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DOUBLE MISERY AT BLACKPOOL ZOO 🇬🇧After the triumphant announcement that both mother and daughter Noorjahan and Esha were...
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

Wild caught elephant Mai (42yrs) was euthanised by Aalborg Zoo, Denmark 🇩🇰 yesterday, not due to deteriorating health ra...
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/

REPOST FROM IN DEFENSE OF ELEPHANTS: So Buttonwood is clearly anticipating that Ruth will not live much longer; apparent...
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

'Happy' the UNHAPPY elephant at The Bronx Zoo is clearly in serious trouble! Yet the zoo continue with their selfish des...
26/09/2024

'Happy' the UNHAPPY elephant at The Bronx Zoo is clearly in serious trouble! Yet the zoo continue with their selfish desires, unwilling to put Happy's welfare first. After so many years service Bronx Zoo deny her retirement, deny her freedom & peace, deny her any dignity, instead poor Happy will remain a mere 'exhibit' to be gawped at and ridiculed 😢
Why did the human race become so cruel?

🚨 URGENT: Happy needs your help more than ever. The toll that a half century of captivity has had on Happy is again on full display in the exhibit yard.

After 10 weeks of confinement in the barn, Happy was finally seen in the exhibit yard this week. This photo–one of several taken Sunday by an NhRP supporter–shows Happy lying on a dirt patch with her eyes open. We don’t know how long she was lying down (outside the period in which our source saw her via the monorail) but she did get back up only to almost immediately lie down again. This is one of several times Happy has been observed lying down this week. As far as is known, this pattern of lying down in the exhibit yard isn’t normal for Happy. From the time we began monitoring this exhibit in 2018 until her disappearance from view this summer, we and our sources only ever observed Happy in a standing position in this yard.

The photos also show significant damage to Happy’s feet which itself raises serious questions about Happy’s health. For example, why is she choosing to lie down during the few hours she has available outside? Is she trying to find relief from joint and foot pain caused by decades of standing in the exhibit? Does she spend most of her time in the barn lying down as well? Because of the zoo’s refusal to be transparent, we can’t definitively answer these questions, among countless others. But we and the elephant experts we’ve consulted with continue to suspect something is seriously wrong with Happy, and the zoo won't acknowledge it publicly.

🚨 You can help by 1) sharing this post 2) contacting the Bronx Zoo via social media or their customer service line to politely urge them to and to a sanctuary.

Whatever is wrong specifically, it’s appalling that the Bronx Zoo has put the suffering of elephants on display for decades–favoring its own interests at the expense of Happy and Patty’s. In the end, though, the dire, unjust situation these elephants are in is about something much bigger than the Bronx Zoo. It’s about the fact that elephants lack the legal right to be free from unjust captivity–captivity that slowly but surely destroys them in body and mind.

The comments of Dan Ashe the President and CEO of The Association of Zoos and Aquariums in a recent New York Times artic...
15/09/2024

The comments of Dan Ashe the President and CEO of The Association of Zoos and Aquariums in a recent New York Times article beggar belief! Elephants are physically and biologically constructed to MOVE, not moving can & does cause elephants serious harm, period!
That the AZA is headed up by a person of such ignorance goes a long way towards explaining why so many elephants suffer terribly in AZA accredited zoos!
Perhaps Dan would be better suited to reforming the penal system after all applying ‘Dan’s Logic’ being in a prison clearly is no punishment at all for offenders!
📰Article - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/nyregion/happy-the-elephant-bronx-zoo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KU4.-U6n.k2KvEuy_uP6Y&smid=url-share&fbclid=IwY2xjawFToW9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHV5gV6-mjMS6_xsGLEOmKMcLfMyhRdjNB8Cge5z-LvBAo1sxqBtpjRMFvw_aem_UJtg-5GOtfVY9eN6uu-Ehg

08/09/2024

Many years ago humans came to realise that both men & women should be afforded control over our own bodies, that r**e was a heinous crime. Yet today we persist in chaining elephants up, affording them no choice and subjecting them to a degrading and humiliating procedure that amounts to R**E at the hands of humans!
Elephants are highly intelligent sentient beings with a level of self awareness to rival that of humans and yet we believe violating them this way is permissable?
Who knows the mental scars suffering procedures like this over and over leaves on highly aware & intelligent elephants?
This violation is only carried out so the zoo going public can see 'cute' elephant calves during their visit 😢
Is this a price elephants should pay for our moments of enjoyment?
🎥 at Zoo de Beauval,France. Original post - https://fb.watch/utftl0Uf2Z/

Long suffering elephant 'Happy' has not been seen outside in her yard for 52 days now! The Bronx Zoo and the ironically ...
03/09/2024

Long suffering elephant 'Happy' has not been seen outside in her yard for 52 days now!
The Bronx Zoo and the ironically titled ‘Wildlife Conservation Society’ who own and manage the zoo, claim that there is nothing amiss.
🛑 CLEARLY SOMETHING IS VERY VERY WRONG…..
What are Wildlife Conservation Society and Bronx Zoo hiding??

Notwithstanding the awfulness of this gifting of 4 young elephants from Myanmar to a Japanese zoo,it would seem that the...
30/08/2024

Notwithstanding the awfulness of this gifting of 4 young elephants from Myanmar to a Japanese zoo,it would seem that the inadequate enclosure (costing all of $13,150 dollars) is not even safe or secure.

FUKUOKA -- A zoo run by this southwest Japan city announced on Aug. 27 that one of several newly arrived elephants had escaped its enclosure three tim

Remember towards the end of 2023 elephant 'Panang' was reunited with her mother 'Ceyla' at Zoo Zurich after a 28 year se...
23/08/2024

Remember towards the end of 2023 elephant 'Panang' was reunited with her mother 'Ceyla' at Zoo Zurich after a 28 year seperation, having been cruelly separated from her at just 6 years old?
Sadly, the reunion was very short lived as mother elephant Ceyla collapsed and died aged just 49 years on August 10th this year.
Ceyla was yet another elephant imported from the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka. During her miserable life Ceyla gave birth to six calves only 50% of which survive.

The latest artwork from much celebrated artist 'Banksy' in London depicts a gorilla releasing other inmates below the Lo...
13/08/2024

The latest artwork from much celebrated artist 'Banksy' in London depicts a gorilla releasing other inmates below the London Zoo sign... the message is clear!
Zoo animals deserve and want FREEDOM!

31/07/2024

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN JAPAN 🇯🇵 - VETS FOR HIRE❗️
Two European vets,Frank Goeritz & Thomas Hildebrandt,said to be “elephant specialists”,consider this zoo (see video below) to be an appropriate environment for an African elephant to not only reside in, but also raise a calf in? So much so that they have travelled to Japan and artificially inseminated lone elephant Mao (22yrs) at Morioka Zoo.
Is there any dump that Frank Goeritz & Thomas Hildebrandt would consider so species inappropriate that they would refuse to inseminate an elephant? Do they draw the line anywhere? Or is future welfare & wellbeing of elephants unimportant so long as they get paid?💰 How ethical is performing AI on an elephant cruelly confined in dire conditions?
🇯🇵Japan's zoos have a torrid history of poor welfare & cruelty especially with regard to elephants. Morioka Zoo where the insemination took place, has kept 3 African elephants,Hanako died aged just 10 years and Taro died aged 27. Mao is the only surviving elephant. The only previous pregnancy at this zoo resulted in a still birth.
Given the apparent lack of regard for elephant welfare it should come as no surprise that these same vets were the lone 'experts' that said elephant Lucy in Edmonton Zoo, Canada should remain suffering in situ rather than relocating to sanctuary!
🐾 Ironically this duo also work with animal welfare NGO FOUR PAWS treating elephants who are ailing due to poor living conditions & care and yet despite seeing the tragic outcomes first hand these vets are happy to help ensure more elephants suffer in poor confinement so long as the price is right!
Perhaps FOUR PAWS should reconsider which “consultants” they use?
No “elephant expert” worth their salt would consider the enclosure at Morioka Zoo to be close to being species appropriate, It would or should be apparent to any ‘expert’ that an elephant residing in this death trap will suffer terribly and yet Goeritz & Hildebrandt have happily turned a blind eye, just as they did with their sham report on Lucy! Perhaps the “price was right” in Edmonton too?
📌 This highly unethical action by European veterinarians closely associated with many European zoos and with EAZA - the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria once again highlights how little genuine concern for elephant welfare and wellbeing exists in these circles!

📰 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/3448/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEXhvBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHU_E7auXsldYXa5ufzG0y8Ru0TuXKtoOKYthHV3qs3OBWoOTfVjnYkXtxQ_aem_zdEjT1jsN4xUdGhq71QmZA

Elephant Asha suffers a stillbirth at Oklahoma City ZooAsha has now given birth to 5 calves yet is only 29 years old. He...
26/07/2024

Elephant Asha suffers a stillbirth at Oklahoma City Zoo
Asha has now given birth to 5 calves yet is only 29 years old. Her first born ‘Malee’ died aged just 4 years old
Her calf prior to the stillbirth ‘Rama’ was born in January 2022. Given that the zoo claimed the due date for the still born calf was around April 2025 Asha must have been impregnated when Rama was around 6 months old, yet in the wild female elephants only give birth around every 4-5 years!
Perhaps the unnatural short gap between calves was a causal factor in the still birth?
Oklahoma City Zoo regularly features in the 'TopTen Worst Zoos' list - https://www.idausa.org/campaign/elephants/10-worst-zoos-for-elephants-2023/
Zoos are breeding factories for elephants; They continue with their relentless breeding NOT for conservation but to increase footfall.
The greedy breeding programs of zoos are the cause of untold elephant suffering and deaths! How does this possibly represent a conservation effort?
https://okcfox.com/news/local/oklahoma-city-zoo-elephant-asha-suffers-miscarriage-loses-stillborn-calf-botanical-garden-premature-labor-fifth-pregnancy-saturday-sunday-july-loss-animal-program-vet-team-ultrasound?fbclid=IwY2xjawEQZcZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHe3eeQ7uTalqdxIe43dC2tGyiTGoS31Y3tl90fpMwovP5qO5hRW2-rTgTA_aem_240BFnkS1fzCyRABWlvNOw

Recently we posted about the death of 20 year old elephant ‘Sundara Hi Way’ at Chester Zoo. You can read that post here....
25/07/2024

Recently we posted about the death of 20 year old elephant ‘Sundara Hi Way’ at Chester Zoo. You can read that post here.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/pUNtQD7xaJyKF1ZF/?mibextid=WC7FNe
We delved further into Sundara’s family history.
▪️ SUNDARA'S MOTHER
'Sithami' also collapsed and died at Chester Zoo in 2018 aged just 21 yrs. By the time she died she had given birth to 4 calves including Sundara – all 4 are dead!
▪️ SUNDARA'S GRANDMOTHER
'Thi Ha Way' was euthanised at Chester Zoo in 2020 aged just 38 (arthritis) she gave birth to a total of 9 calves in her short life only 2 of which are still alive.
'Thi Ha Way' had her first calf aged 7 years, still a calf herself, which would mean she was impregnated at around 5 years old! Unsurprisingly, given her young age she killed this calf herself at birth.
During her 38 years she was transferred multiple times and actually spent time in 6 different zoos
Behind the appalling record of Chester Zoo is a litany of untold elephant suffering and heartbreak. 💔
🛑 Subjecting this supremely intelligent, sentient species to this misery has to stop!
Elephants in zoos have no conservation value, they are there purely for our entertainment
This isn’t conservation, it’s elephant consumerism.

Yet another young elephant dies at Chester Zoo! Sundara aged just 20 years old died from twisted intestines according to...
24/07/2024

Yet another young elephant dies at Chester Zoo!
Sundara aged just 20 years old died from twisted intestines according to Chester Zoo. She leaves behind a 4 year old calf and her 8 year old sister who will both be deeply traumatised such is the bond between elephant mothers and calfs.
🛑 Since 2000 12 elephants have died at Chester zoo:
Sundara Hi Way – 20 yrs
Thi Ha Way – 38 yrs
Nandita – 3 yrs
Aayu Hi Way – 2 years
Sithami – 21 years
Hari Hi Way - 3 yrs
Bala Hi Way - 2 yrs
Nayan Hi Way - 3 yrs
Jamilah Hi Way – 2 years
Sheba – 55 years
Raman - 3 yrs
Kumara - 35 yrs

The average lifespan of an elephant is just 15 years at Chester Zoo ‼️
👉SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG HERE!!👈
Zoo captivity is hard on elephants, no zoo can meet the complex needs of an elephant either in terms of space or social structure, as a result elephants merely exist in zoos, then die prematurely! Elephants have greater longevity in some of the harshest camps in Asia which offers an insight into just how harsh zoo captivity is on elephants!
Chester Zoo consider themselves to be the flagship elephant keeping zoo in the UK and yet their record speaks for itself – a catastrophe!
Far from conserving elephants Chester Zoo is an ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD
It’s way past time that we phased out elephants in zoos, It’s time to end the suffering which takes place not for 'conservation' as zoos claim but for our entertainment!
Article - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgk1re0m46o?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1-260HYJEW-usobaB90y9btqmFZfg6dzlg6-HQQk-MCmQ55vLlSpyRvIs_aem_kSLeDjxuM_WT0aaGlmG3Vg

Zoo breeding is a cause of misery and heart break for elephants. First S***m collection & artificial insemination are un...
15/07/2024

Zoo breeding is a cause of misery and heart break for elephants. First S***m collection & artificial insemination are undignified and cause elephants discomfort and stress, then astronomical calf mortality rates leave elephants heartbroken sometimes repeatedly! DO NOT be fooled by the 'conservation' narrative given by zoos - NO zoo elephants have EVER been released to bolster wild populations!
Zoo breeding is all about increasing footfall at enormous cost to elephant welfare & wellbeing 😢 https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41435881.html

Two young Asian elephants have died this month of the elephant herpes virus at the Dublin Zoo. The EEHV virus is rife in...
08/07/2024

Two young Asian elephants have died this month of the elephant herpes virus at the Dublin Zoo. The EEHV virus is rife in zoo elephant populations and though it has been found in wild elephants, it’s young captive calves that pay the price for it. Zoo captivity is highly stressful for elephants: no zoo can provide sufficient space,natural browse,social interaction,autonomy or mental stimulation for these highly intelligent animals. Dublin Zoo recently transferred some of its elephants to Cincinnati Zoo in the USA, splitting up a family in the process, causing immense stress to all of them. Studies have shown that suppressed immune systems of captive calves due to the stress of their environments makes them vulnerable to viral infections such as EEHV. Around 50% of captive elephant calves don’t live to adulthood. This isn’t conservation, it’s a money making scam. Desperate attempts at finding an effective vaccine are not the answer. The answer is to stop captive breeding. Baby elephants are lucrative and zoos exploit this. Elephants don’t live in zoos,they just exist and then they die in them.


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