Animal abuse

APES should no longer be used for entertainment [“ ‘Every Which Way but Abuse’ Should Be Motto,” by Rachel Abramowitz, Aug. 27]. To get chimpanzees to perform, trainers often beat them into submission; that is no way to treat animals, through violence and fear.

With computer-generated images already available, the use of live animals in front of the camera should end.

Anthony Montapert

North Hollywood

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THIS article made me cry. It’s hard to imagine anyone being so cruel as to viciously beat a young animal with pipes and broom handles for the sole purpose of making that animal perform tricks for a movie. These so-called trainers must be prosecuted for animal abuse.

Laura Frisk

Encinitas