The Tragedy of Zoo Elephants

27/06/2025

This is truly horrendous and heartbreaking.
This is what happens when wild elephant calves are captured from the wild and shipped halfway round the world to venues that have no idea how to care for them or any understanding of their needs or social structures,and quite honestly couldn’t care less. The psychological damage done to these young elephants is off the scale and the trauma they are living with devastating to see. Shame on Zimbabwe,shame on China, and shame on CITES for allowing this to happen.
Thank you to ElephantVoices for exposing and addressing this truly terrible situation.
‼️Caution required. The video is hard to watch‼️

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24/06/2025

🇨🇭 THE GREED OF BASEL ZOO!
* Deliberately allowed a bull to impregnate wild caught 'Heri' at 47 years old despite knowing that any resulting pregnancy would carry a grave risk to life!
* Sadly Heri fell pregnant from the reckless mating and the calf died in her womb in December 2023
* Heri was then forced to carry the co**se of her rotting calf inside her for 18 months whilst IGNORANT zoo patrons looked on and waved
* Inevitably the rotting calf inside Heri caused multiple issues and the zoo euthanised Heri
* Heri’s only previous pregnancy resulted in a still birth in 2004
This is NOT conservation this is playing Russian roulette with elephant lives!!
BASEL ZOO intentionally killed Heri with their recklessness and GREED 🤬

24/05/2025

🇬🇧 NEW BRITISH ZOO LEGISLATION COMES UP SHORT 😢
Whilst any increase in space is welcome, this legislation falls heartbreakingly short.

Less than 5 acres for 5 elephants? That’s just one acre each — a shockingly inadequate amount of space for such intelligent, wide-ranging animals.

Elephants will continue to suffer, deteriorate mentally and physically, and die prematurely in UK zoos — all for our entertainment.
How deeply sad that, in 2025, we’ve yet to evolve beyond this self-centred mindset.

📰 - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14743585/Britains-zoo-OVERHAUL-animal-aquariums-government.html

⚠️Be sure to also read this from Born Free which details just how inadequate this new legislation actually is -https://www.bornfree.org.uk/news/born-free-laments-missed-opportunity-of-new-zoo-standards/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKekehleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFDYUQzRnYwVDZjeTllWk1kAR4x8lAvLT6cXMi2jVPtfh3HMIAt9bw3vp6QrCQ_JORuCuNLpU5gru4mPzAkig_aem_b6oUCt1ETEJ6F7fsJNnizQ

22/04/2025

Facts about elephant Miyako in Utsunomiya Zoo in Japan
• Miyako was sent to Japan as a 6 month old baby from Thailand
• Miyako despite being a herd animal has not seen another elephant since 1973 (52 years)
• Utsunomiya Zoo fails to meet almost ALL Miyako’s species specific psychological & physical needs causing her endless suffering.
• Miyako is suffering overgrown nails and cuticles which will cause her discomfort.
• The moat around Miyako’s tiny enclosure is dangerous and a threat to her safety.
• Miyako exhibits stress related stereotypical behaviours.
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🇯🇵 JAPAN: SHAME ON YOU! TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED, EMPATHETICALLY RE****ED!
🇯🇵 日本：恥を知れ！技術的には進歩しているが、共感力は遅れている！

02/04/2025

A film about 'Lucy' a lone elephant incarcerated in a zoo for the purpose of entertaining the zoo going public in Edmonton. Canada.🇨🇦
'Lucy: The Stolen Lives of Elephants.'
👀Watch the trailer here https://vimeo.com/1056187773?share=copy&fbclid=IwY2xjawJZ5alleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfdfu6UG7kEmrpQMtq5DYKHrkrfesCFShx8Bm4inZVpfADDGRT_dWNyXTQ_aem_-_Akjk3Bc7xdT43MZZi3RA

This is "Lucy: The Stolen Lives of Elephants - Trailer" by CCI Entertainment on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

25/02/2025

Good to see a politician speaking out! 👏👏👏

21/02/2025

Even when they have a tiny new baby to care for,the Oregon Zoo elephants are still exploited for entertainment. It’s despicable that they reserve the best nutritious food and vegetables as treats for these spectacles. Isn’t even a new calf enough for them that they need to force them to perform for food to entertain the public? What does this teach them about elephants and their natural behaviour? They all need sanctuary now.

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14/02/2025

European zoos kill as many as 5,000 healthy animals every year

07/02/2025

A desperate idea, from desperate people which will surely only appeal to the most desperate of fools?
👉 Is this plan inline with the zoo mantra of 'CONservation & education' ?? https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3794174358380-zoo-will-send-pooping-elephant-video-to-your-ex-for-valentine-s?fbclid=IwY2xjawISvThleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHaPLZHbYO9Nm6c59s0MkXN275HApUyIWaT5YAm0NSSDTzJY5eoWN6pwgwg_aem_SOe2rTx77EZf3ZH4qzqgZg

The Memphis Zoo in Tennessee is celebrating Valentine's Day by giving fans the chance to send a cute red panda video to their sweethearts -- or a video of

27/11/2024

DOUBLE MISERY AT BLACKPOOL ZOO 🇬🇧
After the triumphant announcement that both mother and daughter Noorjahan and Esha were pregnant comes the grim zoo reality that both calves have died, an all too common occurence in all zoos! Both mothers are left grieving!
Daughter elephant 'Esha' was only 10 years old when she gave birth, so 8 yrs when covered, still a calf herself whilst mother elephant NoorJahan had not given birth in more than 15 years. Her previous calf 'Ganesh Vijay' died from EEHV aged 20 months in 2011.
Both pregnancies carried enormous risk but such is the GREED of zoos that the risks were ignored in the hope of having 'cute baby elephants' to increase footfall and entry receipts!
Zoos create untold misery especially for elephants whilst conning patrons into believing they stand for conservation whereas the truth is much darker.
📍 https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/devastation-at-blackpool-zoo-as-both-pregnant-asian-elephants-lose-their-babies-4883114?fbclid=IwY2xjawGztoBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSg2r4fXKrKSi3A57M-tCD4EsGrozb7jF2q-a-igCocH4jVUf540egzYMQ_aem_uCfFvQWAoa66frrLB4A6xw

30/10/2024

Wild caught elephant Mai (42yrs) was euthanised by Aalborg Zoo, Denmark 🇩🇰 yesterday, not due to deteriorating health rather because her companion elephant Tanja was also euthanised.
The zoo concluded killing Mai was a better option than leaving her alone saying -
"Moving Mai to another zoo wasn't a real possibility either. Partly because of Maize's health issues and partly because moving and integrating with a new pack would be far too stressful and traumatizing for her."
Despite the false narrative of Aalborg zoo, elephants much older than Mai have been successfully transported & have reintegrated with new elephants time and time again!
👉 Mai deserved a chance at least, but after stealing her freedom Aalborg Zoo ultimately decided to also steal her life! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/s5sKmGNXEWoWPSGS/

23/10/2024

REPOST FROM IN DEFENSE OF ELEPHANTS: So Buttonwood is clearly anticipating that Ruth will not live much longer; apparently she can barely walk and it sounds like she's in constant pain. The particular tragedy here is that the zoo director in the early 2000s acknowledged that the elephants shouldn't be there, and pulled the old "when one dies we'll send the remaining one away" nonsense (if they don't belong, they don't belong; why wait?!) and then both elephants just kept living. Who knows whether the zoo would ultimately have released one to sanctuary, anyway - it seems unlikely, and now they'll just say Emily is "too old" and "too attached to her keepers" and "doesn't really like other elephants"... am I forgetting any of their excuses? Ruth has had a miserable life in Buttonwood - bullied by Emily, suffering injury and illness, in an inhospitable climate in a small urban facility. What a horrible thing to do to an elephant
📰 https://wbsm.com/new-bedford-ruth-buttonwood-elephant-hospice-care/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGFpXVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHb5JHKwbleV_Y5Vtjd-RZwBITONv_oLXQKOqg4MPbOC6cbJVC9snfB_m4A_aem_U5AvejnPyX0rjIimWamTRA