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April 28 Our zoo elephants..I feel strongly about this. May be I feel this way because my grandpa was a huge fan of these magnificent creatures. Or may be because Kerala (my home state in India) is chock full of them - you will see them everywhere, both domesticated and the wild ones. But I am yet to see one there that looks like it is suffering.
I see that here in the US, all the time. In our zoos. Visitors here do not see the difference because they hardly get the chance to see a healthy, happy pachyderm. To them, the rocking back and forth, and other strange neurotic behaviour look normal and fun things that an elephant do.
Elephants are pack animals that show a strong sense of family and social connections. It is almost impossible to introduce a new elephant into an existing pack - it is like introducing a stranger into your household. Combine that with the fact that elephants in the wild walk upto 30 miles a day, roaming an area the size of a big US city makes for a pretty miserable existence in the local zoo. Not to mention the circuses where they are taught how to ride a bike.
The zoo elephants are riddled with physical and mental diseases, including foot and leg infections, abnormal and aggressive behaviour, miscarriages, and ultimately a much shorter life span of about 40 years, while in the wild they live well over 70 years.
A miscarriage is a pretty common phenomenon in captive elephants, and sometimes leads to the dead fetus not getting ejected from the womb, leading to infections and death. Currently, one of the females in the St.Louis zoo is going through this terrible predicament. But hey, baby elephants are so darn cute, the zoo keepers encourage the mating so that more families visit the zoo. Money talks - and the elephants don't, so it all works out.
Enough. The solution available, while not the best, is to transfer all the zoo elephants to the Elephant Sanctuary, a free range of some 400 acres (I think) set in beautiful Tenneessee where they should be allowed to live their rest of their natural lives free to wander and enjoy.
These magnificent and highly intelligent animals deserve nothing better.
Will another one bite the dust today?Karl Rove's time of judgement has come. It is today, and I still haven't heard anything. Will he get Fitzed? Will he?
The suspense is killing me..and I am sure him as well. April 24 My name is Richard, you can call me Dick.Here's an email one of my co-workers send me - I thought he was just kidding with me, but no - this is the real stuff.. " Thought you might get a laugh out of this one. We had opened up case with Microsoft concerning a linked server problem (in fact we had talked about this last week). So here is part of the dialogue: "Thank you for choosing Microsoft Product Support Services. My name is Weinie, you can call me Peter, and I will be assisting you with this Service Request. Your case number is SRZ060420001964, my contact information is at the bottom of this message." " And I work for a company called Micro Soft. April 04 It's a beautiful day!!The roach has been Exterminated from the House. The Hammer has been
nailed. Tom DeLay has been Whipped. The Earle bird got the Worm..Need I say more? This is one of the best days since Bush and co took to power. There were clear signs of justice on the long hard march back already, what with the prosecution of Libby, Scanlon and Jackoff. Now this: Delay resigning as he doesn't want to be frog marched out of the halls of the House.. There is a God! You can't cover up the truth and you can't hide from what is coming to you, you crook..It will catch up with you and your corrupt thieving ways. And we all hope and pray that we have seen the last of you, except in news bits about Bubba having a go at you in your jail cell. Now wipe that smirk off your face. |
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