We all have one thing in common: we love elephants Chai and Bamboo, and we deeply mourn the loss of their herd mate, Watoto. The zoo’s elephant program continues to spark dialogue in our community, and productive dialogue has led to positive change with improvements to the program already underway. Unfortunately, this dialogue is being colored by inflammatory campaigns from local and national activist groups and the media they garner. These campaigns rely on alarming sound bites that confuse and mislead well-intentioned people. We remain open to dialogue, and while we certainly respect personal conviction related to animals, we believe you deserve to draw your conclusions based on accurate information. We invite you to spend a few minutes at the link reading and absorbing our counterpoints to misleading arguments published in the most recent action alert issued by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The real elephant in the room is that the future of elephants in the wild is at stake. We want you to know that we’re committed to always listening, always learning, and always evolving, working toward one vision: a world with elephants for generations to come.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:21:32 +0000
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