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Send a Valentine for the Elephants

Send a Valentine for the Elephants

Have a Heart, Send Bamboo and Chai to a Sanctuary

Worst Elephant Zoo Spotlight for February: Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington; earning IDA’s Dishonorable Mention in our 2014 Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants list.

At long last, Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo finally announced the impending closure of its egregious elephant exhibit, succumbing to years of public pressure. IDA has long campaigned to help Bamboo, 47, and Chai, 35, the two remaining Asian elephants at this zoo. The Woodland Park Zoo earned a Dishonorable Mention on our 2014 Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants list, a list this zoo has appeared on seven times before for its decrepit exhibit, housing elephants in a cold climate, relentlessly cruel breeding program, and the fact that these elephants have suffered horribly from captivity-induced ailments.

We were disappointed to learn that the zoo is insisting on sending Bamboo and Chai to another zoo – rather than to an accredited elephant sanctuary where they can live a more natural life that meets their behavioral and biological needs, especially after spending so many years in substandard conditions. Sadly, this only proves that this zoo – and many others – does not make decisions that are in the best interests of the elephants. The Woodland Park Zoo earned IDA’s Dishonorable Mention for denying their elephants a more honorable and humane opportunity.

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