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Animals News tagged with zoo elephants

Group Says San Antonio Zoo Mistreats Lone Elephant
Animals  (tags: IDA, filed, complaint, zoo elephants, lucky, lonely, bored, imprisoned, small area, mistreatment, san antonio zoo )

Simone
- 18 days ago - chron.com
A nonprofit animal-rights organization based in California filed a complaint last week with the U.S. Department of Agriculture against the San Antonio Zoo, claiming the zoo's treatment of its only elephant violates federal law. Lucky, The 49-year-old
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Born Free - Sold Out
Animals  (tags: zoo elephants, deaths, weather, colder climate, peta, protest, elephant welfare, activists )

Simone
- 105 days ago - all-creatures.org
In August 2003, 7 elephants captured in the wild in Swaziland were shipped to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, part of the San Diego Zoo. The three elephants in the San Diego Zoo at that time were shipped to the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago where all three
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ACTION ALERT: IDA Files Grand Jury Complaint Against Los Angeles Zoo!!
Animals  (tags: zoo elephants, abused, tina, queenie, ida, lawsuit, los angeles zoo )

Simone
- 112 days ago - ida.convio.net
On August 4, In Defense of Animals (IDA) filed a civil Grand Jury Complaint against the Los Angeles Zoo. We seek an investigation of the zoo for gross malfeasance and unethical behavior in its actions to secure approval of a $42 million elephant exhibit
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Eagerly Anticipated Baby Elephant Accidentally Killed By Mother
Animals  (tags: tragedy, elephant mother, distraught, stepped on, died, sadness, zoo elephants )

Simone
- 140 days ago - examiner.com
A mother tries to help her newborn, but accidentally injures the two day old who dies within an hour. Our hearts would go out to any parent that had this experience. This is exactly what happened to a new parent at the Memphis Zoo.
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Why Zoos Insist on Breeding and Keeping Captive Elephants
Animals  (tags: captivity, imprisoned, zoo elephants, loneliness, depression, zoos, money, finances, exploitation, wild animals )

Simone
- 293 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Shocker: it's not because of concern for the species. Elephants are a crowd draw, a tool to help zoos make money. And nowhere is that made (unintentionally?) clearer than in a recent Salt Lake Tribune article titled "Elephant calf might help continue zoo
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The Elephant in the Room
Animals  (tags: zoo elephants, honolul zoo, sadness, imprisoned, dying young, abuse, neglect, prisons, studies, elephant welfare, sanctuaries, ban elephants in zoos )

Simone
- 302 days ago - honoluluweekly.com
Empress, the Asian elephant who arrived at the Honolulu Zoo in 1947, lived there until her death in 1986. She was 52. The two female Asian elephants who now call the Honolulu Zoo their home are Mari, 34, and Vaigai, 23.
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Hundreds Turn Out to City Hall Over Elephants, Bob Barker Speaks Out
Animals  (tags: zoo elephants, bob barker, city hall, elephant welfare, LA zoo )

Simone
- 370 days ago - laist.com
In what could be one of the largest public turnouts for a city council meeting in years, former Price is Right host Bob Barker was the first to comment on the Los Angeles Zoo elephant controversy a minute before 11 a.m. this morning. "Let's do get
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IN MEMORY OF LES SCHOBERT 1946-2008- A Elephant Advocate
Animals  (tags: les schobert, elephant advocate, fought for captive elephants, welfare, freedom, zoo elephants )

Simone
- 388 days ago - inmemoryofles.blogspot.com
IDA sadly announces the passing of Les Schobert, a well-known zoo professional who was, for the last four years, an integral part of IDA's captive elephant campaign. Les died on October 14, 2008 after a mercifully short battle with cancer.
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Urgent! Help Close The Elephant Exhibit At The Los Angeles Zoo And Send Lone Elephant Billy To A Sanctuary
Animals  (tags: LA zoo, zoo elephants, imprisoned, sanctuary, billy, unhappy, concert prisons, wild animals )

Simone
- 391 days ago - ga0.org
Los Angeles City Councilmember Tony Cardenas introduced two important motions to the City Council last week. One would close the L.A. Zoo's elephant exhibit and send the lone elephant, Billy, to a sanctuary. The other motion would establish an advisory
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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
- 456 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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Elephant Death at Dallas Zoo Prompts Call to Close Exhibit
Animals  (tags: dallas zoo, jenny, died colic, sanctuary, zoo elephants, elephants neglected, elephant advocates )

Simone
- 560 days ago - ga0.org
Prompted by the death last week of the 39-year-old African elephant Keke at the Dallas Zoo, IDA wrote a letter to Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert urging permanent closure of the Zoo's elephant exhibit, and transfer of the surviving elephant, Jenny, to a
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Free Lucky From San Antonio Zoo - PETITION
Animals  (tags: lcuky, san antonion zoo, voice for animals, freedom, elephant sanctuary, zoo elephants )

Simone
- 577 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Urge The Board of Directors at San Antonio Zoo to follow the lead of other large zoos and release Lucky to the Elephant Sanctuary where her needs can be better met. Lucky the last surviving elephant at San Antonio Zoo is lucky only in that she has
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Arthritic Winky Dies: Elephant Euthanized Three Years After Detroit Move
Animals  (tags: winky, 40 years in zoo, sanctuary, died, sadness, arthritic, zoo elephants )

Simone
- 597 days ago - detnews.com
When the Detroit Zoo shut its elephant exhibition in 2005 and sent their two pachyderms packing for California, patrons and zoo officials could at least stomach the loss knowing the pair would have more comfortable digs: a temperate climate and larger
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Japan: An Elephant Kingdom
Animals  (tags: elephants, captivity, zoo elephants, japan, elephant welfare )

Simone
- 672 days ago - english.ohmynews.com
When we mention zoos, Japanese people first think of elephants. Many of us know an old song for children in which mentions their long trunks. According to the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums latest database, we have already more than 50
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Elephant Kills Handler in Moscow Zoo
Animals  (tags: zoo elephants, moscow zoo, elephant killed handler )

Simone
- 778 days ago - newsfromrussia.com
A nervous female elephant at Moscow zoo killed its handler on Wednesday with a hit of its leg while being moved onto a truck. Elephant handlers at Moscow city zoo had been trying to load three African elephants onto a specially designed truck to
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