VOTE for WPZ as one of IDA’s Top 10 Worst Zoos in the U.S.
Here’s why:
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The elephants are locked in a barren stall the human equivalent of a tiny square closet (4 feet on each side) for 16 – 17 hours every day for 7 months!
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Outside, the far-ranging elephants are locked in a less than 1 acre yard. How frustrating it must be for them to see the lush trees and foliage all around them but kept out of reach by an electrified fence.
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Chai was artificially inseminated this year for the 58th and 59th time. Hansa, Chai’s daughter died of the horrifically painful herpes virus that any future calf will likely die from as well.
Need more reasons?
- All three elephants suffer from foot problems, the #1 killer of elephants in zoos.
Please vote!
http://ida.convio.net/site/PageNavigator/IDAs_top_ten_worst_zoos_nomination_form_2010
Just voted – it is so sad that the zoo won’t just let them go to a sanctuary!!!