A Friend To Animals, Cher Aims To Get Thai Zoo To Release Gorilla
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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: I'm Rachel Martin with words I think will compel you to listen to this next story - gorilla, rescue, Cher. The music legend is trying to save the animal from a private zoo activists have tried to close for years. Michael Sullivan has the story from Bangkok. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE") UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing) Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. MICHAEL SULLIVAN, BYLINE: Bua Noi, Thailand's only gorilla, lives here in the PATA Department Store in Bangkok. OK, not here here but seven floors up on the roof, which has been her home ever since...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: I'm Rachel Martin with words I think will compel you to listen to this next story - gorilla, rescue, Cher. The music legend is trying to save the animal from a private zoo activists have tried to close for years. Michael Sullivan has the story from Bangkok. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE") UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing) Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. MICHAEL SULLIVAN, BYLINE: Bua Noi, Thailand's only gorilla, lives here in the PATA Department Store in Bangkok. OK, not here here but seven floors up on the roof, which has been her home ever since...