Kate and Rooney Mara team up to help save chimpanzees
By Tribute on March 28, 2016 | 4 Comments
Apparently, acting isn’t the only passion of Rooney and Kate Mara.
The sisters have written an open letter to the New York Blood Center after the organization withdrew its support of over 60 chimpanzees in Liberia. The actresses called the organization’s termination of funds “abandonment” and asserted that as a result, the chimps have been left to survive on their own without food or water.
Addressed to the President and CEO of the organization, the sisters wrote, “As you are aware, when you withdrew all support for these chimpanzees one year ago, you left them in a life-threatening situation. If it had not been for the dedicated caretakers and emergency care from nonprofit organizations like The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International, these chimpanzees would surely have died horrible, slow and painful deaths from dehydration and starvation.”
Recently, Rooney and Kate traveled to Liberia to visit the animals, which have defied expectations and survived with the help of devoted caretakers and organizations. However, ensuring their survival comes with a hefty price tag. Organizations are having to front a bill of $20,000 per month.
The actresses touched on the tenacity of the chimpanzees when they wrote, “Despite the physical and emotional trauma these animals have endured…they are doing amazingly well. The resilience of these animals is astonishing and humbling to say the least.”
They continued to plead with the New York Blood Center: “It’s never too late to choose compassion over indignity. We urge you to work with The Humane Society of the United States to determine a solution that would be beneficial for the chimpanzees and for the people of Liberia who depended on you.”
Rooney and Kate hope their letter spurs swift action from the New York Blood Center, which supported the chimpanzees for over 30 years. The sisters said they hope the organization can “correct the wrongdoings of the past” and once again assist the animals.
Rooney recently received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her powerful work in Carol. Her next project is Kubo and the Two Strings, an animated film due in August 2016 that she lent her voice to.
Older sister Kate, who’s best known for her work in House of Cards, can be seen next in The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards alongside James Franco, Kristen Wiig and Natalie Portman. ~Matthew Pariselli
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These actresses on both sides of their family are rich.Couldn’t they or their family donate.
Audrey Hepburn helped kids and Princes Di, worked to get rid of land mines. Now these two wannabes, help with the typical HSUS propaganda. These chimps were being taken care of by Liberians as pets. Then the HSUS bought them and now is using them as fund raising scam. It claims it needs $30,000. a month to take care of the 69 chimps. That is over $5,000.00 a year for one chimp. I have been taking care of horses for years. It cost about $2,000.00 a year to feed, shelter, hoof care and vets for one horse. Why should it cost over twice as much to take care of one chimp. That is just one side of the issue. There are thousands of orphans that need food and shelter after the Ebola epidemic in Liberia and these people are worried about a few chimps. Put the animals down and use the money being wasted on a few chimps. to feed and shelter the orphans.
^you guys obviously like to talk on topics you don’t know about. both sisters are active in humanitarian projects in Africa. Rooney is even the President of one charity foundation. She has been, since she was in College, which was ten years ago. the fact that they call for more donations flooding in for chimpanzees does not automatically mean they don’t donate themselves to other causes. and the fact that not all of these are heavily publicized does not mean they exist. read up, k? also, ask yourselves what you’ve done.
*does not mean they don’t exist