Koko foundation sued</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Koko foundation sued"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Koko,foundation,sued"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">21-02-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Koko foundation sued</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_APvjHT6wDLwFDkPEXpjK_0.JPG" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">California, USA (San Jose Mercury News (subscription): A legal battle has erupted at the San Mateo home of Koko, the sign-language talking ape, where two former employees of the gorilla's caretaker are suing the foundation for sexual discrimination, wrongful termination, and negligent infliction of emotional distress, among other allegations. <br>Koko, who is 33, made headlines several years ago after learning more than 1,000 words in American Sign Language from Patterson. In 1998, the female gorilla used her abilities to conduct an Internet chat with fans over America Online. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/10942079.htm " target="blank">www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/10942079.htm </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show