Group Fights to Retire Massachusetts Zoos Elephants
BOSTON (CN) – Challenging a Massachusetts zoo’s plan to close its elephant exhibit when the main attractions die, local advocates brought a federal complaint to have the long-suffering beasts live out their last days at a natural reserve.
Friends of Ruth & Emily is the name of a charity in New Bedford, Massachusetts, named for the two Asian elephants acquired for the city zoo in Buttonwood Park.
Though members of an endangered species, the group says their exploitation by the zoo has no educational or conservation benefits.
“Instead, people learn that elephants are disposable spectacles and toys for their children than can be held in substandard and dangerous conditions that causes them to suffer just for human amusement and ‘selfies,’” the complaint states, filed on Sept. 21 in Boston.
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