News Room - 2004 Archives

Press Releases

Activists To City of Angels: Earn Halo, Close Elephant Exhibit Now Blame Zoo and City for Premature Death of Ailing Elephant

SF City To Establish 15 Acres Minimum Standards For Elephants at Zoo 

Zoo Industry Trade Group Caves to Public Pressure: Okays Transfer of Elephants to Sanctuary 

Activists Applaud Transfer of Elephant to Sanctuary 

Activists Ask Zoo Association To Give Detroit Elephants Reasons To Be Thankful

IDA Blasts Zoo Association For Axing Efforts to Give Detroit's Ailing Elephants Sanctuary

In Defense of Animals to Mayor Hahn: Be a Man of Your Word and Put Ruby First.

Elephant Dumped By San Diego Zoo Dies in Cold, Windy Chicago

National Animal Protection Organization Condemns AZA Decision on Detroit Elephants

Animal Protection Groups Praise City and Residents of SF for Support of Elephants as Zoo Announces Transfer of Pachyderms to California Sanctuary 

SF Supervisors To Zoo: Resolution Passes Unanimously 

Six Flags Urged to Close Animal Exhibits in Wake of Marine World Elephant Goring 

SF Board of Supervisors Committee Votes for Immediate Transfer of Elephants from San Francisco Zoo to CA Sanctuary 

Second Elephant at SF Zoo Dies in Less Than Two Months 

SF Commission recommends transfer of zoo elephants to sanctuary 

Zoos not the place to breed elephants

San Francisco Zoo risks accreditation with elephant move

San Francisco Mulls Ban of Beloved Zoo Elephants

SF Supervisors To Zoo: Send Elephants To Calif. Sanctuary. Now Resolution Passes Unanimously.

Letter of support from San Francisco Supervisor Fiona Ma (PDF file)

SF Board of Supervisors Committee Votes for Immediate Transfer of Elephants from San Francisco Zoo to CA Sanctuary (PDF file)

Zoo-Industry Expert to Testify in Favor of Sending Elephants to Sanctuaries (Word Doc file)

Press Conference/Protest Today at SF Zoo (PDF file)

Animal Advocates Testify Before SF Commission To Encourage Zoo To Move Elephants to Sanctuary (PDF file)

SF Zoo Retracts Accusations Against Elephant Advocates (PDF file)

SF COMMISSION RECOMMENDS TRANSFER OF ELEPHANTS AT SF ZOO TO SANCTUARY (PDF file)

Second Elephant at SF Zoo Dies in Less Than Two Months (PDF file)

SF Supervisors to take Action on Elephant Deaths at SF Zoo (PDF file)

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Media Coverage

Wild Animals in Zoos or Sanctuaries? Elephant's death should not be in vain
Op-ED by DR. Katz in www.sfgate.com

Wild Animals in Zoos or Sanctuaries? Helping species survive -- and thrive
Op-ED/ www.sfgate.com

Maybelle the elephant dies suddenly at zoo.
www.sfgate.com

Room To Roam. The Elephant Sanctuary provides happy endings for old, sick and abused elephants.
The Tennessee Magazine

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