Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants

3 Letters appear in the Seattle Times in response to the death of 6-year-old elephant Hansa.

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A letter appears in the Seattle P-I about the poor conditions at WPZ’s elephant exhibit and the condition of Bamboo.

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3 Letters to the editor appear in the Seattle P-I, one from an elephant advocate entitled “Imagine what it’s like to get little or no exercise.”

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The Seattle Times prints 2 letters about Bamboo, one from an elephant advocate entitled “Well-deserved sanctuary.”

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2 Very interesting articles appear in the Seattle Times. One speaks to the financial aspects of how the zoo is run, the other is about the lack of education value in the WPZ elephant exhibit.

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Former WPZ director, David Hancocks, writes an excellent letter about the poor conditions of captive zoo elephants and the need to move them to sanctuaries.

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A letter appeared in the Seattle P-I, clarifying that The Elephant Sanctuary follows standards that are higher than the AZA standards for elephants.

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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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3 Excellent letters to the editor appear in the Seattle Weekly in response to the article about WPZ’s elephants: The Elephant Turf War.

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A Seattle resident writes to The News Tribune in Tacoma, about the value of sending Bamboo to a sanctuary.

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