Thursday, November 29, one day before her sixth birthday Lily died from the herpes virus at the Oregon Zoo. Lily is the 21st out of 28 elephants born at the zoo to die. She is the 4th elephant to die in the last three years. We are deeply saddened for Rose-Tu, Lily’s mother and her adopted aunties, Chendra and Shine.  Lily’s death is our rallying cry to end the failed breeding program at the zoo, so no more elephants live and die in a zoo, never to know one day of freedom or experience life as a real elephant.

Join us tonight, Saturday, Dec. 1 from 5 to 7pm for a vigil and protest at the Oregon Zoo. And please write to Don Moore, the Zoo Director and to Metro Council. You can see all of their contacts on our Take Action page.