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Toronto Zoo's Remaining Elephants to Go to Sanctuary

Critter News

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Not only is Toronto closing its elephant exhibit, but the City Council voted to send the remaining elderly elephants to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary instead of another zoo.

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Followup: Some Zoo Keepers Fighting to Stop Elephant Transfer to Sanctuary

Critter News

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

War has erupted between Toronto Zoo elephant keepers and the animal rights group helping to co-ordinate a move of three aging elephants to a California sanctuary. Excepted from the Toronto News. That’s insubordination — city staff can’t go above their managers’ head and do those kinds of things,” Woodyer said.

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Attempted Delay in Toronto Elephants Transfer to Sanctuary

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The zoo keepers at the Toronto are desperately trying to get the City Council to reconsider its decision to move three aging elephants to a sanctuary. They presented the Council with a petition with 1,100 signatures.

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Bob Barker Offers to Pay to Move Canadian Elephants to Sanctuary

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Legendary game show host Bob Barker says it will cost $200,000 to move three elephants from the Toronto Zoo to a California sanctuary, and he doesn't mind paying for it himself. I hope, when I reach their age, I'm as active and effective as Bob Barker and Betty White are in the animal rights movement. Excerpted from CBC News.

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What's the Truth About Woodland Park Zoo's Elephants?

Critter News

MAY 12, 2009

I live in Seattle where Woodland Park Zoo is located. On the other hand, Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants says they are not well-treated and should be in a sanctuary. Tags: conservation seattle woodland park zoo elephants endangered species. I just don't know what to think. I'm definitely open to feedback.

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Actress Lilly Tomlin Calls on Seattle Woodland Park Zoo to Release Elephants to Sanctuary

Critter News

APRIL 27, 2009

Lilly Tomlin is in Seattle and spoke out about the conditions of elephants at the Woodland Park Zoo on behalf of the Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN). Addressing supporters and the media at the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Center, Tomlin said elephants in zoos across the country are suffering in confinement.

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What is the consensus on places that offer experiences like petting an otter or kangaroo?

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JULY 18, 2023

After watching Tiger King and having my eyes opened to the world of shady exotic animal "rescue" zoos/sanctuaries (i.e. Somebody told me about Barn Hill Preserve of Delaware where you can pay to "swim with otters" and pet a kangaroo.

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Fight Continues to Release Lucy the Elephant

Critter News

MAY 6, 2010

Here's an update on the battle to release the Lucy the Elephant to a sanctuary. She is the lone elephant at the Edmonton Zoo in Alberta, Canada. Tags: zoos animal sanctuary elephants.

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Bob Barker Donates $1.5 Million to LA Zoo

Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2009

Along with about 200 Los Angeles Zoo employees, children and community members gathered today at City Hall, rock guitarist Slash pledged his support for completing the zoo’s Pachyderm Forest. The donation is for helping Billy the elephant. But the opposition had its own celebrity endorsement, this one with a $1.5

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PETA Sues the City of Edmonton

Critter News

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

They are trying to get Lucy the Elephant moved to a sanctuary. She is the sole elephant at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. Tags: zoos PETA elephants. There's a video available here too.

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Lucy the Elephant's Case to be Heard by Canadian Supreme Court?

Critter News

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The Supreme Court of Canada could be getting involved in the battle over the fate of an ailing elephant in an Edmonton zoo. wildlife sanctuary. Every day that Lucy spends at the Valley Zoo, her condition continues to deteriorate," Jeffrey Kerr, a lawyer for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said Wednesday.

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Prominent Canadian Attorney Takes Up Cause of Lucy the Elephant

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Canadian Defense attorney Clayton Ruby has taken up the cause of getting Lucy the elephant released to an animal sanctuary. Now, the high-profile criminal lawyer will work to free a different kind of jailbird -- Lucy the elephant -- from a different kind of cage: Edmonton's Valley Zoo. "I

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From Today's Los Angeles Times

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JUNE 7, 2016

The zoo, surely, carries responsibility for deficiencies in its enclosure. In light of this horrible incident, is it right for the zoo to carry on a breeding program that subjects more animals to such unnatural lives? In my opinion, neither Harambe nor the child should ever have been at the zoo. Finally, what of the audience?

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Enjoy Helping Animals? Consider an Education in Zoology

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The opportunities for those seeking a zoological profession include: Working at zoos or aquariums. Working at zoos as curators where they are responsible for acquiring animals, either through buying them from other zoos or overseeing breeding programs. Working as educators in sanctuaries, aquariums and other such venues.

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1st Annual Washington DC Week for the Animals

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MAY 24, 2009

Beginning on the kickoff day of Saturday, May 30, 2009 Washington DC Week for the Animals will be bringing together educators, animal shelters, humane organizations, zoos, sanctuaries, restaurants, businesses, students, musicians, artists, community leaders, decision makers and caring citizens in an action-packed compassionate week of community activities (..)

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Fur Free Fashion Show Winners Announced

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AUGUST 9, 2010

BFUSA’s Primate Sanctuary in Texas is home to more than 500 primates rescued from laboratories, roadside zoos, and private possession. Through litigation, legislation, and public education, BFUSA leads vital campaigns against animals in entertainment, exotic “pets”, trapping and fur, and destructive international wildlife trade.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. In June 2006, Jane and I visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Girona, Spain. They were brought separately to the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn.,

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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MARCH 27, 2020

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. Without giving too much away, what is Unflappable about?

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Collaborative List – February 2018

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2018

Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Plantation Preserve. 10 Jan 2018. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Lake Marion, Summerton US-SC (33.5666,-80.4384). 28 Jan 2018.

2018

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross

Collaborative List – October 2018

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens.

2018

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles

Collaborative list – September 2018

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens.

2018

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles

Collaborative List – April 2018

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Beljarica–centralni forland (Kovilovo floodplain), IBA Uš?e e Save u Dunav. 06 Mar 2018. Costanera Sur, Promenade.

2018

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross

Collaborative list – December 2018

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Rondevlei Nature Reserve. 14 Jun 2018. Silver Teal – Spatula versicolor. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018.

2018

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows

Collaborative List – November 2018

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Rondevlei Nature Reserve. 14 Jun 2018. Silver Teal – Spatula versicolor. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018.

2018

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows

Collaborative List – May 2018

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2018

Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Beljarica–centralni forland (Kovilovo floodplain), IBA Uš?e e Save u Dunav. 06 Mar 2018. Costanera Sur, Promenade.

2018

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross

Collaborative List – March 2018

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2018

San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens.

2018

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross

Collaborative List – July 2018

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens.

2018

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles

Collaborative List – June 2018

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Rondevlei Nature Reserve. 14 Jun 2018. Silver Teal – Spatula versicolor. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018.

2018

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles

Collaborative list – April 2019

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Western Australia. 04 Jan 2019. Pileated Woodpecker – Dryocopus pileatus. 04 Jan 2019. Red-breasted Nuthatch – Sitta canadensis. 04 Jan 2019.

2019

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers

Collaborative list – May 2019

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Pied Honeyeater – Certhionyx variegatus. 23 Apr 2019. Caribbean Elaenia – Elaenia martinica. 23 Apr 2019. 23 Apr 2019. 22 Apr 2019.

2019

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers

Collaborative list – August 2018

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens.

2018

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles

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Toronto Zoo's Remaining Elephants to Go to Sanctuary

Followup: Some Zoo Keepers Fighting to Stop Elephant Transfer to Sanctuary

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Attempted Delay in Toronto Elephants Transfer to Sanctuary

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Bob Barker Offers to Pay to Move Canadian Elephants to Sanctuary

What's the Truth About Woodland Park Zoo's Elephants?

Actress Lilly Tomlin Calls on Seattle Woodland Park Zoo to Release Elephants to Sanctuary

What is the consensus on places that offer experiences like petting an otter or kangaroo?

Fight Continues to Release Lucy the Elephant

Bob Barker Donates $1.5 Million to LA Zoo

PETA Sues the City of Edmonton

Lucy the Elephant's Case to be Heard by Canadian Supreme Court?

Prominent Canadian Attorney Takes Up Cause of Lucy the Elephant

From Today's Los Angeles Times

Enjoy Helping Animals? Consider an Education in Zoology

1st Annual Washington DC Week for the Animals

Fur Free Fashion Show Winners Announced

The Emotional Lives of Animals

Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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