Animal rights charities criticise the Offspring over video of chimp in strip club

Peta and Save the Chimps issue statements criticising US punk band, describing scenes featuring chimpanzees as ‘animal exploitation at its worst’

Animal rights charities have criticised chart-topping Californian punk band the Offspring for using chimpanzees to act like humans – including in a strip club – in their latest music video.

Save the Chimps, a Florida-based sanctuary for chimpanzees that have been involved in scientific research, the entertainment industry and elsewhere, described the video as “animal exploitation at its worst”.