Lisa Marie fights to save a chimpanzee
London: Singer Lisa Marie Presley has jumped into the fight to save a baby chimpanzee named after her.
Lisa, the daughter of rock n roll legend Elvis Presley has wrote the bosses of party organisers Ed and Annette`s Monkeys and More to place the animal in a sanctuary after she came to know that the chimpanzee is being kept in a small cage under inhuman conditions, Femalefirst reported.

The animal is reportedly being used as a crowd-pleasing exhibit at the events organised by the company, angering animal rights organisation PETA, which has roped in the singer to help save her namesake.

Presley has written a letter to the company asking them to re-house the chimp.

"While it is flattering that you named her after me, it is concerning that there are reportedly some inhumane and unsafe practices that impact her well-being. Peta has asked me to become involved in asking you most humbly to please relinquish Lisa Marie to a sanctuary where she can live in comfort, peace, and the company of other chimpanzees," she wrote in her letter.

"I urge you to seriously consider releasing Lisa Marie to a sanctuary. I would be thrilled to hear that you`ve allowed her to pursue a more free life as a true chimpanzee in a habitat that she could better thrive in," she said.

Bureau Report