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PETA Expresses Concern over New TV Drama “Zoo”

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zoo%20on%20cbs?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1435665807715Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/CBS(LOS ANGELES) — The new CBS drama Zoo, premiering Tuesday night, is about an animal uprising. But PETA isn’t happy that a show about animals is using real animals.

The organization made that clear via a statement posted to its website Monday. PETA Foundation Deputy Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement Brittany Peet says in the post, “By producing a show that exploits wild animals, including lions, CBS has proved that it’s out of sync with public opinion at a time when people are shunning SeaWorld’s captive orca sideshows, states and counties are passing laws banning wild animal acts and private ownership, and Ringling Bros. is taking elephants off the road.”

“CBS should employ only humane and versatile computer-generated imagery, as so many other productions have done. PETA hopes Zoo will be one of this summer’s first cancellations,” the statement concludes.

The producers of Zoo responded with their own statement, saying the care and safety of all animals on their set is a top priority.

Zoo, based on the best-selling novel by James Patterson, premieres Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Eastern time.

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