http://www.idablog.org/featured/major-victory-for-elephants-no-bullhooks-for-zoo-backed-elephant-center-in-florida/ Protecting the rights, welfare and habitats of animals Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:00:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.idablog.org/featured/major-victory-for-elephants-no-bullhooks-for-zoo-backed-elephant-center-in-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Larry K Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:04:40 +0000 http://www.idablog.org/?p=796#comment-680 The National Elephant Center Board of Directors are reassessing whether to open their facility in St. Lucie County because they don't want to give up their bullhooks and they don't want an advisory board to report back to the County Commissioners about what is going on at the facility. I guess the Commissioners now know all they need to know about the real intent of these characters. They don't want any oversight, they don't want to be accountable. They want to operate this glorified "puppy mill" style breeding and abuse-training center in secrecy. What a surprise! The National Elephant Center Board of Directors are reassessing whether to open their facility in St. Lucie County because they don’t want to give up their bullhooks and they don’t want an advisory board to report back to the County Commissioners about what is going on at the facility. I guess the Commissioners now know all they need to know about the real intent of these characters. They don’t want any oversight, they don’t want to be accountable. They want to operate this glorified “puppy mill” style breeding and abuse-training center in secrecy. What a surprise!

]]> http://www.idablog.org/featured/major-victory-for-elephants-no-bullhooks-for-zoo-backed-elephant-center-in-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Noelya Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:05:24 +0000 http://www.idablog.org/?p=796#comment-547 I thought that the whole idea of the elephant center was a bad one, because the animal orgs. said that it was a breeding center mostly for zoos and circuses, so I don't how good can it be that they would allow the center to be built without any further protests. I thought that the whole idea of the elephant center was a bad one, because the animal orgs. said that it was a breeding center mostly for zoos and circuses, so I don’t how good can it be that they would allow the center to be built without any further protests.

]]> http://www.idablog.org/featured/major-victory-for-elephants-no-bullhooks-for-zoo-backed-elephant-center-in-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-499 InfoToThePublic Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:28:58 +0000 http://www.idablog.org/?p=796#comment-499 FYI: Video on Demand link of meeting in St. Lucie County, referenced in this article. The NEC discussion begins about 55-56 minute into the meeting. FYI: Video on Demand link of meeting in St. Lucie County, referenced in this article. The NEC discussion begins about 55-56 minute into the meeting.

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