DMN LTE: Pair of Pachyderms in Despair. Pls write LTE today! Cross Post Pls

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The $30 million tax dollar funded elephant exhibit planned for completion in 2010 or 2011 will not meet the needs of elephants as elephants need to walk miles a day, not feet. Additionally, now two elephants will be forced to live in the antiquated 1/4 acre cell in which Jenny has been imprisoned for 22 years. Leave a message on the blog (link below) and most importantly, while Thursday's DMN article is still fresh and topical, Please write a DMN LTE ASAP: http://www.dallasnews.com/cgi-bin/lettertoed.cgi

 

Pair of pachyderms in despair

Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

 

 

 

 

 

6:00 PM Sun, Apr 05, 2009 | Letter to the Editor

 

 

 

Re: "Dallas Zoo gets a new elephant --

Gypsy to join Jenny as part of planned African species exhibit," Thursday Metro.

I am completely amazed to learn Dallas City Council has approved a

multi-million dollar expansion for its elephant exhibit at the zoo. Are

you kidding me? When the Dallas budget deficit is going through the

roof, the prudent thing to do is simply move Jenny, the lone elephant,

to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.

Now another elephant, Gypsy, has been brought in as a companion to

Jenny. This means the space is divided even further, and there is more

food and care to consider. I wish the Dallas City Council would explain

this ludicrous move. It would have been so much better to just move

Jenny to Tennessee.

Jim Burris, Seguin

 

 

 

 

Comments

 

Posted by Tessa McKenna @ 7:00 PM Sun, Apr 05, 2009

 

Completely agree with Mr. Burris. What

on earth is the Dallas City Council thinking? Why would you go out and

bring in another elephants - knowing full well elephants are one of the

most expensive animals to keep in a zoo? So in addition to wasting

millions on an enclosure for 2-4 animals - we now have the added cost

of caring for another elephant who will undoubtedly incur costly

medical expenses thanks to all the health problems that are created by

zoo conditions. Sigh. No wonder our country is in disarray and debt.