Newsbreak Archives

5/31/07 - Elephant in the room - by Casey Grove, Flashlight, Anchorage Press

5/30/07 - Maggie staying put for now by Cara Christiansen, KTUU-TV

5/30/07 - Poll respondents want decision about Maggie now - KTUU-TV

5/30/07 - Zoo board postpones decision on Maggie by Megan Holland, Anchorage Daily News

DISPUTE: In a 2004 report, most experts consulted said the elephant should be moved.

5/2707 - Who's up, who's down, Anchorage Daily News Editorial page
"UP Maggie the elephant: Pack your bags, pachyderm; looks like the Alaska Zoo will set you free. Next stop, Tennessee?"

5/25/07 - Demonstrators want Maggie moved by Cara Christiansen, KTUU-TV

5/25/07 - Maggie rally at Delaney Park Strip Friday by Grace Jang, CBS 11 News Reporter

5/21/07 - Maggie graduates to harness PROTEST: Group waves signs to move zoo elephant to refuge by Katie Pesznecker, Anchorage Daily News

5-20-07 - Maggie's out of her sling, but wearing a harness for safety

5-19-07 - Letters in Today's Anchorage Daily News

All to date - See People's Comments in ADN on "What's Best for Maggie?

5-18-07 - Free Maggie on Google Blogs Ziggy Blog By Richard Zeigler

5-18-07 - Ill elephant at center of animal debate from EarthTimes.org

5-18-07 - Maggie follow up - Test results in By Andrea Gusty, CBS 11 News Reporter

5-18-07 - Maggie's in a sling until zoo finds out what's ailing her by Megan Holland, Anchorage Daily News

5-17-07 - Firefighters return to zoo to give Maggie another lift by Megan Holland, Anchorage Daily News

5/15/07 - PETA Calls on USDA TO Investigate Condition of Elephant at Alaska Zoo after Firefighters are Called to Lift Her to Her Feet

5/16/07 - Animal Protection Organization Calls for Federal Investigation Into Health of Maggie the Elephant at Alaska Zoo

5/16/07 - Maggie the elephant unable to raise herself for second time this week, KTUU - TV

5/14/07 - Alaska Zoo Responsible for Maggie the Elephant's Endangered Condition, Group Charges Weekend Fall Is Sign that Elephant Should be Moved ASAP

5/13/07 - Firefighters help Maggie to her feet by Katie Pesznecke, Anchorage Daily News

5/03/07 - Newest sanctuary arrival relishes her new digs by Jennifer Brooks, Tennessean.com

5/03/07 - Elephant reaches Tennessee by Julie Stoiber, The Philadelphia Inquirer

5/24/07 - Update on Maggie's Corner, Alaska Zoo

5/24/07 - Mounting pressure may be elephant's ticket out of Alaska by Megan Holland, ADN

5/23/07 - Zoo board likely to approve moving Maggie the elephant by Megan Holland, ADN

5/23/07 - Anchorage Assembly calls for decision on elephant - Associated Press

5/21/07 - Maggie's ailments still a mystery - KTUU TV

4/30/07 - Dulary is on her way to the Elephant Santuary in Tennessee!

4/29/07 - Dulary's arrival at the Sanctuary grows closer and closer! The Elephant Santuary

4/29/07 - Departure Of An Elephant - Philadelphia Zoo elephant, Dulary, is preparing to leave for Elephant Sanctuary, Tn. (Video Requirements)

4/19/07 - I Am An Elephant by Stu Bykofsky, Philadelphia Daily News

4/5/07 Deserving of Respect - Is it acceptable to kill the elephants of South Africa even when it is necessary to save other species? The answer is no longer an automatic yes. By Hennie Lötter, Newsweek International

3/19/07 - For Zoo Elephants, Greener Pastures by Maryanne Murray Buechner, Science, Time.

3/12/07 - L.A. Zoo to retire elephant to animal sanctuary, Carla Hall, Staff Writer, L.A. Times.

3/5/07 - Preparing for an elephantine goodbye By Julie Stoiber, Philadelphia Inquirer
"When you leave," one fan wrote, "you are taking our hearts with you".

2/27/07- Bob Barker Pledges Funds to Help Captive Bull Elephant. PAWS Sanctuary, CA.

2/20/07 - First Bull Elephant to live at a sanctuary. Nicholas & Gypsy will make PAWS their new home.

2/15-21/07 Another 40 Years? advertisement, Anchorage Press, Section 2

1/07 - Zoocheck Canada's report The Sad State of Captive Elephants in Canada by Winnie Kiiru

1/19/07 On the right track, by Monica Bradbury, Flashlight, Anchorage Press

1/l0/07 Animal rights group ranks Alaska Zoo worst in nation for captive elephants, by Rebecca Palsha, KTUU Channel 2 News, Anchorage

1/8/07 - Peaceable Kingdom: an elephant tale, by Lise Funderburg, Hallmark Magazine (January 2007) features the Elephant Sanctuary with reference to Maggie, Alaska Zoo's lone elephant

12/20/06 - Elephant gets in shape by Steve Mac Donald, KTUU, Anchorage
(Note - Friends of Maggie is concerned about Maggie's safety and well being as they coax her onto this prototype treadmill. We believe the zoo should be transparent in her progress and allow the media to give the public a more balanced view.)

11/26/06 - For elephants, acres to roam, by Julie Stoiber, The Inquirer

11/22/06 - Captive Elephants: Time to let go, Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
Editorial Board

11/19/06 - Elephant reunion tugs at readers' heartstrings, Robin Smith,
The Tennessean

11/19/06 - Just for Elephants' a Read to Remember, Stacy Smith Segovia,
The Leaf-Chronicle

11/17/06 - Elephants have an Achilles' heel, And its their Feet, Barry Newman, Wall Street Journal

11/1/06 In USA TODAY - Elephant Debate: Live in Zoo or Roam Free

10/18/06 - The Elephant Sanctuary's elephant Jenny has passed away

10/16/06 - Pack them off, but never forget. By John Grogan Philadelphia Inquirer Columnist

10/8/06 An Elephant Crackup? By Charles Siebert Attacks by elephants on villages, people and other animals are on the rise. Some researchers are pointing to a species-wide trauma and the fraying of the fabric of pachyderm society.

10/5/06 Philadelphia Zoo to close elephant exhibit, transfer animals

8/24/06 - Maggie may by Peter Hadzipetros, CBCNews Health

8/3/06 - Dumbo and Dumber - Handlers give circus Elephants the bullhook By Steve Lowery OC Weekly

7/24/06 - Elephant Caregiver Dies: A Tragic Accident at the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. See all related stories including the moving In Memory of Joanna Burke.

June 26, 2006 - Elephants pose challenge for zoos by Smithsonian Magazine and printed in San Mateo's The Daily Journal Homepage

June 15, 2006 - A Picture May Be Worth a Thousand Words ...but Not If the Caption Is an Out-Right Lie. PAWS Demands ABC News Held Accountable to Report the Real Truth About Elephants and Zoos.

June 11, 2006 Time Magazine by Michael D. Lemonick
Who Belongs in the Zoo? IT MAY BE THAT SOME ANIMALS JUST CAN'T BE KEPT HUMANELY IN CAPTIVITY. ZOOS MAY HAVE TO REINVENT THEMSELVES--ONCE AGAIN

May 16, 2006 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS
Photo in the News: Elephant Shuns Jumbo Treadmill

May 2006 Open Letter from Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick DBE MBS DVMS Chairperson, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust - "Many people world-wide are shocked to hear this elephant now has to perform on a treadmill for the public" More

May 16, 2006 Anchorage Daily News article
Maggie's treadmill isn't working out for her just yet
ALASKA ZOO: State's only elephant can't be coaxed to use unusual contraption.

May 16, 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS article by Mary Pemberton
About the treadmill not woking out for Maggie

Elephants "Hear" Warnings With Their Feet, Study Confirms
National Geographic News, 2/16/06

April 28, 2006 -Letter to the Editor, Anchorage Daily News - Untried treadmill for zoo's Maggie could actually put her health at risk

April 25, 2006 - California state Assemblymember Levine's Elephant Protection Act Passes Public Safety Committee AB 3027 Sets Minimum Standards for Zoos and Circuses in Order to Keep Elephants

April 18, 2006 - Open Letter from Brigitte Bardot Foundation, Paris, France to the Alaska Zoo

March 6, 2006 - Chicago Considers Banning Mistreated Elephants - After all three of the Lincoln Park Zoo's elephants met untimely deaths, wildlife experts urged the Chicago City Council to embargo captive elephants in the interest of sparing them physical and psychological misery.

U.S. Zoos Violating Federal Law in Housing of Elephants, Group Charges Federal Legal Petition Seeks Enforcement Action/ Confiscation of Ailing ElephantsIn Defense of Animals (IDA) has petitioned USDA to enforce the Animal Welfare Act re: Zoo Housing for Elephants.

Maggie has been inside for the winter. Construction has kept her off exhibit until recently. Updates on Maggie's progress from the Alaska Zoo.

Follow the Hawthorne elephants' progress at The Elephant Sanctuary

Bronx Zoo Plans to End Elephant Exhibit - New York Times

Savanna Elephant Vocalization Project - Elephants in Zoos

Elephant Breakdown by G. A Bradshaw et al., Nature February 2005 - Social trauma: early disruption of attachment can affect the physiology, behaviour and culture of animals and humans over generations. (PDF file)

Sept. 14, 2005 - Now to get the elephant on the treadmill Alaska Zoo installs 16,000-pound exercise machine "Maggie Update" Re: her exhibit & treadmill- Associated Press

1/9/05 - A 9,000-Pound Fish Out of Water, Alone in Alaska by Sarah Kershaw, The New York Times, National

1/25/05 - Zoo Association Expresses Concern and Offers Help in Maggie Situation

11/1/04 - Alaska's lone elephant to stay put, 22-year old Maggie to get her own treadmill, Associated Press, Technology & Science

9/30/04 - World renowned experts agree, a female elephant is not designed to endure social isolation in a small sub-Arctic location.

2/24/04 - 9,100-pound debate, Alaska Zoo looks at both sides in the 'Free Maggie' movement by George Bryson, Anchorage Daily News

Nature Haven is a delightful site which includes elephants

Feb. 11, 2005 - KTUU Anchorage Channel 2 (NBC) Poll

Moving Maggie 51%
Maggie Stays 45%
Undecided 4%

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