Philadelphia Zoo - Kallie Loved Her Pool

This video was recorded in October 2008 before the Philadelphia Zoo closed its elephant exhibit. As you can see, Kallie loved to play in the pool. The Philadelphia Zoo provided many things the elephants don't have in their current location at the Pittsburgh Zoo's International Conservation Center, such as a pool, access to fresh running water all day, and lots of specially designed enrichment items.

The Philadelphia Zoo said it sent its elephants away to do what was best for them. But I think the home they had in the Philadelphia Zoo was much better in all ways except one. It had less space.

You can see videos recorded by animal rights activists showing Kallie at the ICC here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVyN9xvVEEI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EksOSHv5KD8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlsnwLD8dQM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUc3dQlCl08

I wish we could ask Kallie if she would prefer more space or a nice pool like this with fresh running water.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Philadelphia Zoo
• zoos
• 2010
• November
• elephants
• Kallie
• pool
• ICC

[thesauce1991]

Kallie has just been moved to Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. She's been reunited with two females, Martika and Shenga, and a bull Willy, all she knew from her past. The new exhibit has a pool and lots of enrichment activities, plus an extremely dedicated staff, She's going to receive the best of care in Cleveland!

[ZooVisitorMM]

@thesauce1991 Thanks for posting the information here. I am glad that Kallie will be in such a good zoo. I am also glad that the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo keeps people well informed about what is happening with its animals. I am looking forward to knowing how Kallie is getting along with her new companions, and if she remembers being with some of them in the past.

[TylerJamesDillLebron]

I love this video because I love the elephant name Kallie and its my favorite elephant name. I want to ask you a question, is Kallie a boy or a girl?

[ZooVisitorMM]

@TylerJamesDillLebron I'm glad you love this video, too. It is one of my favorites that I recorded. - Kallie is a girl.

[ZooVisitorMM]

@happycozy And in this case, the fact that they left such an exceptionally good life to go to a place that seems to be nice, but definitely not exceptionally good surely adds to the stress.

[happycozy]

@ZooVisitorMM I agree with you. It seems that when you take on an animal, you agree to take care of it for the rest of its life. Also, elephants are highly intelligent, so the move has got to be stressful for them.

[ZooVisitorMM]

@happycozy (continued ...) In this case, the Philadelphia Zoo said it could not afford to create a new elephant exhibit, but I think the Zoo could have afforded to keep the two remaining elephants in their existing exhibit, and to have made some improvements to that exhibit. However, they also wanted to transform the Pachyderm House into a new Children's Zoo/Education Center, so that was another factor. (I really object to that!)

[ZooVisitorMM]

@happycozy ICC stands for International Conservation Center. And I know all zoos are having financial problems. But in my opinion sending animals away should not be an option or even a consideration. I also believe the AZA should have an endowment fund set up to ensure that no zoo ever has to send any of its animals away because it can no longer afford to keep them. (continued ...)

[happycozy]

What is the ICC? I'm wondering if the Zoo sent the elephants away for financial reasons. I know zoos are really suffering during the current economic downturn, and elephants can be expensive to keep.

[phantompanther]

@ZooVisitorMM Yeah, I can definitely see why... It really is a shame, as elephants tend to like water and this clip shows that. ( The very best, indeed! I'm glad you like our discussions! ♥ )