Zoo Wants Chimpanzee To Stop Smoking Cigarettes
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa -- A South African zoo wants a chimp to go cold turkey.
The chimpanzee smokes cigarettes. Keepers said Charlie picked up the habit by watching smoking visitors. People toss him the smokes and he puffs away.
A spokesman at the Bloemfontein Zoo said, "it looks funny to see a chimp smoking" -- but Charlie's trick could cost him his health.
The zoo is asking people to stop tossing cigarettes and contributing to the chimp's habit.
A zoo official said Charlie "acts like a naughty schoolboy" and hides his cigarettes when workers are around.
Send ol' Charlie to the Bronx Zoo so Nurse Bloomberg can slap handcuffs on him. Or better yet -- bring him over here and give him all the smokes he wants as long as he pays the hefty cigarette taxes.
The dumbest thing about this article is the poll/survey thingy, which reads:
Should the Bloemfontein Zoo staff in South Africa force Charlie the chimp to quit smoking?
[ ] No, it's his right.
[ ] Yes, it's unhealthy.
It's his RIGHT? Excuse me? Can the zookeepers just put a dumb security camera on Charlie's exhibit and prosecute the people who toss him a toke?
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