I recieved my new Born Free news letter today and they were talking about an ele named Jenny from Dallas.....

Jenny the 32-year old female elephant lives in Dallas Zoo in a 1/3 acre compound. In May this year, Jenny’s only companion, KeKe had to be euthanased after she failed to recover from a severe case of colic, perhaps related to her disturbed behaviour of eating stones and dirt.  This left Jenny alone.  The Dallas Zoo officials have declared their intention to keep Jenny in the city and fast-track the construction of a new four acre elephant exhibit, while seeking out a new friend to be brought in to join her.

Why not let Jenny retire instead
Rather than bring more elephants to Dallas Zoo, why not use this opportunity to move Jenny to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee?  There, Jenny could roam in a 300 acre African elephant enclosure with three other African elephants. The sanctuary has skilled, kindly staff, used to dealing with disturbed elephants from grim captive conditions in zoos and circuses.

(They currently have 14 Asian elephants roaming freely in two habitats totalling 2,400 acres of the sanctuary.)

What you can do:
We need to politely convince the Mayor of Dallas and the City Council to use this opportunity to put the well-being of Jenny first, and allow her to retire to the peace and tranquillity of The Elephant Sanctuary.

Mayor Tom Leppert
Dallas City Hall
1500 Marilla Street, Room 5EN
Dallas, TX 75201-6390
Main Phone: 00 1 214 670-4054
Fax: 00 1 214 670-0646
[email protected]

Paul D Dyer, Dept Director, Dallas Parks and Recreation Dept
Dallas City Hall
1500 Marilla Street, Room 6FN
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: (214) 670-4100
Fax: (214) 670-3205
http://www.ci.dallas.tx.us/forms/form_pkr.htm

Further information can be found at:
Concerned Citizens for Jenny
Email: [email protected]

Angela Hunt, Dallas City Councillor
www.angelahunt.com �?go to her ‘Jenny�?blog to see photos
and videos of Jenny.

Born Free USA
www.bornfreeusa.org