Monkey Business: Animal Rights Activists Protest Broward County Fair's Banana Derby Featuring Dog-Riding Capuchins

By Joel Waldman, CBS Miami

November 24, 2021

Over three weeks, roughly 80,000 people will come through the gates of the Broward County Fair. Animal rights activists, however, say something going on there is very unfair, while kids seem to love it.

Kids are going bananas for the Banana Derby at the Broward County Fair – this year’s most popular attraction.

The derby combines two of man’s favorite animals: monkeys and dogs.

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