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*IDA is asking the USDA to investigate the treatment of Carson & Barnes’ eles HUGO (2) and VAL (6), who are currently performing with Cole Bros. **N. Carolina Zoo intends to use AI on BATIR (11) this week. ***AR activists held a protest outside Targu-Mures Zoo Romania to highlight the poor conditions in which lone Asian female TANIA (38) continues to be held. ****PETA India has issued a legal notice that bull SUNDER (13) be removed from Jyotiba temple to a wildlife rehab centre. *****DSWT reported the death of female orphan TANO (4) from a genetic bone marrow issue.

Saigon Zoo, Vietnam, Ny/Ni + 5 (Asian, 1.5)

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Space4Eles	Posted: Jan 9 2012, 01:55 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 8,371 Member No.: 2 Joined: 30-August 11	I understand from a blog post that Ny/Ni has been transferred from Saigon Circus to Saigon Zoo. This article provides some background info on Ny/Ni: Ny the Saigon circus elephant She is a beautiful, almost black elephant, with piercing pink eyes. (She is so black, I am advised, because she has never had the chance to cover herself with mud, a daily ritual of wild elephants.) It is assumed she was trained by the old style of domination, for the circus ring. She has been performing for 17 years, (one act being to kick a football into goals manned by monkeys) and when not performing, a heavy 30cm chain secures her leg to a post sunk into cement. Her frustration at being thus chained is evident. She is barely able to lie down, is obliged to eat only from the trainer’s hands, and has been without the other elephant for the last five years. (Her companion had gone crazy & “disappeared.”) http://anniemalia.wordpress.com/2011/03/01...ircus-elephant/ -------------------- "They need to move and have stimulation. They need to be browsing, foraging, socialising. They need to have reason for movement." Pat Derby, PAWS, on elephants' needs*.

Space4Eles	Posted: Jan 9 2012, 02:02 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 8,371 Member No.: 2 Joined: 30-August 11	Brief details of the 6 elephants at the zoo on this database: http://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=327 -------------------- "They need to move and have stimulation. They need to be browsing, foraging, socialising. They need to have reason for movement." Pat Derby, PAWS, on elephants' needs.

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