The Animal Legal Defense Fund yesterday filed a lawsuit against the City of Seattle over what it calls Woodland Park Zoo’s poor treatment of its elephants. The suit was brought ”against the Zoo for its ongoing failure to provide proper and humane facilities for the elephants in its care, resulting in a decline in their health and well being,” according to a press release.
Our news partners, The Seattle Times, has a full story here.
In more zoo elephant news, Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants is having a “Stripped Down Elephant Event” from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, July 9, in front of the zoo’s north entrance.
The 3 Woodland Park Zoo elephants will be represented by 3 beautiful, stripped down girl “elephants”. One girl will be caged in a 4’ x 4’ enclosure; the human equivalent to the elephants’ barn stall. All 3 girls will perform neurotic behaviors exhibited by Bamboo, Chai and Watoto.
The 2,700 acre Elephant Sanctuary has offered to give our elephants a home for life. Come show your support for the Zoo to make this humane decision.
19 responses so far ↓
1 dave // Jun 30, 2010 at 1:52 pm
ok…
2 Whopper // Jun 30, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Please, these animal rights extremists want to close down all zoos. The elephants are simply their first target, so why bother giving them an inch?
First they came for the elephants…and I said nothing.
3 Sheila // Jun 30, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Ah, the PETA approach – degrade women in the name of animal protection.
4 Hinto // Jun 30, 2010 at 4:01 pm
stripped down beautiful girls. I can get behind this.
5 Neighbor // Jul 1, 2010 at 2:56 pm
“A 4’ x 4’ enclosure” … sounds like a condo in Belltown.
Also: Do Edmonds residents pay Seattle taxes?
6 JMW // Jul 2, 2010 at 1:45 am
Agreed. These people have, in unguarded moments in the past, expressed their hostility to even to very idea of zoos. Never mind that this is a zoo that animals would enlist in were they to have the opportunity. Safety, good food, medical care. (In fact a few little birds keep finding their way inside the aquatic bird cages, not the least bit concerned that they are not “FREE.” Most likely safe and well fed is lots more important for little birds.
Somehow the idea of trucking some elephants off to the southeast where they would have to find their own food when they haven’t had any training or experience in this chore seems a bit silly.
7 Tahomajim // Jul 4, 2010 at 8:16 am
Sounds about right to me, Animal Legal Defense Fund types “performing a neurotic behavior exhibition,” stripped down.
Makes perfect sense to me, stripped down women will attract even more goofs and wierdos.
Will somebody please get the phone numbers for the 3 beautiful stripped down woman in the cage. Ooooh la la!
8 Kerry Lynn // Jul 5, 2010 at 6:46 am
I’m very glad to hear about this. I plan to attend this “stripped down elephant event.” I used to live in Dallas where we tried to get Jenny, a very sad African elephant, out of her small zoo enclosure. She is a very unhappy elephant. I have been following the campaign here in Seattle since I moved here. I applaud these people who are trying to help Bamboo and the others. They have suffered so much. I’m shocked that they are still trying to breed baby Asian elephants here especially since poor little Hansa died. Do they have no regard for the lives of these animals at all? I guess not and that’s why we must turn out to protest their treatment. Sign me up!!!!
9 Whopper // Jul 5, 2010 at 4:07 pm
” She is a very unhappy elephant”
What, she told you?
10 Tahomajim // Jul 5, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Wow Kerry Lynn, I’m “very glad you’ll attend this stripped down elephant event.”
Your mother should be proud.
PS: you don’t need to sign up… just show up stripped down.
11 Herb // Jul 6, 2010 at 7:38 am
Kerry Lynn, don’t pay any attention to Whopper and Tahomajim. They immediately taunt people who post on behalf of the animals. It’s people like this that make it even more important for us all to show up on Friday for the elephants. They deserve help at long last.
12 Tahomajim // Jul 7, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Herb,
I’m NOT taunting Kerry Lynn, I’m quoting her.
Whopper is doing the same.
I’ve been writing for years, if you really want to help the WPZ elephants you need to support the zoo. Get involved by supporting not opposing.
13 Herb // Jul 8, 2010 at 7:28 am
“if you really want to help the WPZ elephants you need to support the zoo.”
That statement is self-contradictory and constitutes an oxymoron.
14 Tahomajim // Jul 9, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Wrong Herb, it means if you volunteer at the zoo, become a zoo member, adopt one or all three elephants… that might cost you some m-o-n-e-y, you’ll accomplish more than protesting out on the street with “3 stripped down women in cages.”
Now that’ s an oxymoron….
15 Fergie // Jul 9, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Translation: volunteer to be a mindless receptacle into which the zoo’s PR department pours its propaganda, become a zoo member which is the simplistic way of “thinking” you’re actually doing something for animals when you’re really just a stooge pouring money so Debbie Jensen can make a bigger salary.
Or….you can become a part of the elephant campaign, refuse to let your money perpetuate the misery of these long-suffering elephants and help get them to a place where they won’t be “managed” by self-serving exploiters anymore.
Uh, let’s see. That’s a real hard decision, uh-huh.
16 Tahomajim // Jul 9, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Yea Fergie, tough decision.
Fergie, did you keep your clothes on in the cage tonight?
Fergie, how many zoo protesters attended? And don’t count those who came to view the “3 stripped down women in the cage. ”
Did Phinneywood.com attend? Anybody have photos?
17 Fergie // Jul 10, 2010 at 6:52 am
I counted over 75 protestors but someone else told me there were over 100 later, Tahomajim. So I’m not sure what the final total was.
Bright yellow reusable shopping bags were given to people attending the zoo’s Jungle Party fundraiser.
18 Tahomajim // Jul 10, 2010 at 7:27 am
Hmmmm, another source said 28 or 29 real anti zoo elephant types attended. So true number is between 28 and 75.
On a nice warm Friday night on the ridge I presume many were passer bys and you only thought they were “protesters.” When actually they watched because they thought your event was nuts.
Tell us about the neurotic behavior exhibition mentioned in the press release. Again, anybody have photos?
19 Ken // Jul 10, 2010 at 2:30 pm
You can’t get very far while clutching the bottom rung of the intellectual ladder. These “discussions” are pathetic.
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