Philadelphia Zoo Petal's Last Day - June 8, 2008
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May Petal rest in peace.
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R.I.P. Petal.
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@rowanmorrison I am not an animal rights activist or a zoo extremist, but I certainly agree with you on this one.
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R.I.P. Petal. We will all miss you.
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@animalsrule1231 If the keepers had their "hearts in the right place" they would have lobbied zoo officials to allow Petal to live out her life in a warm climate with other African elephants, free to roam, relax, swim, and play, instead of dying collapsed on the cement floor of a cement barn.
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@animalsrule1231 She was the oldest African elephant because zoos cause elephants to die prematurely, not because the Philly Zoo did anything special. She could have lived out many more years at the PAWS sanctuary if the Philly Zoo would have just let her go, instead of keeping her confined in the cement barn where she died on the cement floor, unable to rise because of crippling arthritis.
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@animalsrule1231 If they did, they had a funny way of showing it. They always used bullhooks - rods with steel pointed ends - to control and dominate her, forcing her each day to line up outside of the barn before being allowed inside where dinner was waiting. If she didn't move quickly enough, or lift her leg high enough, she was jabbed with the punishing end of the bullhook.
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@animalsrule1231 Petal was confined in a cement stall the size of six parking spaces, shared with three other elephants most of her life. Up until a few years ago, she was chained all night long. She lived a sad, deprived life, stolen from her family in the wild as a baby. The worst thing humans did to her was steal her from her family, the second worst thing was to deprive her of a chance to live her final years at warm sanctuary.
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@lilolme39 I understand what you are saying. But I believe Petal had a good home at the Philadelphia Zoo.
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@rowanmorrison I do believe that her keepers loved her.
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RIP Petal. Too bad the zoo didn't let you go to the sanctuary last year because you were one of their money-makers. At least you're finally free of bullhooks, chains, pain, and misery. Sweet girl. You speak the sad truth, rowanmorrison.
lilolme39 3 years ago 6
What facts are you questioning? The fact that she collapsed and was left alone for several hours, which is extremely dangerous for elephants and the zoo itself has publicly admitted this in the past? The fact that she lived in a cement barn for 75 percent of her life? The fact that the zoo had a chance to send her to a sanctuary almost two years ago but refused to do so, choosing instead to keep her in a place that they themselves admit is inadequate? THOSE FACTS???
rowanmorrison 3 years ago 2