Other Zoo Elephants

Read the gruesome facts about the attack on baby Rose Tu here (warning: GRAPHIC DETAILS) "ELEPHANT KEEPER WON'T FACE CHARGES ; DOCUMENTS SHOW ONE KEEPER SAID ROSE-TU HAD 176 WOUNDS, AND A VETERINARIANDIDN'T EXAMINE HER UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER THE INCIDENT," Roger Anthony, The Oregonian, August 16, 2000

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"ZOO ACCUSED IN ABUSE OF ELEPHANT," R. Gregory Nokes, The Oregonian, November 3, 2000 - read article here

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USDA Release:

"OREGON ZOO FACES FEDERAL CHARGES REGARDING ELEPHANT ABUSE"

RIVERDALE, Md., Nov. 1, 2000--The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently charged the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore., with violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

"We believe that Frederick Marion, an elephant handler for the Oregon Zoo, severely beat an elephant under his care," said W. Ron DeHaven, deputy administrator for animal care with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a part of USDA's marketing and regulatory programs mission area. "We will not tolerate this sort of behavior and intend to rigorously pursue these charges."

APHIS investigators found that:

-Oregon Zoo, through its agent and employee Frederick Marion, handled a young, female, Asian elephant named "Rose-Tu" in a manner that caused trauma, behavioral stress, physical harm, and unnecessary discomfort to the animal;

-Oregon Zoo, through its agent and employee Frederick Marion, physically abused "Rose-Tu"; and

--Oregon Zoo failed to maintain a program of adequate veterinary care under the supervision and assistance of a veterinarian and failed to provide adequate veterinary care to "Rose-Tu."

APHIS inspectors conduct inspections of licensees to ensure compliance with the Act. Any violations that inspectors find can lead to civil penalties. The AWA requires that regulated individuals and businesses provide animals with care and treatment according to standards established by APHIS. The standards include requirements for recordkeeping, adequate housing, sanitation, food, water, transportation, exercise for dogs, veterinary care, and shelter. The law regulates the care of animals that are sold as pets at the wholesale level, transported in commerce, used for biomedical research, or used for exhibition purposes.

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http://www.azaelephantconservation.org/newsroom/50703Oregon.htm (link no longer active, but this is from the AZA's own website):

The records also detail what Finnegan found during one of the zoo's darkest chapters, when one keeper reported in April 2000 that a colleague had abused Rose-Tu with an ankus. Finnegan discovered numerous puncture wounds and lacerations, plus evidence that the allegedly abusive keeper had inserted the hook into the animal's rear.

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La Petite

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