Some things haven’t changed at the Philadelphia Zoo, America’s oldest, founded in 1874. It is still open every day and, for the time being, it still has elephants. But in Philadelphia, as in zoos around the country, the question of whether elephants should be kept at all zoos — or maybe even any zoo — has almost abruptly become a sensitive one.
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A report on the debate over Bamboo’s future.
Read the full article in the Seattle Weekly
A Seattle resident writes to The News Tribune in Tacoma, about the value of sending Bamboo to a sanctuary.
Read the letter in The News Tribune
A resident of Tacoma comments on the insensitivity of WPZ’s curator.
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An art show, organized by the Roq La Rue gallery, will raise money for Bamboo.
Read more about this event in the Seattle P-I
Seattle’s local NPR radio station, reports on Bamboo’s physical and mental health issues.
Listen or read the transcript on KUOW
A long-awaited report by city officials declares the L.A. Zoo’s elephants to be well-tended but in need of more space.
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KRIS SHERMAN; The News Tribune
A grass-roots animal rights group wants a Tacoma elephant packed off to sanctuary in Tennessee.
They claim Bamboo, a 38-year-old Asian pachyderm at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, is neurotic, overweight and unable to properly socialize with herd mates Suki and Hanako.
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