. Wildlife

biologists believe

that wild apes may be extinct by 2100. What a tragedy for our planet.

 

For more information, please read the following web sites:

http://bushmeat.net/

http://karlammann.com/gallery-bushmeat.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmeat

 

I fully believe the business owners of Gorilla Barbeque have no earthly idea

about the

Bushmeat Crisis but I hope they will become aware, informed and change the name

of

their business.

 

Amy Lynn Caplan

Pacifica, Ca. 94044