Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon donates fortune

The nine-time Emmy-winning writer-producer confirmed during a May 16 “WTF With Marc Maron” podcast that he will

donate nearly all of his royalties from the series to charity.

“The truth is,I have more money than I’m interested in spending. Everyone in my family is taken care of. And I enjoy

this. I get pleasure from it. I love it. I don’t feel like it is an obligation,” Simon told The Hollywood Reporter.

“There is stuff happening,really good stuff,every week,” said Simon,who co-created the hit series more than 20 years

ago alongside cartoonist Matt Groening.

He is now using the money earned from the show to help shut down roadside zoos and abusive animal shows,fund a dog-rescue haven in Malibu and fight hunger,among other things.

He has Sam Simon Foundation that rescues the hungry and

strays dogs besides being involved with PETA,international

nonprofit Save the Children; and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society,a global marine conservation organization.

“I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don’t

do anything,and they don’t work. Veganism is an answer for

almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and

climate change.”