JOIN US TO MOURN PACKY’S 4TH YEAR WITH TB
Saturday, October 29
12 to 2pm
Oregon Zoo
Packy was recently diagnosed again with an active form of TB, so he will be continuing with his TB meds which have already caused him to be so sick he lost over a thousand pounds and had to be taken off the drugs at least twice. Packy was first diagnosed in July of 2013 so he is entering his 4th year with TB, a disease that only elephants in captivity get. Rama and Tusko both had TB and are now dead.
Packy has been exploited his entire 54 years as the poster boy for the zoo’s breeding program. But Packy is an example of why breeding is harmful and needs to stop. Join us for this rally to show support for Packy and to urge the zoo to cease its failed breeding programs so that no more elephants are born into lifetimes of suffering. We will have masks to wear to show how TB is a contagious disease. We will also have signs, but please feel free to bring your own too.
