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NW Examiner Reveals More Secrets About the Oregon Zoo’s Elephant Program

March 22, 2014
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22 Mar

The NW Examiner March Issue takes a tour with zoo director Kim Smith to discover more alarming details about the zoo's misguided plans ...

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NW Examiner Exposes Oregon Zoo Elephant Program

March 22, 2014
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22 Mar

The NW Examiner February Issue exposes the Oregon Zoo's shocking treatment of elephants. Investigative journalist Allan Classen intervi...

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Events

RALLY TO FREE PACKY – PRINTABLE FLYER!

March 17, 2014
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17 Mar

Save the date! Saturday, April 12th Noon - 3 p.m. (please arrive at noon if possible. Bring your own sign or use one of ours.) Orego...

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Packy’s Birthday – April 12th

March 7, 2014
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07 Mar

Free the Oregon Zoo Elephants and In Defense of Animals (IDA) is sponsoring a "Rally to Free Packy!" to coincide with his 52nd birthday...

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Video

Captivity Stress

February 27, 2014
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27 Feb

Rama exhibits stereotypical head bobbing, February 2013

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Chendra: Stereotypical Behavior

February 27, 2014
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27 Feb

Chendra has been diagnosed with severe stereotypical behavior. She continually walks in circles. April 9, 2013

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Video

When Elephants Dream

February 26, 2014
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26 Feb

This amazing video captures the sad truth of an elephant's life in captivity vs. what it can be in a sanctuary.

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News, Packy

Packy’s Tuberculosis Treatment

February 3, 2014
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03 Feb

No way to put this delicately: The bad news arrived in a glob of snot. In their effort to track and treat elephantsRama and Packy for ...

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Have Trunk Will Travel Training

January 27, 2014
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27 Jan

The Oregon Zoo considers it normal business practice to have contracts for breeding elephants with Have Trunk Will Travel, a company th...

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Lily Tomlin Speaks Out

December 16, 2013
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16 Dec

Lily Tomlin says free Packy from the Oregon Zoo, December 2013. Lily Tomlin, celebrity and elephant advocate, sent a letter to the zoo ...

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