INTERNATIONAL COALITION TO FREE CHENDRA

These organizations and individuals have signed on in support of our campaign to free Chendra, the lone Borneo elephant at the Oregon Zoo, to sanctuary.

Individuals and Animal Organizations

  • Non Human Rights Project NHRP
  • Keith Lindsay, conservation biologist, Amboseli Trust, Kenya
  • David Hancock, former Director, Woodland Park Zoo
  • Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants FWPZE
  • Voice for Asian Elephants
  • The Kerulos Foundation
  • In Defense of Animals IDA
  • Marc Bekoff, Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado
  • Ray Ryan, former elephant keeper, San Diego Wild Animal Park
  • Derrick Jensen, author, Thought to Exist in the Wild
  • Lucy’s Edmonton Advocacy Project LEAP
  • Elephant Guardians of LA
  • Arte for Elephants
  • Save Elephants Australia
  • Adam Roberts, Board of Directors, Global Federation of Animal
    Sanctuaries, Advisor, The Elephant Project
  • Deena Metzger, author, poet, elephant communicator
  • Lisa Kane, attorney, former member AZA
  • Matt Rossell, fmr Campaigns Director, ADI
  • Nashville Animal Advocacy
  • Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary
  • Sunset Farms Sanctuary
  • Washington State for Elephants
  • NW Animal Foundation
  • Global March for Elephants & Rhinos
  • Trunks Up
  • Stews 4 Elephants
  • Larry Laverty, wildlife photographer, author, Power and Majesty: The Plight and Preservation of the African Elephant
  • Vrienden van de Olifant (Friends of the Elephant)
  • Elephants in Japan
  • Born Free USA
  • Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation
  • The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Kenya
  • Animal People
The poor little elephant in her 22 years at the zoo has endured too much, from contracting tuberculosis to being forced into breeding  which resulted in a painful miscarriage. In the interest of truly creating a better zoo, one that acknowledges the specific needs of elephants, I encourage everyone who loves the Oregon Zoo to support the efforts of Free the Oregon Zoo Elephants to encourage the zoo and the Metro government to transfer Chendra to a sanctuary for elephants and in due time transfer each of the remaining beautiful souls.

Larry Laverty
Wildlife Photographer and Writer
Author of Power and Majesty: The Plight and Preservation of the African Elephant

The Business Community

  • Arbonne
  • Clean Machine, Pompano Beach, FL
  • Vclean
  • Look Modern
  • Trash Me Not, LLC
  • Bad and Bruisy Art
  • NicolaturvilleArt
  • Urban Oreganics
  • Veggies Do It Better
  • Portland Vegan Night Market
  • Do Rads Cuts and Color
  • Escape your Chaos
  • Cottage House
  • Cultured Kindness
  • PhitVeganLife
  • Deanna Cintas, Oregon Real Estate Agent
  • Try Vegan PDX
  • Veebles
  • Vegan Dude Foods
  • Light The Way Birthdays
  • MathTutoring
  • Scapegoat Tattoo
  • Reiki Wisdom- Reiki for Animals