This Elephant was an asshole!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

hippiemom wrote:

Haha!!! That's what I thought too

fucking liberals.........

hiya hippie!!!!!!!!!!

Milhouse VanHouten

hippiemom wrote:

Haha!!! That's what I thought too

...and upon reading it, I find out it's about an actual elephant. Damn.

Now I want to watch Operation: Dumbo Drop, starring Ray Liotta and Danny Glover.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Milhouse VanHouten wrote:

...and upon reading it, I find out it's about an actual elephant. Damn.

Now I want to watch Operation: Dumbo Drop, starring Ray Liotta and Danny Glover.

operation dumbo drop???

isnt that when the dems announce Hillary as their candidate????

kenny olav

It took 20 posts for this thread to (sorta) justify its existance on A Moving Train.

AllNiteThing

Why do people feel the need to play 'god'? Does this thing not deserve life, as the rest of us? And a decent one at that - away from confinement and ridicule.

Seeing the relative poor state of the elephant population in this world, everything and I mean EVERYTHING should be done to release this animal into the wild, over euthanasia. What makes you people think you know how this animal would want to die? You say euthanasia is so much more humane. Bullshit. At least give it a chance to live some sliver of its existence in the habitat it has been evolved to adapt to. Just because it's lived in a concrete box for decades doesn't mean we can decide it can't live anywhere else. Sure, previous animals released may have died from such and such a cause, but like I said, who are WE to play 'god'???? Don't get me started on 'they are not native' to such and such a region. First, pretty soon they won't be native ANYWHERE, and second, then just release it where it is native. Stop the excuses.

After all we've done to exploit its existence, I say give it a chance.

Bu2

And I thought this thread was written by a chick who used to be a Republican.

Hmp.

I guess I'm the only one?

rightondude

AllNiteThing wrote:

Why do people feel the need to play 'god'? Does this thing not deserve life, as the rest of us? And a decent one at that - away from confinement and ridicule.

Seeing the relative poor state of the elephant population in this world, everything and I mean EVERYTHING should be done to release this animal into the wild, over euthanasia. What makes you people think you know how this animal would want to die? You say euthanasia is so much more humane. Bullshit. At least give it a chance to live some sliver of its existence in the habitat it has been evolved to adapt to.

After all we've done to exploit its existence, I say give it a chance.

It has, and is, being done, and it's working, and I posted links to the examples of...

I just can't stand the mentality of hmm it's broken...oh well kill it then. Serve it death promptly. Fucking retarded thought process that is.

Then I wonder why we're tits deep in a bloody, senseless war right now...

:rolleyes:

decides2dream

take away ones 'purpose' in living...and one will slowly go mad. so is the same with animals in captivity. what a shame.

decides2dream

Kenny Olav wrote:

It took 20 posts for this thread to (sorta) justify its existance on A Moving Train.

huh?


A Moving Train Politics, current events - reasoned debate and discussion - we can all learn something new.


beyond politics, i think this thread subject fits ALL of the other, above listed criteria for this forum...unless i am missing something?

Skitch Patterson

For a much happier Elephant Story, do a search for Wanda and Winky...


the jist of it is, the CEO of the Detroit Zoo thought the enclosure was too small, so at great expense (and at the risk of losing their zoological socity accreditadation) they found an elephant sanctuary and had it transported across the country.

here's a brief story about it...

http://detroit.about.com/b/a/130385.htm

rightondude

me thinks Kenny is Konfused

Skitch Patterson

http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/wildlife_news/detroit_zoo_sends_its_elephants_packing_should_others_follow_suit.html


Originally the AZA tried to Force Detroit to send them to the Columbus Ohio Zoo- which really was not much better than the Detroit Zoo... and then the AZA caved using the excuse they were "not suitable for breeding" and allowed them to go to the elephant sanctuary.

The detroit zoo is the first zoo to voluntarily give up its elephants for purely ethical reasons.

decides2dream

Skitch Patterson wrote:

For a much happier Elephant Story, do a search for Wanda and Winky...


the jist of it is, the CEO of the Detroit Zoo thought the enclosure was too small, so at great expense (and at the risk of losing their zoological socity accreditadation) they found an elephant sanctuary and had it transported across the country.

here's a brief story about it...

http://detroit.about.com/b/a/130385.htm

beautiful!
*wipes tear*
what is best for the animal...just as it should be.

rightondude

Skitch Patterson wrote:

For a much happier Elephant Story, do a search for Wanda and Winky...


the jist of it is, the CEO of the Detroit Zoo thought the enclosure was too small, so at great expense (and at the risk of losing their zoological socity accreditadation) they found an elephant sanctuary and had it transported across the country.

here's a brief story about it...

http://detroit.about.com/b/a/130385.htm

Interesting. In my opinion one elephant is worth at least 1000 people. I value animals over most humans.

Most of the human race is just pathetic...

Skitch Patterson

decides2dream wrote:

beautiful!
*wipes tear*
what is best for the animal...just as it should be.

Thats why my wife an I are members at the Detroit Zoo.

Its a great zoo.. and you cant come anywhere near most of the animals. No elaborate "as we walk through the plains" style tours. No glass to tap on next to the head of a tiger.. .mostly just an enclosure with trees, tunnels and a pond, and a giant moat so they cant escape.

decides2dream

rightondude wrote:

Interesting. In my opinion one elephant is worth at least 1000 people. I value animals over most humans.

Most of the human race is just pathetic...

you sound like my husband.

Skithc Patterson wrote:

Thats why my wife an I are members at the Detroit Zoo.

Its a great zoo.. and you cant come anywhere near most of the animals. No elaborate "as we walk through the plains" style tours. No glass to tap on next to the head of a tiger.. .mostly just an enclosure with trees, tunnels and a pond, and a giant moat so they cant escape.

sounds like a great zoo!

rightondude

69charger wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060722/ap_on_re_us/elephant_attack

I knew this Elephant when it was at the Vilas Zoo in Madison. It would go nuts if you clapped your hands. I remember a drunk guy kept clapping his hands and moving to various parts of the enclosure and the Elephant was charging the moat and throwing dirt at everyone. It tried throwing a tire across but it was too big. The other Elephants were cool, this one was a prick.

If I was there and saw that drunk clapping dude, I'd walk over and punch that fucker square in the head.

PaperPlates

rightondude wrote:

If I was there and saw that drunk clapping dude, I'd walk over and punch that fucker square in the head.

I thought you were against violence to solve a problem.

69charger

rightondude wrote:

If I was there and saw that drunk clapping dude, I'd walk over and punch that fucker square in the head.

It was funny at first. But then it got to the point where the Elephant was clearly not having fun anymore.

Somehow I doubt you would have walked up to that particular drunk dude. He looked like he could have probably taken Winky in a fight.

hippiemom

Skitch Patterson wrote:

Thats why my wife an I are members at the Detroit Zoo.

Its a great zoo.. and you cant come anywhere near most of the animals. No elaborate "as we walk through the plains" style tours. No glass to tap on next to the head of a tiger.. .mostly just an enclosure with trees, tunnels and a pond, and a giant moat so they cant escape.

Detroit does have a beautiful zoo. We drove up to Royal Oak last summer to see Ben Harper, and the next day on the way home we stopped at the zoo. I'm not a big fan of zoos, but I was impressed, it's the nicest one I've seen.