AUSTRALIAN ZOOS TO FURNISH DETAILS OF ELEPHANT HUSBANDRY BEFORE IMPORTATION

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Last Update: Tuesday, January 17, 2006. 8:29am (AEDT)

Zoos to provide more details to elephant import hearing

A hearing into whether eight Thai elephants will be allowed into

Melbourne and Sydney zoos will continue today.

 

In December, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal approved the

importation of the elephants from Thailand on the condition the zoos

satisfy questions raised about the conditions the elephants will be

kept in.

 

Animal welfare groups unsuccessfully opposed the importation of the

animals for the zoos' conservation program.

 

A spokeswoman for Sydney's Taronga Zoo says both zoos will provide

information to the tribunal today on how the animals will be looked

after.

 

She says she is hopeful permission will be granted to import the

elephants that are currently being kept in quarantine centre in

Thailand.