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SusScrofa said:
So apparently this zoo has been sued by peta for mistreatment of elephants in the past, and a California court ruled in favor of peta.... they also have to pay peta's attorney fees, which seems extremely odd and very unprecedented, although I'm no legal expert. Not sure what to make of this development.

PETA wins lawsuit appeal against Monterey Zoo – KION546
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Do they still even have elephants? I was under the impression they no longer do, but the species is still listed on their website.
 
Thank you Tinopup. Yeah their last elephant Butch was sent to another facility until they could bring in another elephant. And also, their website states this info on their African elephant page. They may have more info there if you want to check it out. And, I can’t believe Peta win this lawsuit, they’re false claims are getting old.
 
SusScrofa said:
So apparently this zoo has been sued by peta for mistreatment of elephants in the past, and a California court ruled in favor of peta.... they also have to pay peta's attorney fees, which seems extremely odd and very unprecedented, although I'm no legal expert. Not sure what to make of this development.

PETA wins lawsuit appeal against Monterey Zoo – KION546
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It's not at all "unprecedented", the losing side usually has to pay the winning side's fees. Monterey Zoo has connections to the most notorious zoo/wildlife people in the USA right now. I'm definitely not a fan of peta, but this isn't the same as them going after AZA zoos, there is a lot more background to this.
 
I wonder if it was an issue that maybe happened before the zoo became an actual zoo. Before ZAA accreditation, during their movie acting facility years.
 
Do you know if the claims are legitimate? Cause from what I’ve seen it’s a nice facility. Obviously there’s a lot that can happen out of public view, but it seemed like a legitimate zoo.
 
Blackleopard207 said:
Do you know if the claims are legitimate? Cause from what I’ve seen it’s a nice facility. Obviously there’s a lot that can happen out of public view, but it seemed like a legitimate zoo.
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Was "Monterey Zoo has connections to the most notorious zoo/wildlife people in the USA right now" not clear enough?
 
I wasn’t saying it in an argumentative way, I was just curious what of the claims were actually real. I believe what you said. No need to get upset.
 
Blackleopard207 said:
I wasn’t saying it in an argumentative way, I was just curious what of the claims were actually real. I believe what you said. No need to get upset.
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I don’t think anyone got upset here. It’s just rather puzzling why you would ask a question over something that had been clearly stated. And what’s even more puzzling is if you had trusted what was said, why feel the need to ask about it?
 
I do trust that accurate information was provided, I’m just a little shocked that this facility had things like this happen. Taking into consideration from everything I’ve seen from my 2 visits. The animals seem to have very close bonds with their zookeepers and I never would’ve guessed that. My question was more just a processing thing. And it wasn’t necessarily getting upset, it was more the underlying tone given. My question was not directed at what Tinopup stated, it was more at PETA’s claims because they are an organization that like to cause problems including their ongoing claims against Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s elephant exhibit which is really well done by the way. And due to this, I don’t put any value or trust in the large majority of what PETA says.
 
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Blackleopard207 said:
I do trust that accurate information was provided, I’m just a little shocked that this facility had things like this happen. Taking into consideration from everything I’ve seen from my 2 visits. The animals seem to have very close bonds with their zookeepers and I never would’ve guessed that. My question was more just a processing thing. And it wasn’t necessarily getting upset, it was more the underlying tone given. My question was not directed at what Tinopup stated, it was more at PETA’s claims because they are an organization that like to cause problems including their ongoing claims against Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s elephant exhibit which is really well done by the way. And due to this, I don’t put any value or trust in the large majority of what PETA says.
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TinoPup said:
I'm definitely not a fan of peta, but this isn't the same as them going after AZA zoos, there is a lot more background to this.
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@TinoPup did say this exact quote earlier, which does address your sentiment, so I still don't see what you were confused on? I understand it can seem jarring and hard to belive, etc etc, but the information that could've addressed your question was still already stated.

And from a quick Google search, there is credibility in what TinoPup says. Central Coast Spotlight: Tiger King's Central Coast connections
I'd argue this is good enough to prove that Monterey has at least, connections, to the most notorious zoo people in the USA at the moment.
 
Blackleopard207 said:
I do trust that accurate information was provided, I’m just a little shocked that this facility had things like this happen. Taking into consideration from everything I’ve seen from my 2 visits. The animals seem to have very close bonds with their zookeepers and I never would’ve guessed that. My question was more just a processing thing. And it wasn’t necessarily getting upset, it was more the underlying tone given. My question was not directed at what Tinopup stated, it was more at PETA’s claims because they are an organization that like to cause problems including their ongoing claims against Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s elephant exhibit which is really well done by the way. And due to this, I don’t put any value or trust in the large majority of what PETA says.
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This isn't all from peta, they're just the ones who have been most vocal about it. They do go after legit bad zoos, too - see the recently shut down Waccatee Zoo. Places don't always look obviously awful in person, especially to people who don't want to believe these things.
 
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