Information on contacting the zoo is listed below.
I just wrote about the issue of Toni 2 days ago -
http://geari.blogspot.com/2006/01/national-
I can't freaking believe they killed her. I'm just blown away. Must have been the bad press - they didn't want it anymore.
There were plenty of groups offering assistance to have her moved to a sanctuary. The sanctuary was even going to pay for the move!
So it comes down to the National Zoo thinking they had the right to decide the fate of her life instead of giving her another chance.
IF THEY REALLY CARED FOR HER, THEY WOULD GIVEN HER A CHANCE AND WOULD HAVE MOVED HER TO THE SANCTARARY TO LIVE HER LIFE OUT IN PEACE. SHE DESERVED AT LEAST THAT.
Zoo officials say they were concerned that she might not survive the trip. Come on! What a joke! The point is that it would have been worth the try. There’s no reason why she would have not been able to survive it. In any case, it was certainly worth a chance.
The real reason is that she became a liability and if they would have let her go to the sanctuary they would have been open to scrutiny about abuse she received at the zoo. People at the sanctuary definitely would have found things that the zoo could never hide. So, to be safe, they just killed her.
Don't let her horrible life just end like that. Recognize it by boycotting zoos and circuses. Especially boycott the National Zoo in
Also, flood their email with letters of disgust and make calls and write letters:
General:
Email: nationalzoo@nzp.si.edu
Address:
National Zoo Information
DEVS
Phone 202.633.4271
Fax 202.673.4890
Call and email the suits:
Jim Schroeder
Executive Director 202.633.3073
jschroeder@fonz.org
Executive Office Fax 202.673.4738
Board of Directors 202.633.3072
board@fonz.org
Development 202.633.3033
Marketing 202.633.3046
Host Special Events:
Private Parties and Picnics
202.633.3067
dan@fonz.org
202.633.3068
awilinski@fonz.org
Corporate Membership 202.633.3044
Event Sponsorship 202.633.3046
Tell them you won’t support them:
Support the Zoo
FONZ Office of Development
Web: Support the Zoo
Phone: 202.633.3046
Email: vinickj@nzp.si.edu
Call and email their pr wanks:
Media
National Zoo Office of Public Affairs
Web: Press Room
Phone: 202.633.3055
FONZ Office of Communications
Web: Press Room
Email: matto@fonz.org, shannon@fonz.org
Phone: 202.633.4085, 202.633.4077
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn
/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012500930.
By D'Vera Cohn and Karlyn BArker
Wednesday, January 25, 2006; 12:21 PM
Toni, an ailing Asian elephant at the National Zoo, was euthanized this
morning "following a dramatic decline in her physical condition and
quality of life," zoo officials announced.
The Elephant House will be closed to the public through Sunday, but
visitors will be able to see the elephants in their outdoor yard.
Toni was 40 and increasingly hobbled by arthritis in her front legs, a
condition that zoo officials said stemmed from a leg injury at another
facility before she arrived at the Smithsonian Institution animal park in
1989. She was getting daily doses of ibuprofen--9,000 milligrams twice a
day--and zoo officials had said that they would euthanize her if her
condition worsened.
Zoo officials said Toni had a good appetite and normal disposition, but
continued to lose muscle mass and weight--more than 900 pounds in the past
three years. In recent days, visitors saw her leaning on her trunk in an
effort to support herself. Her condition declined dramatically over the
weekend, they said, and the decision was made yesterday to euthanize her.
The animal's failing health prompted some animal rights groups to push to
have Toni sent to an elephant sanctuary in
softer ground and more room for her to move around. National Zoo officials
said she might not survive the trip.
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