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Tucson zoo fight involves elephants, Bob Barker
January 18, 2012 | 3:52 pm
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Elephant herd at San Diego Zoo's Safari Park
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Connie is an Asian elephant, Shaba an African one. Nonetheless, they formed a bond, paling around together for three decades at Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo.
So when zoo officials announced plans last year to move Connie to the San Diego Zoo –- without her buddy Shaba -– animal activists were enraged.
The Tucson zoo was planning to bring in a herd of African elephants from San Diego, the Arizona Daily Star reported. Because zoo accreditation standards demand that new herds not mix African and Asian elephants, "due to multiple species differences and possible disease transmission issues," Connie would join other Asian elephants in San Diego.
But local activists Tracy Toland and Jessica Shuman considered the separation cruel. It “defies everything we know about elephants: their intelligence, profoundly deep social bonds (females remain with their mothers for life) and the capacity for deep emotion,” they wrote in the Daily Star.
The women launched a campaign to keep Connie, 44, and Shaba, 31, together and added some celebrity sizzle to the debate. At their behest, former “Price Is Right” host and well-known animal advocate Bob Barker recently offered to contribute $500,000 to send the elephants to a California sanctuary if others could raise matching funds.
This week, Tucson zoo officials reversed course, announcing that Connie and Shaba could both move to San Diego, the Daily Star said. Turns out, San Diego’s Asian elephant herd already has an African member, so Connie and Shaba’s cross-species kinship will fit right in.
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An investigation was into Knowsley Safari Park after a former employee sent pictures of where the zoo stored dead animals to a local animal charity and the council.
It is said the park has addressed issues from the investigation after the council found a breach in animal by product regulations. The stated they believe some of the animal carcases where moved in some of the photos and that the animals died through natural cases or fighting.
"Ms Boyd left the park in September after five years providing images for its guide book and other publicity materials.
She took photographs of dead animals including deer, bison and a baboon left in the open in an area inaccessible by the public and sent them to the local authority and Manchester-based charity, the Captive Animals' Protection Society (Caps)."-BBCAn investigation was into Knowsley Safari Park after a former employee sent pictures... more
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A clever group of baboons in Knowsley Safari Park has figured out how to open rooftop luggage boxes on cars and is wreaking havoc on visitors.
The animals have been known to tear off the odd wiper or wing mirror, but recently they've been targeting cars carrying the roof boxes. Safari park bosses are now warning visitors with the boxes not to drive through the park - instead sticking to a car-friendly route outside of the baboon enclosure.
The park's manager, David Ross said: 'Their technique involves the largest baboons jumping up and down on the box, flexing it until the lock bursts open, then the rest of the baboons pile in to see what they can find.'
Gotta love the woman's face in the photo as the baboons run off with her knickers!A clever group of baboons in Knowsley Safari Park has figured out how to open rooftop... more
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Journey through Longleat safari park in Wiltshire. One brown pants moment when my car broke down in the Lion enclosure but luckily got it going again (car not Lion) with no teeth marks on any of my limbs.Journey through Longleat safari park in Wiltshire. One brown pants moment when my car... more
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Going through the Lion enclosure at Longleat safari in Wiltshire, a big Lion wonders past the car, he did not take a nibble at the wing mirror or antything like that but it was quite scary!Going through the Lion enclosure at Longleat safari in Wiltshire, a big Lion wonders... more
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