Elephants at Woodland Park Zoo

Elephant care at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo.
Video explores why it's so important to work to save these amazing animals. Find out more at http://zoo.org/elephants

Produced by Ryan Hawk, voiced by Karen Ofthus

Woodland Park Zoo's dedication to the care of its elephants, and the protection of wild elephants, is key to our mission. We support vital conservation projects in Africa and Asia that protect elephants and their habitat, reducing human⁄elephant conflict and incorporating the talents of the people who live in their midst.

Woodland Park Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, a network of 210 of the best zoos and aquariums in North America, all committed to animal welfare and conservation. We provide our elephants with excellent nutrition, exercise, veterinary care and environmental enrichment. Learn more about how we care for elephants, our network of professionals, and the important work we support around the world to save some of the most majestic and awe--inspiring animals on earth.

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  Pets & Animals

[pianobanana]

One of the best zoos in the U.S.A.

[ItsCootie]

I absolutely LOVE Elephants!!!! XD

[Amy Holder]

Would LOVE to spend a day with the elephants! I've been involved with the Daphne Sheldrick Wildlife Trust for awhile now and am passionate about anyone who is working toward protecting these magnificent creatures.

[Claudine Erlandson]

Zoos are never big enough for elephants. These beautiful pachyderms need room to roam. I wish Woodland Park Zoo's board of directors would do the right thing and let them go to a sanctuary. And please, please, have a heart, stop this horrible insemination program. A new baby, like Hansa before, would be doomed to die. Stop this insanity if you love your elephants and give them the freedom of a sanctuary!

[alyne1651]

No reliable study has ever shown that seeing a elephants in a zoos will result in people donating to the conservation of elephants. This is an aspiration by zoos, not a fact. . There are wonderful organizations, for example, that hunt down poachers and others that buy up large swaths of land to preserve migratory routes – that is how we will save elephants – not by making the ones we claim to care about, suffer.

[Ken Moore]

Seeing the elephants in the zoo with such small area to roam and locked in their pens for several hours a day doesn't inspire me to support conservation, it just upsets me. Zoo environments are terrible for elephants, and the lifespan stats make that VERY clear.

[TheSynergyChannel]

Not being very pro or anti and just looking to educate myself. How do you respond to the specific accusations concerning the wellbeing of the elephnts in your park?

I'm really missing that in this video..:S

[Merry Morris]

Thanks for this video. Zoos need to make statements like this every day, and speak out as loudly as the anti-elephants-in-zoos people do.