Comments:Animal rights activists demand British coffee chain withdraw advertising campaign

And this is the exact point where people abandon common sense for hysteria. First of all making generalisations such as "appearance of animals in the media" is simplistic to say the least. How do you compare Finding Nemo, a (very well made) full blown animation feature film meant primarily for children, which are of course prone to wanting a little fish as a pet, compare to a coffee chain ad with monkeys lasting mere seconds? By this token, animals should be banned from all and any appearance in the media up to and including documentaries. In my opinion any documentary showing cute baby chimps hopping around is far more likely to spark interest in primates as pets than said TV ad. Oh and let´s not forget films with Tarzan.

Furthermore, if animal rights groups really want to get to the bottom of this then they should press more for banning this kind of animal trade altogether. Putting pressure on companies which are trying to build an environment and fair trade friendly profile, without any real reasons, is a very bad idea in my opinion. It will mostly serve to convince corporate people that their customers are a hysterical bunch of witch-hunters who will jump at the slightest excuse of an infraction to threaten with boycots. In the end those "green" companies might well decide that their customer base is way too fickle and just abandon green practises, cut their costs and go with the flow.