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	<title>Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants</title>
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		<title>Zoo elephants &#8216;treated as badly as intensively farmed chickens&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Telegraph (UK) reports that the RSPCA is recommending that UK zoos no longer keep elephants in zoos because it is inhumane. Here&#8217;s an excerpt:
They have a far shorter life-span and higher infant mortality rate than wild elephants and also suffer from high levels of obesity, a report found.
They also show behavioural abnormalities and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freewpzelephants.com/2010/09/02/zoo-elephants-treated-as-badly-as-intensively-farmed-chickens/</link>
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		<title>Another Premature Zoo Elephant Death</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An elephant in a Massachusetts Zoo has died at the young age of 36, according to In Defense of Animals&#8217; blog:
IDA  filed a complaint today with the USDA, urging an  investigation into the death of  Dondi, an Asian elephant held at the  Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon, Massachusetts.  She died on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freewpzelephants.com/2010/07/31/another-premature-zoo-elephant-death/</link>
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		<title>Spaceless in Seattle: Why elephants don&#8217;t belong here</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this new video, created exclusively to help the elephants at Woodland Park Zoo!
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		<link>http://www.freewpzelephants.com/2010/07/13/spaceless-in-seattle-why-elephants-dont-belong-here/</link>
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		<title>Letters: WPZ sued over elephant care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regarding the recent lawsuit against the City of Seattle for its taxpayer-funded support of elephant cruelty at the zoo, local DVM responded in a letter to the editor in the Seattle Times:
I have two main concerns with the Woodland Park Zoo elephants [“Zoo  sued over care of elephants,” NWWednesday, June 30]. The first lies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freewpzelephants.com/2010/07/12/letters-wpz-sued-over-elephant-care/</link>
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		<title>ALDF Legal Complaint Against Seattle Now Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This legal Complaint for Injunctive Relief was filed with the Superior Court of the state of Washington for King County with help from the Animal Legal Defense Fund. The lawsuit is brought against the City of Seattle, asking that it &#8220;cease its waste and unlawful use of City funds to support ongoing illegal conduct at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freewpzelephants.com/2010/07/03/aldf-legal-complaint-against-seattle-now-available/</link>
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		<title>Seattle Taxpayers Sue the City for Supporting Illegal Cruelty to Woodland Park Zoo Elephants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Animal Legal Defense Fund:
SEATTLE—Outraged citizens represented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund  are filing a lawsuit against the City of Seattle today to stop the  City’s unlawful use of taxpayer dollars to support the Woodland Park  Zoo’s reckless and illegally cruel treatment of its elephants. As a  result of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freewpzelephants.com/2010/06/30/seattle-taxpayers-sue-the-city-for-supporting-illegal-cruelty-to-woodland-park-zoo-elephants/</link>
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		<title>Jungle Party 2010 Rally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please join Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants in reminding donors attending Woodland Park Zoo’s (WPZ) largest fund raiser of the year, of the suffering endured by the three elephants on display at WPZ.
Three &#8220;human elephants&#8221; will perform neurotic behaviors exhibited by Bamboo, Chai and Watoto. One &#8220;human elephant&#8221; will be caged in a 4&#8242; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freewpzelephants.com/2010/06/24/jungle-party-2010-rally/</link>
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		<title>Suffering Elephants Worldwide get their Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please join us for The International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos, a global event organized by IDA (In Defense of Animals).
Last year, Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants, along with demonstrators in 33 cities and 7 countries brought awareness about the tragedy of keeping elephants in severe confinement.
Here in Seattle, Bamboo, Chai and Watoto spend 16 &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freewpzelephants.com/2010/05/27/suffering-elephants-worldwide-get-their-day/</link>
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		<title>Elephant Cruelty in the Shrine Circus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re all busy, but please take a  few minutes to help those who are powerless and suffer at the hands of  human greed and ignorance.
An elephant in a Shrine Circus in Pennsylvania kicked  and killed his trainer.
Elephants in circuses  suffer from brutal training and treatment, are forced to spend hundreds  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freewpzelephants.com/2010/04/10/elephant-cruelty-shrine-circus/</link>
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		<title>Last Sunday&#8217;s Martha Norwalk Show Available Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants coordinator, Alyne Fortgang, was a guest on Martha Norwalk&#8217;s radio show last Sunday, along with elephant experts from all over the country. From the description on Martha Norwalk&#8217;s website:
This week the topic is all about the elephants,  Bamboo, Chai, and Watoto, at the Woodland Park Zoo. Find out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freewpzelephants.com/2010/03/24/last-sundays-martha-norwalk-show-available-online/</link>
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