A scientific study from Duke University in North Carolina was published this month in the journal 'PLOS one'.  Researcher Kara Schroepfer showed that televsion shows and movies featuring chimpanzees actually negatively impact their conservation.

» Read or download the PLoS ONE study here

The articles below summarize the study's findings, and will make you stop and think - about how monkeys "acting" comically in commercials and movies actually hinder programs that are trying to save them.

In German:
»Fertig mit dem Affentheater (From the October 23 2011 Sonntags Zeitung)

In English:
»Chimpanzees should not be used in TV or movies (from Scientific American)
»Cute Chimps in Ads May Harm Species' Survival (from Duke University)
» Chimps shouldn't be entertainers (from Smithsonian Magazine)