After graduation In defense of animals “ annual list 10 worst elephant zoos in North America in Fort Worth Zoo in Texas canceled 2 million dollars deal with Safari with African lion in Ontario, Canada, acquire two female Asian elephants.
Fort Worth Zoo was voted best # 2 Worst Zoo in North America and African lion safari has been listed as # 1 Worst Elephant Zoo in 2020. The theme park contains more Asian elephants in North America than any other institution, with 16 Asian elephants forced to produce 21 calves.
The Fort Worth Zoo was intended to breed Nellie, 8, and Emily, 15. Reportedly, the zoo would pay extra USD 200,000 in African Lion Safari if a calf is born.
“We applaud the Fort Worth Zoo’s move to cancel the purchase of Nelly and Emily from African Lion Safari,” said Will Anderson, Elephant Campaign Coordinator, in a statement posted to WAN. “This dirty deal would cause many elephants serious injuries and would be a dangerous price to pay for the head of every wild and captive elephant, including in circuses that profit from the sale to zoos.”
If this sale took place, it would be the most lucrative elephant trade ever known. Unfortunately, deals like these reveal how the zoo is stimulating the trade in elephants suffering from serial “transmission trauma”, cruel breeding and endless captivity. This would result in Nellie being separated from her mother and Emily from her six-year-old calf, Gigi. In the wild, females stay with their families all their lives.
The Fort Worth Zoo funding proposal also stimulates circuses and theme parks such as African Lion Safari to increase the number of violent and often invasive breeding procedures so that they can sell babies in captivity. He also encourages countries that have wild elephants to abduct them from the wild and sell them into slavery.
“We urge all zoos to acknowledge the suffering caused to elephants as a result of captivity and to commit to close their exhibitions,” Anderson concluded. “We recommend permanently replanting all elephants from the Fort Worth Zoo and African Lion Safari to a GFAS-accredited sanctuary, where they will never be bred, displayed to tourists or faced with the threat of separation from their family.”
“We’re thrilled that, for the second year in a row, our list of 10 Worst Zoos has played a role in ending the forced separation of tethered elephants,” said Defense For Animals President Dr. Marilyn Kroplick. “Some zoos, like African Lion Safari, act as elephant cartels. We hope Canada gets past Senator Sinclair. Jane Goodall’s Law put an end to the abuse of elephants in zoos and give them a better chance of survival in the wild where they belong. “
In defense of animals, urges people to avoid visiting any elephant rides, and urges zoos to abandon exhibits and send elephants to accredited reserves where their needs take precedence over profit.
The list of the 10 worst zoos of 2020 according to the In Defense of Animals magazine also includes:
Pittsburgh Zoo, Pittsburgh, PA
Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester, New York
Monterey Zoo, Salinas, California
Myrtle Beach Safari, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Natural Bridge Zoo, Natural Bridge, Virginia
Memphis Zoo, Memphis, Tennessee
Cameron Park Zoo, Waco, TX
Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City, Utah
Disgraceful Mention:
Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Syracuse, New York
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The message is breaking! The transport of two Asian elephants from Canada to Texas is canceled after the 2020 Worst Zoos in Defense of Animals ranked first in World Animal News.