Press Release: Seattle Group Files Complaint with Oklahoma State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners over Death of Elephant
Chai in December 2015 being hoisted up after going down. She lost over 1,000 pounds in 8 months at the Oklahoma City Zoo before dying in a state of emaciation. Oklahoma City Zoo said there were “no red flags”.
Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants has filed a complaint with the Oklahoma Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners against the Director of Veterinary Services at the Oklahoma City Zoo, Dr. Jennifer D’Agostino, over the death of Chai. We allege that Dr. D’Agostino was negligent by providing substandard care, disregarding indications of Chai’s failing health, and deceiving the public. We hope that the Board will conduct a thorough and impartial investigation, and take disciplinary action if it’s found that Dr. D’Agostino violated provisions of the Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act. We have grave concerns for the remaining elephants at the zoo, including Bamboo, who suffers from ongoing, captivity-related medical issues.
You can read the Press Release, Complaint Introduction and entire Complaint here:
Press Release
Complaint Intro
Vet Board Complaint
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This is disgusting! Set them free. Zoos are animal prisons. Close all zoos & marine parks! Humans suck. They kill everything.
I am so angry that poor Chai had to die this way. Woodland Park Zoo wouldn’t listen to pleas from citizens all over the country to send Chai & Bamboo to a sanctuary, so instead they sent them to a lesser zoo who apparently could not recognize a sick elephant when it slapped them in the face! Both Zoos are negligent of providing proper care for these elephants. They both should be banned from ever having elephants again & Chai & the remaining elephants at Oklahoma City Zoo should all be sent to a sanctuary!
This is so sad. Wild animals need to be freed and able to live out their lives in a sanctuary. Stop breeding them in captivity! That Vet needs to have his license revoked.
In fact this is murder and those responsible should be put to death.
Free them all!!!
THIS IS DISGUSTING. ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR IT. FIRST OF ALL, ALL ANIMALS SHOULD BE IN A SANCTUARY, OR FREE. SECOND, ALL THE VETS, WHO SUPPOSEDLY TOOK CARE OF THIS ELEPHANT, SHOULD HAVE THEIR LICENSES REVOKED. THEY DID NOT DO THEIR JOB, AND CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO CARE FOR ANY OTHER ANIMALS.
Stop this cruelty and abuse and let them be free as it should be!!!
This is absolutely terrible what Woodland Park Zoo & Oaklahoma City Zoo let happen to these elephants! They both should have their license revoked! Further more they should never be allowed to own another elephant and the remaining elephants should be sent to a sanctuary!
All should be freed into a natural sanctuary immediately.
Free all into a natural sanctuary.
Please, no more animals in captivity! People need to show empathy, imagine if humans were subjected to similar conditions for no reason! These beautiful animals don’t deserve this! Please let them live a free life in a sanctuary!
Absolutely disgusting. They were negligent and shud be charged. Free all elephants!
CAPTIVITY KILLS !! KEEPING ELEPHANTS PRISONNERS TO MAKE TRICKS FOR STUPID PEOPLE IS A SHAME !
THINK TO OUR FUTUTRE 8 THE WORLD IS WATCHING YOU 8 WE LL NEVER GIVE UP !!!you only think to money, always M O N E Y !!
It´s a big shame( one again). Humain society is so cruel with the other members of the planet. All this pain for moneys againand again. When all species will be died, what we ll doing, what we ll doing with all us money??sigrid. Sorry for my english l
Please release the Elephants in your captivity as soon as possible. Elephants belong in the wild. Not cooped up in a Zoo.
Only a demon, separated from lucid vision would commit such atrocities against a helpless and innocent animal, an animal that has a compassionate family network.
This
mistreatment of elephants is uncivilized, criminal.
This is really shameful, they should close this zoo down and definitely never allow them to have any wild animals for any reason! NO MORE WILD ANIMALS, NO MORE ZOOS! WE’RE TIRED OF THE ABUSE, STOP IT NOW~!!
This is horrendous cruelty for an elephant to endure. Those responsible for her neglect should be severely punished and all elephants should be released into a sanctuary where care and attention is vital. NO MORE DEATH ZOO’s NO MORE DEATH CIRCUSES.
This is horrendous cruelty for an elephant to endure. All those responsible should be severely punished. NO MORE DEATH ZOOS NO MORE DEATH CIRCUSES. All the animals in these places should be rehomed into sanctuaries, so they can be with their own kind… looked after and cared for.
you monsters! You live like that you assholes.
These explicit photos tell an observer everything they need to know. There is no excuse for an elephant to lose this much weight, be this weak,and obviously suffer from extremely poor health while her zoo caretakers claim there were no red flags with her health. Total incompetence, neglect, abuse, and mistreatment are just the beginning. Shut this place down! Move all the remaining live animals to sanctuaries to live out their lives. Humans should be ashamed!
ITS OBVIOUS THIS PLACE NEEDS TO CLOSE DOWN , AND ANY ANIMALS THERE RESCUED TO A SANCTUARY BEFORE THERES ANY MORE BARBARIC CRUELTY, IN FACT ALL ZOO SHOULD BE CLOSED DOWN, THIS IS 2016
Absolututely shocking poor Elephant this zoo should be closed downBrutal evil scum sticking to say the least.