A letter appears in the Seattle P-I asking the zoo to stop moving Bamboo from zoo to zoo and instead send her to a sanctuary.
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Month: March, 2006
Letter: Move elephant one more time — to a sanctuary
Woodland Park Zoo: Elephant debate
A change of plans offers the zoo a chance to engage the public in decisions about the returning elephant, Bamboo, and the popular elephant exhibit.
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Zoo to send elephant back
Officials at Point Defiance and Woodland Park zoos announced Bamboo will move back to Seattle sometime this spring.
Read the full article in the News-Tribune
‘Sad, neurotic’ Bamboo to return
Seven months after transferring a beloved but anti-social elephant from Seattle to Tacoma, zoo officials acknowledge the arrangement hasn’t worked and will be terminated.
Read the full article in the Seattle P-I
Chicago Considers Banning Mistreated Elephants
After all three of the Lincoln Park Zoo’s elephants met untimely deaths, wildlife experts urged the Chicago City Council to embargo captive elephants in the interest of sparing them physical and psychological misery.
Read the full article in The NewStandard
US to review treatment of zoo elephants
The Agriculture Department will seek public comment on a petition filed accusing U.S. zoos of violating the Animal Welfare Act by keeping elephants in small, unnatural pens.
Check out the full story on ABC News
Letters: The Elephant Turf War
3 Excellent letters to the editor appear in the Seattle Weekly in response to the article about WPZ’s elephants: The Elephant Turf War.
Read these letters in the Seattle Weekly
Bill says more trunk space for elephants
A California Assemblyman has authored a bill that would require zoos throughout California to expand their elephant habitats or forcing them to close.
Read the full story in the LA Daily News
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