[monkeywire] "Because you pay peanuts" ad threatened by boycott

Nick Moffitt nick at zork.net
Fri Jun 6 21:01:27 EDT 2003


http://adrants.rantworks.com/#200393617
> Seems the complaint meter is going up again in the U.K. This time,
> it's for an ad featuring chimpanzees for car and bike equipment
> chain, Halford's. Under the tagline, "because you pay peanuts, we
> give you monkeys", the chimps cavort around the store in track
> suits. The ad has receive 75 complaints so far and the Captive
> Animals Protection Society, U.K.'s version of PETA, is calling for a
> boycott. 

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