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URGENT!!! Urge USDA To Confiscate Elephant Lucky From San Antonio Zoo: PETITION !!!
Animals  (tags: Lucky, zoo, isolation, San Antonio, elephant, 53 year old, petition, USDA )

Marie
- 8 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Please help and sign petition. The San Antonio Zoo is to keep a 53 year old female elephant named Lucky in isolation, and has said that the elephant will remain at zoo until it dies
115 comments
Zoo Orangutan Made Ladder to Escape From the Fence to Scare Visitors
Animals  (tags: zoo, Hanover, chimpanzees, escape, protection )

Giana
- 21 days ago - truefunnystories.info
The accident happened in a zoo in Hanover. Five chimpanzees tied three branches together, made a temporary ladder to ran out of the fence.
12 comments
SAVE YUPI THE POLAR BEAR IN MEXICO -PLEASE SIGN!!!
Animals  (tags: Polar Bears, abused, animal cruelty, zoo, animal welfare, investigation, protection, wildlife, help, animal cruelty, animal advocates )

Julie
- 74 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The zoo wants to remodel her enclosure, but no matter what they do, Yupi is not adapted to be there and never will!. Her life will be the same, frustrated, stressed, suffering because of the heat and miserable.
35 comments
Forgotton Species: The Fiery Luristan Newt -PLEASE SIGN!!!
Animals  (tags: amphibian.endangered, animalrights, reptiles, fish, zoo, animals, animaladvocates, death, protection )

Julie
- 94 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
"It's one of the most beautiful amphibians in the world, and a spectacular animal to see in person," says Nate Nelson, curator of amphibians, reptiles, and fish at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Witchita, Kansas. MORE
20 comments
LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE - PLEASE SIGN!!!
Animals  (tags: CThunderbird, sacred, turtle, biggest, tropics, leatherback, amphibian.endangered, animalrights, reptiles, fish, zoo, animals, animaladvocates, death, protection )

Julie
- 96 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The leatherback sea turtle (Demochelys coriacea) is the earth's biggest turtle and has the largest range of any species, swimming all over the globe from the tropics to the sub-polar regions. When it comes time to dig a nest and lay its eggs, MORE
42 comments
Adorable Baby Baird's Tapir
Animals  (tags: tapir, zoo, baby, adorable, cute, nashville )

Zack
- 104 days ago - cuteanimals4you.com
An album of Nashville Zoo's adorable new baby Baird's tapir, born on January 12th.
17 comments
Petition: Tirgu-Mures Zoo in Romania: Transfer Tania to An Elephant Sanctuary !
Animals  (tags: zoo, elephant, sanctuary, romania, endangered, protection, wildanimals, animalwelfare, animalrights, animals, conservation, environment, humans, law, rescued, abuse )

Jutta
- 108 days ago - change.org
She is the only elephant in a zoo in Romania. Her name is Tania, she is 38 yrs old and she can be found at the Tirgu-Mures Zoo, Romania in a 100 sq. meter cage surrounded by filth.
30 comments
When Tourists Attack: 9 Crocodiles Stoned to Death at Chinese Zoo -PLEASE SIGN!!!
Animals  (tags: abuse, animal cruelty, China, ZOO, crocodiles, tourists, suffering, Cruel, idiots, death )

Julie
- 113 days ago - takepart.com
This tale of zoo cruelty out of China is beyond the pale--recently, visitors to a Shenzhen zoo killed zoo killed nine crocodiles by throwing rocks and garbage into their exhibit. Trying to get the reptiles to move, guests began yelling and spitting at them
61 comments
ACTION ALERT: Demand Justice For Wrongfully Drowned Wallaby! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: animal cruelty, zoo, investigation, wallaby drowned, suffering )

Simone
- 126 days ago - forcechange.com
Recently, a wallaby was wrongfully drowned at Reston Zoo in Fairfax County, Virginia. The wallaby had suffered from an injury and the zoo director thought she would be "euthanizing" the animal by drowning it. Action must be taken to ensure that Meghan
44 comments
Chinese Zoo Visitors Hit Lions With Snowballs For Fun
Animals  (tags: sadness, zoo, lions, china, animalcruelty, animalwelfare, abuse, humans, suffering, wildanimals )

Carrie
- 127 days ago - chinasmack.com
WHEN ANIMALS SHOULD ATTACK! Don't bother with the translation, just get angry.
45 comments
Jaguar Cubs Born At Milwaukee Zoo Bring New Genes
Animals  (tags: wildlife, zoo, good news, protection, environment, animals, endangered )

Carrie
- 128 days ago - nationalmemo.com
Two jaguar cubs are providing more than just cooing fans for Milwaukee's zoo. The spotted brothers are introducing new genes to the endangered species' captive population because unlike most zoo babies, their father was born in the wild.
16 comments
Virginia Zoo Director to Serve One Month in Jail for Animal Cruelty - National Pet Rescue | Examiner.Com
Animals  (tags: zoo, court, abuse, AnimalWelfare, animalcruelty, cruelty, law, humans, investigation, killed, protection, sadness, crime, death, animalwelfare )

Dianne Ly
- 131 days ago - examiner.com
Meghan Mogensen, former director of the Reston Zoo at 1228 Hunter Mill Road in Reston, Va. will serve 30 days in jail for animal cruelty in the drowning death of a parma wallaby last January.
32 comments
Oldest Zoo Gorilla, Colo, Celebrates Birthday At Columbus Zoo In Ohio (PHOTOS)
Animals  (tags: gorilla, colo, oldest, zoo, gorilla, 56, birthday, photos )

BarbKnigh
- 141 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The first gorilla born in a zoo is turning 56 and celebrating her birthday with some special treats at her central Ohio home.
30 comments
Petition: End Animal Abuse in Piatra Neamt Zoo, Romania
Animals  (tags: animal cruelty, animal welfare, suffering, animal rights, abused, abuse, zoo, zoo conditions, Piatra Neamt, Romania )

Ela
- 174 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Animals are kept in poor conditions, they suffer from lack of space & cold. The zoo is not designed according to modern standards. Sign this petition that will be sent to the presidency & ministry. We invite all NGOs that can help to lobby for this cause!
90 comments
Shut Down Guzoo Animal Farm ****SIGN PETITIONS
Animals  (tags: zoo, wildanimals, wildlife, sadness, suffering, cruelty, abuse, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animalwelfare, animals, environment, death, protection )

Florence
- 192 days ago - our-compass.org
For years, both locals and visitors from around the world have spoken out against a decrepit private menagerie in Alberta called GuZoo, widely considered to be the worst roadside zoo in Canada.Please SIGN petitions & send Email to CLOSE ZOO! SIGN & SHARE
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