Cobby's Hobbies was a 1960's kids's TV program that includes a chimpanzee getting hmself into all kinds of mischief. For filmmaker Donna McRae, the present was an important a part of getting by a lonely childhood. McRae seeks those who made the present, Cobby's zoo buddies, zoo keepers and the animal rights activists that assist her piece collectively the story of an animal stolen from his pure habitat to work on TV earlier than, being retired into the San Francisco Zoo at age 7. Most primates chimps in leisure suffered horrifically, turning into analysis animals or caged in roadside zoos. This documentary examines how we understand animals in leisure and the way we handle their plight now.
