On proposed Elephant transfer to Japan

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Message from CUPA, an organisation that is at the forefront of elephant

welfare in India:

 

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Suparna Ganguly <suparnaganguly

wrote:

 

In Feb 2006, Greg Leisure <greg_leis , Masako Miyaji

masako_m_2000 and Kim from Voices For Animals ~ Okinawa

voices4animals gave us critical help when there was a talk of

exporting an Indian baby elephant to the Okinawa Zoo.

 

" I remember seeing Bebe when he was still alive several years before he

died. Perhaps that was around 1996. At that time Bebe was in a very small

enclosure and had been shackeled and foot pegged to the ground. All he did

was rock his head back and forth continuously. Obviously he had grown

mentally disturbed by the small space, lack of companionship, no enrichment

and being constantly pegged to the ground. It was very sad to see and when I

read the story in a local paper that he had died, it did not surprise me. He

had looked in terrible condition. Mentally, he seemed destroyed. I think

that stress weakened his physical body. Here is an online version of the

same story I had read:http://japanupdate.com/en/?id=2628 " - Greg wrote of

the Okinawa Zoo in Feb. 2006

 

I don't know how the Thailand or Japan govt. can be influenced.Perhaps the

local NGOs taking a role would be effective...I am not sure. A most

unfortunate development.

Suparna