NBC Coverage of Jenny 1/1/09-Please thank Reporter. Cross Post Widely

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Please post a comment and/or courteously email your thanks to NBC reporter Susy Solis at Susy.Solis for covering Jenny's plight (see below). I'd appreciate if you would politely encourage Ms. Solis to further explore Jenny's suffering in depth. Thanks very much to all who write Ms. Solis as you are helping Jenny. Click on link and then click on photo to hear the coverage. Note that the last time I debated Mr. Greene in person on Fox National News this summer, he didn't do so well. If Mr. Greene and I could be in the same room the next time Ms. Solis interviews us about Jenny, the truth will be more readily available to all. BTW, Jenny's new exhibit will be 3.75

acres, not 10, as Mr. Greene states, and the zoo plans to bring in 4 additional elephants. Even 10 acres is inadequate. Also, Dallas has not been Jenny's home, it has been her prison cell, as the valiant Will Travers/Born Free remarked when he first viewed Jenny's antiquated enclosure, where she has been for 22 years. Jenny could have 300 acres of peace, healing, and company of others of her kind at The Elephant Sanctuary. Only greed and hubris stops her from having the life every elephant deserves. Thank you and Sanctuary for All. Margaret MorinFounder, Concerned Citizens for Jennyhttp://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Activist-Group-Hopes-Jenny-The-Elephant-Gets-New-Home-For-Her-Birthday-.html Activists Hope Dallas Zoo Elephant Gets New Home For B'Day

 

 

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Updated 1:50 PM CST, Fri, Jan 2, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jenny The Elephant, Dallas Zoo

 

 

 

 

 

The battle between the animal activist group Concerned Citizens For Jenny (CCFJ) and the city of Dallas

continued Thursday as the group presented birthday cards for the

elephant with just one wish: "A long, happy life at The Elephant

Sanctuary in the New Year."

 

 

 

 

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The

Concerned Citizens For Jenny group has a birthday wish for a supposed

lonely Dallas Zoo elephant : A new home in the new year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activists Hope Dallas Zoo Elephant Gets New Home For B'Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jenny The Elephant turned 32 this December and CCFJ is still fighting to move her to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.

"Move Jenny out of her woefully tiny, postage-stamp size enclosure that does not meet her needs,"said Margaret Morin, founder of Concerned Citizens For Jenny.

The protest comes months after the Dallas Zoo broke ground on a more than 10-acre African savanah habitat.

"We

are going to set an example of how to take care of wild elephants. The

public will be able to to see elephants face-to-face and see how they

are in the wild," said Sean Greene, director for community relations at the Dallas Zoo.

But CCFJ argues the $25-$30 million expansion, funded by a 2006 bond, is waste of taxpayer dollars.

"Dallas

loses million and millions of dollars that could be spent on social

services, especially in these tough economic times," Morin said. "But

instead, they are putting that money into an exhibit that no one

wants."

Greene argued that Dallas

residents want the habitat. He said 2008 was a record year for the zoo,

with more than 670,000 visitors.

"In this tough economic time, the zoo is still an affordable attraction to come to," Greene said.

However,

Concerned Citizens For Jenny said 10 acres is simply not enough to meet

Jenny's needs. The activist group said keeping Jenny in Dallas spells

trouble for the elephant's health.

Greene disagreed.

"All

along this has been the best place for Jenny, with familiar caregivers

and it's the home she's been at for the past 22 years," he said.

The African Savanah Habitat is set to be completed in the Spring of 2010.