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Animals News tagged with zoo elephant

Lawsuit Aimed at Halting L.A. Zoo's Construction of Pachyderm Forest Exhibit Can Proceed, Appeals Court Rules
Animals  (tags: lawsuit, proceeeding, elephant exhibit, billy, zoo elephant, sanctuary )

Simone
- 72 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
There's a new development in the long and passionate struggle between animal lovers over the fate of the Los Angeles Zoo's Pachyderm Forest exhibit, as a three-judge panel of California's 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday to allow a lawsuit
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Dear Kashin, Rest in Peace
Animals  (tags: kashin, zoo elephant, early deaths, sanctuary, suffering, animal activists )

Simone
- 97 days ago - bornfreeusa.org
I just read Auckland zoo elephant Kashin has died.The article notes that she was euthanized "after losing her battle with chronic health conditions." How mysterious. Losing her battle with chronic health conditions!? What fascinating language.
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Australia's First Baby Jumbo Gets Buddhist Blessing
Animals  (tags: baby elephant, zoo elephant, luk chai, blessing, buddhist ceremony )

Simone
- 114 days ago - brisbanetimes.com.au
The first elephant calf to be born in Australia has been blessed for good health and success during a traditional Buddhist ceremony in Sydney. Taronga Zoo's six-week-old Asian elephant calf, Luk Chai, which means son or male child in Thai, received
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Activists Decry Expanded Elephant Displays
Animals  (tags: animal activists, elephants, zoo elephant, exhibits, populations, captive elephants, wild animals, freedom )

Simone
- 169 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Seven lumbering elephants -- four of them newcomers -- are the star attractions in the San Diego Zoo's biggest, most costly expansion in its 90-plus years. But such multimillion dollar displays like the city's $45 million Elephant Odyssey are prompting
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PLEASE TAKE ACTION: Help Lucy Find Sanctuary!
Animals  (tags: lucy, captived elephant, zoo elephant, lonely, isolated, edmonton zoo, sanctuary, freedom, companionship )

Simone
- 218 days ago - e-activist.com
Lucy, a 33 year old wild caught Asian elephant, is living alone at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. Elephants are highly social and suffer greatly when held in isolation. In addition to her psychological distress, Lucy has been suffering from arthritis as well
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Lonely Elephant 'Could Die of Sadness'
Animals  (tags: susi, lonely elephant, zoo elephant, animal activists, loneliness, depression, sadness )

Simone
- 304 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The only elephant in Barcelona zoo could die of sadness unless she is moved to a bigger enclosure with other elephants, animal rights campaigners have warned. Susi, a 36-year-old African elephant cow who was born in the wild on the African savannah, has
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We See Ourselves in Billy the Elephant's Eyes- PHOTOS
Animals  (tags: Billy, imprisoned, zoo elephant, wildlife, suffering, lonely, billy elephant advocates, meeting, . zoo authorities )

Simone
- 313 days ago - dailynews.com
One recent afternoon at the Los Angeles Zoo's elephant exhibit, a grayish creature with wrinkles around the eyes stared over the wood-and-rope fence. He was slow afoot, kind of lumbering. He seemed, in some ways, ill-suited to the modern world. He faced
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Jennys Song Music Video for Jenny the Elephant.
Animals  (tags: dallas zoo, jenny, torn from the wild, zoo elephant, suffering, loneliness, prison, freedom, elephant sanctuary, retirementl )

Simone
- 321 days ago - au.youtube.com
Jenny has been imprisoned in Dallas Zoo since she was taken from the wild, and they will not retire her to the Elephant Sanctuary.
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Save Lucy the Elephant- Send Her to Sanctuary - PLZ SIGN PETITON
Animals  (tags: lucy, imprisoned, zoo elephant, elephant sanctuary, suffering, small spaced, cold climate, animal advocates )

Simone
- 358 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Lucy the Elephant is currently at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. She needs to be sent to the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. The small space and cold climate that Lucy has to endure is not right. The sanctuary in Tennessee has more than 2700 acres. Lucy is
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TAKE ACTION- LAST CHANCE TO HELP FREE BILLY -BILLY'S FATE - CLOSE LA ZOO EXHIBIT
Animals  (tags: billy, zoo elephant, update, meetinggs, close elephant exhibit, kinship circle, animal advocates )

Simone
- 380 days ago - easyvegan.info
UPDATE ON MOTION TO CLOSE L.A. ZOO ELEPHANT EXHIBIT AND SEND BILLY TO A SANCTUARY -- The City Council heard Councilmember Cardenas' motions on November 19, 2008 at 10am. After 4 hours of deliberation, the council voted to send both issues -- stopping constr
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Take Action: Help Close L.A. Zoo Elephant Exhibit And Send Lone Elephant Billy To A Sanctuary!
Animals  (tags: sadness, billy, imprisoned, zoo elephant, LA zoo exhibit, elephant suffering, elephant welfare, advocatees )

Simone
- 387 days ago - ga0.org
We urgently need your help to close down the L.A. Zoo elephant exhibit and send its solitary elephant, Billy, to a sanctuary. We are so very close to freeing him from his lonely existence in a miserable, barren zoo pen - please don't let him down!
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Zoo Elephant Died After Fall -Please Vote Is It Humane to Confine Animals in a Zoo?
Animals  (tags: zoo elephant, petal, death, zoo elephants, imprisoned, elephant welfare )

Simone
- 467 days ago - philly.com
Petal, the Philadelphia Zoo's beloved African elephant, died of acute heart and lung failure after she fell on her side while sleeping, zoo officials said yesterday. What's more, the 52-year-old pachyderm, the oldest of her kind in an American zoo,
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Maggie Has Arrived in California. Great News!!!
Animals  (tags: Great News. maggie, zoo elephant, landed, airforce, freedom, sanctuary, awesome news )

Simone
- 765 days ago - kcra.com
Without a doubt, elephants can fly. Maggie the African elephant is now in California after a long journey from Alaska. Maggie has landed!!! The 8,000-pound pachyderm arrived early Friday at Travis Air Force Base from Elmendorf Air Force Base aboard
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Alaskan Elephant Finds Her Place in the Sun
Animals  (tags: maggie, zoo elephant, going home thursday, good news, african elephant, airforce )

Simone
- 769 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Maggie, an African elephant originally from Zimbabwe, will be an unusual and single passenger aboard a US air force C-17 transport plane flying to California's Travis air force base on Thursday. She will be flown inside a crate for the 12-hour journey.
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Bob Barker Says Price Is Right to Move Maggie
Animals  (tags: bob barker, animal activist, godsend, maggie, zoo elephant, $750, 000, elephant welfare )

Simone
- 833 days ago - adn.com
Here's the deal: If the Alaska Zoo sends Maggie the elephant to a sanctuary in Northern California, retired game show host Bob Barker says he'll kick in $750,000 to help take care of her. The zoo would also get $100,000 from an anonymous donor.
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