Richard C. Notebaert, Chair and CEO
Qwest Communications International, Inc.
1801 California St.
Denver, CO 80202
Fax: 303-992-1724

Dear Mr. Notebaert,

I understand that Qwest Communications hosts Wild Animal World at two different locations. I urge you to drop the sites and set a policy against hosting sites that are used to sell animals. Exotic animals like monkeys, tigers, and dangerous reptiles are almost as easy to acquire on the Internet as a trinket off eBay or an appliance through a newspaper ad. Wild Animal World, operated by Randy Davies, advertises animals ranging from capuchin monkeys to chimpanzees to lions to kinkajous. Because the Internet is virtually unregulated, it is a medium to which many animal dealers are flocking.

The life that so-called "exotic pets" lead is far removed from that which they would experience in their natural habitat. Big cats, primates, and reptiles, for example, are not domestic animals, and their instincts remain very much intact in captivity. A life in a backyard, basement, or garage cage cannot even begin to meet these animals' instinctual
needs and desires, such as seeking a mate, raising young, hunting, basking in the sun, and
resolving territorial disputes. Even simple but essential pleasures, like freedom of movement and the ability to socialize with others of their own kind, are often denied them altogether. Many exotic animals kept as pets develop psychotic behaviors resulting from a life of confinement, such as self-mutilation, head-bobbing, pacing, and playing with and eating excrement.

Most of these animals are sure to end up being shuffled from one facility or home to the next and often end up being sold to laboratories, where they undergo painful and invasive tests, or are forced to live in horrendous conditions in roadside zoos or curiosity displays.

Please stop this horrible cruelty and exploitation. Please drop Wild Animal World and never again host sites that are used to sell animals. Thank you for your attention to this very important matter.

Sincerely,
Name and Address

ALSO please ask your federal legislators to work for a ban on all private ownership, breeding and trade of chimpanzees:
Senator __________
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510

Representative __________
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515

Capitol switchboard: (202) 225-3121

(To find the names, email addresses and local contact information of your legislators, go to Project Vote Smart.) http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml

Tell the US Fish & Wildlife Service to remove chimpanzees from the Special Rules list*:
Steve Williams, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

1849 C St., NW M/S 3256 MIB, Washington, D.C. 20240
(202) 208-4717
contact@fws.gov