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Bamboo, 56, last Seattle zoo elephant, euthanized in Oklahoma City

November 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Her life story was the story of most U.S. zoo elephants OKLAHOMA CITY,  Oklahoma––“Where will Woodland Park Zoo elephants be sent to die?”,  ANIMALS 24-7 asked on December 7,  2014,  as the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle finalized plans to transfer Chai and Bamboo,  the last two elephants to reside there,  to the Oklahoma City Zoo. That […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Poaching & trafficking, Sanctuaries, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Chai elephant, David Hancocks, Merritt Clifton, Oklahoma City Zoo & Botanical Garden, Woodland Park Zoo

Now we know where the former Woodland Park Zoo elephants went to die

February 3, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Chai,  47,  found deceased at the Oklahoma City Zoo OKLAHOMA CITY,  Oklahoma––“Where will Woodland Park Zoo elephants be sent to die?”,  ANIMALS 24-7 asked on December 7,  2014,  as the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle finalized plans to transfer Chai and Bamboo,  the last two elephants to reside there,  to the Oklahoma City Zoo. (See […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Sanctuaries, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Deborah Jensen, Friends of the Woodland Park Zoo Elephants, Merritt Clifton, Oklahoma City Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo

Washington voters trounce hook-&-bullet crowd on behalf of endangered species

November 4, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

71% in favor          OLYMPIA––Washington state voters on November 3,  2015 overwhelmingly approved Initiative Measure 1401,   introducing state-level felony penalties for the purchase, sale,  and/or distribution of products made from elephants,  rhinos,  lions,  tigers,  leopards,  cheetahs,  sea turtles,  pangolins,  sharks and rays. At least 50 individuals have reportedly been apprehended in possession with such contraband […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Tigers, U.S., USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Paul Allen, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Seattle Aquarium, Woodland Park Zoo

Update: Elephants, high mountains, and snow still don’t mix, Woodland Park Zoo learns––2,233 years after Hannibal

May 13, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Bamboo & Chai to resume journey to Oklahoma City          SEATTLE, SAN DIEGO, OKLAHOMA CITY––The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle on May 8,  2015 denied Friends of the Woodland Park Zoo Elephants’ application for an injunction to keep the former Woodland Park Zoo elephants Bamboo and Chai in temporary […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Left, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Hannibal Barca, Northwest Animal Rights Network, Oklahoma City Zoo, Sandi Daughton, Woodland Park Zoo

Where will Woodland Park Zoo elephants be sent to die?

December 7, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Winter move planned SEATTLE––The most difficult winter campaign involving elephants since Hannibal Barca tried to march 38 elephants through the Alps in 218 B.C. to attack Rome may be ahead for the Northwest Animal Rights Network subsidiary Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants and the allied Community Coalition for Elephant Retirement, ironically because of an […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Zoos Tagged With: David Hancocks, Deborah Jensen, elephants, Merritt Clifton, Tusko, Woodland Park Zoo

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