African elephants Kallie and Bette, both snatched as babies from their families in the wild, were shipped from their quarter-acre exhibit at the Philadelphia Zoo to a breeding-holding facility outside Pittsburgh in July of 2009, where they were confined in a cement barn or pens consisting of a few acres - conditions that cause arthritis and deadly foot infections, the number one cause of death of captive elephants. Last winter the elephants spent two months straight in stalls in the cement barn due to the weather. Zoo officials announced in February 2010 that Kallie and Bette have been determined to be too unhealthy to be bred from. A true sanctuary in California has offered to give Kallie and Bette (and Petal, who died of captivity-induced conditions in June 2008) a forever home at no charge over three years ago. Please sign the petition to ask the Philadelphia zoo to let Kallie and Bette go to live at the sanctuary before their conditions deteriorate further and they suffer the same fate as Petal. change.org/petitions/please-help-rescue-philly-elephants-kallie-and-bette#
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:20:14 +0000
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