Elephants in zoos

pachyderm pro

pachyderm pro

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as I'm sure you are all aware elephants are being phased out in zoos witch is a shame considering there so cool so what is the fate of these large pachyderms? this the list of zoos that have elephant and there care please share your opinions and correct me if needed

san diego zoo Great
sdwp amazing
la zoo good
Oregon zoo great
Houstin zoo good
Ft worth zoo meh
san Antonio zoo bad
dallas zoo amazing
dever zoo great
Cheyenne mountain zoo good
Milwaukee county zoo meh (being expanded)
lowery park zoo great
st louis zoo great
nc zoo amazing
natural bridge zoo OH DEAR GOD free Asha
zoo Atlanta good
zoo Miami great
Oklahoma city zoo great
Kansas city zoo good
hogle zoo great
el paso zoo meh
aubundun (bad spelling) zoo good
Columbus zoo great
cincinati zoo meh
Cleveland zoo great
toleado zoo great
pheniox zoo good
rosmond Gifford zoo good
buffalo zoo bad
 
pachyderm pro said:
as I'm sure you are all aware elephants are being phased out in zoos witch is a shame considering there so cool so what is the fate of these large pachyderms? this the list of zoos that have elephant and there care please share your opinions and correct me if needed

san diego zoo Great
sdwp amazing
la zoo good
Oregon zoo great
Houstin zoo good
Ft worth zoo meh
san Antonio zoo bad
dallas zoo amazing
dever zoo great
Cheyenne mountain zoo good
Milwaukee county zoo meh (being expanded)
lowery park zoo great
st louis zoo great
nc zoo amazing
natural bridge zoo OH DEAR GOD free Asha
zoo Atlanta good
zoo Miami great
Oklahoma city zoo great
Kansas city zoo good
hogle zoo great
el paso zoo meh
aubundun (bad spelling) zoo good
Columbus zoo great
cincinati zoo meh
Cleveland zoo great
toleado zoo great
pheniox zoo good
rosmond Gifford zoo good
buffalo zoo bad
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They're not really being phased out, although lots of zoos are no longer keeping them for various reasons such as space or incompatible climate. I haven't visited them, but from what I've seen San Antonio and Buffalo need to stop keeping elephants. An amazing one that isn't on the list is Disney's Animal Kingdom.
 
savethelephant said:
You forgot Bronx which will get rid of them out after one dies
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I did not include Bronx or Santa Barbra because they have announced to phase them out. and did not include Disney because even though that's a amazing exhibit its not a zoo but still great
 
jbnbsn99 said:
Who said elephants were being phased out?
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well lets see

Brookfield zoo
Lincoln park zoo
san Fransisco zoo
woodland park zoo
philidelphia zoo
henry vilas zoo
Nashville zoo
niabi zoo
Cameron park zoo
Alaska zoo
are just a few zoos upon 30 that phased out elephants
 
pachyderm pro said:
well lets see

Brookfield zoo
Lincoln park zoo
san Fransisco zoo
woodland park zoo
philidelphia zoo
henry vilas zoo
Nashville zoo
niabi zoo
Cameron park zoo
Alaska zoo
are just a few zoos upon 30 that phased out elephants
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Weigh this against the number of zoos that have built new habitats or are building new habitats. Many of these zoos had no business keeping elephants in the first place (Niabi and Alaska). Nashville is in the process of updating their exhibit. Cameron Park still have elephants, and I've heard no plans for them to get rid of them.
 
AZA changed their elephant standards to say that at least 4 elephants have to be kept in a group to maintain proper social bonds, so a lot of zoos that have less than 4 elephants are sending them to other zoos (which may be what you mean by "phasing them out"). For example, that's why the 0.2 elephants from Virginia Zoo went to Zoo Miami, so now Zoo Miami has 0.4 African elephants. That doesn't mean that zoos in general, or even just in AZA, are phasing out elephants all together.
 
HorseChild said:
AZA changed their elephant standards to say that at least 4 elephants have to be kept in a group to maintain proper social bonds, so a lot of zoos that have less than 4 elephants are sending them to other zoos (which may be what you mean by "phasing them out"). For example, that's why the 0.2 elephants from Virginia Zoo went to Zoo Miami, so now Zoo Miami has 0.4 African elephants. That doesn't mean that zoos in general, or even just in AZA, are phasing out elephants all together.
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Actually this is false. The standards call for the following:

A minimum of 3 cows, or 2 bulls, or in mixed sex groups at least 3 animals (2 bulls/1 cow or 1 bull/2 cows)
 
pachyderm pro said:
I did not include Bronx or Santa Barbra because they have announced to phase them out. and did not include Disney because even though that's a amazing exhibit its not a zoo but still great
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why is Disney's Animal Kingdom not a zoo? What is it? I know you're going to say "it's a theme park!" but it is still a zoo.
 
Chlidonias said:
why is Disney's Animal Kingdom not a zoo? What is it? I know you're going to say "it's a theme park!" but it is still a zoo.
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it is IN a theme park but its not what I would call a zoo its enclousures are amazing and looks just like Africa though personally I think its higher quality then most zoos
 
jbnbsn99 said:
Weigh this against the number of zoos that have built new habitats or are building new habitats. Many of these zoos had no business keeping elephants in the first place (Niabi and Alaska). Nashville is in the process of updating their exhibit. Cameron Park still have elephants, and I've heard no plans for them to get rid of them.
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I see your point and was wrong about Cameron park but I forgot Virginia zoo Detroit zoo sacrmento zoo loisiana zoo lee Richardson zoo Jackson zoo and lion country safari also retired their elephants. they cost so much money and cold climate is also a issue few zoos can acomidate them
 
pachyderm pro said:
well lets see

Brookfield zoo
Lincoln park zoo
san Fransisco zoo
woodland park zoo
philidelphia zoo
henry vilas zoo
Nashville zoo
niabi zoo
Cameron park zoo
Alaska zoo
are just a few zoos upon 30 that phased out elephants
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Nashville and Brookfield are brining back elephants
 
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