Letter to Bob Barker

Dear Mr. Barker: I read with great interest the AP story concerning your donation to your alma mater Drury University to establish an undergraduate animal-ethics program. This is a wonderful contribution and you are to be commended for your ardent promotion of animal rights. I have a great interest in ethics, and have written a book on the subject. I would be interested in your view on a question that I have long had on my mind: Are other animals, such as the chimps, endowed with the unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
Respectfully, Laurence R. Smith
LSmith6100@kc.rr.com