Birthday bash draws Eddie Vedder & The Chainsmokers to Fort Worth Zoo, annoying the neighbors

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A zoo spokeswoman said animals were monitored for adverse reactions during a sound check Friday afternoon, and during and after the party.




The Fort Worth Zoo was the site of a 40th birthday bash featuring Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and The Chainsmokers. Some neighbors were not happy with the noise and said they worried for the animals' well-being.(Scott Keeling)

A private 40th birthday bash at the Fort Worth Zoo on Friday night featured big performances by Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and The Chainsmokers.

But the party drew the ire of some neighbors, who complained of loud noise and said they worried for the animals’ safety.

“Those poor animals. If it was that loud for us nearly 2 miles away, I can’t imagine how awful it was for them,” one woman said on Facebook. “You’d expect the best zoo in the nation to treat their animals better.”

A zoo spokeswoman said that the zoo had received only three complaints as of Monday morning and that representatives had reached out to those neighbors. No special permit was required for the event, which ended at 1 a.m., said Avery Elander, the zoo’s assistant director of communications.

All animals were monitored during a sound check Friday afternoon and during the party, Elander said.

“No animals were observed having adverse reactions or different behavior,” she said, adding that all animals were also behaving normally the following day.

The Fort Worth Zoo frequently hosts special events like weddings and birthday parties, and Elander said the “animals are habituated to these kinds of parties.” Proceeds from private events contribute to the care and feeding of the animals and help maintain zoo facilities, she added.

On social media, residents who lived more than a mile from the zoo said the music was deafening.

“I’m horrified for the animals at the zoo,” one poster said.

“I don’t care how rich I was,” another said, “I would never throw a birthday party for myself like that.”

“The meerkats will revolt,” one person quipped on Twitter.

Others, however, were more forgiving: “Eddie Vedder can interrupt my quiet Friday night anytime.”




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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,710
    edited November 2021
    Eddie shouldn't support Zoos. He needs to start reading up on things before boarding private planes to play private gigs and signing off on Funko toys. 

    Fort Worth Zoo offered $2 million to this year’s #1 Worst Zoo for Elephants to buy two female Asian elephants: eight-year-old Nellie and fifteen-year-old Emily. Fort Worth Zoo wanted to breed them and would have paid an additional $200,000 if a calf was born soon after their arrival. As the #2 Worst Zoo for Elephants in 2020, this dirty deal, and others like it, expose the zoo industry's powerful role in driving U.S. and international trade in traumatized elephants who suffer from serial "transfer abuse," breeding, and endless captivity.

    If the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved the import, Fort Worth Zoo would pay African Lion Safari — a theme park in Ontario, Canada — to separate Nellie from her mother, and Emily from her six-year-old calf, Gigi. Transfers are known to cause stress to elephants, and scientific research associates them with repetitive stereotypic behaviors that are considered "an important indicator of compromised welfare.”





    10 Worst Zoos for Elephants 2020 (idausa.org)



    GOT AN ELEPHANT SEPARATED FROM HER MOTHER
    IN FACT I GOT TWO
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • davidos
    davidos Posts: 481
    Disappointing 
  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,111
    edited November 2021
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Eddie shouldn't support Zoos. He needs to start reading up on things before boarding private planes to play private gigs and signing off on Funko toys. 

    Fort Worth Zoo offered $2 million to this year’s #1 Worst Zoo for Elephants to buy two female Asian elephants: eight-year-old Nellie and fifteen-year-old Emily. Fort Worth Zoo wanted to breed them and would have paid an additional $200,000 if a calf was born soon after their arrival. As the #2 Worst Zoo for Elephants in 2020, this dirty deal, and others like it, expose the zoo industry's powerful role in driving U.S. and international trade in traumatized elephants who suffer from serial "transfer abuse," breeding, and endless captivity.

    If the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved the import, Fort Worth Zoo would pay African Lion Safari — a theme park in Ontario, Canada — to separate Nellie from her mother, and Emily from her six-year-old calf, Gigi. Transfers are known to cause stress to elephants, and scientific research associates them with repetitive stereotypic behaviors that are considered "an important indicator of compromised welfare.”





    10 Worst Zoos for Elephants 2020 (idausa.org)



    GOT AN ELEPHANT SEPARATED FROM HER MOTHER
    IN FACT I GOT TWO
    Agree on the zoo.  But didn’t you buy a set of Funko Pops after posting about how bad plastic is for the earth?
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    edited November 2021
    on2legs said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Eddie shouldn't support Zoos. He needs to start reading up on things before boarding private planes to play private gigs and signing off on Funko toys. 

    Fort Worth Zoo offered $2 million to this year’s #1 Worst Zoo for Elephants to buy two female Asian elephants: eight-year-old Nellie and fifteen-year-old Emily. Fort Worth Zoo wanted to breed them and would have paid an additional $200,000 if a calf was born soon after their arrival. As the #2 Worst Zoo for Elephants in 2020, this dirty deal, and others like it, expose the zoo industry's powerful role in driving U.S. and international trade in traumatized elephants who suffer from serial "transfer abuse," breeding, and endless captivity.

    If the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved the import, Fort Worth Zoo would pay African Lion Safari — a theme park in Ontario, Canada — to separate Nellie from her mother, and Emily from her six-year-old calf, Gigi. Transfers are known to cause stress to elephants, and scientific research associates them with repetitive stereotypic behaviors that are considered "an important indicator of compromised welfare.”





    10 Worst Zoos for Elephants 2020 (idausa.org)



    GOT AN ELEPHANT SEPARATED FROM HER MOTHER
    IN FACT I GOT TWO
    Agree on the zoo.  But didn’t you buy a set of Funko Pops after posting about how bad plastic is for the earth?
    Yes.

    I also have an 18 inch McFarlane Toys Freddy Krueger figure I bought in Paris in 2002. And a Shredder figure from my childhood. He is the villain Turtles. 

    Would have rather seen a Riot Act Super Deluxe Box Set (available from European stores) or a cooler more unique "made from plastic from the ocean" toy-concept than the "slap every brand on generic looking figures" that is Funko. But it is what it is. I am not the Gene Simmons of Pearl Jam, so I do not make the merch decisions. 

    FOMO is a bitch.
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  • static111
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    what is this & the Chainsmokers?
    Scio me nihil scire

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  • Go Animal
    Go Animal Posts: 7,440
    edited November 2021
    static111 said:
    what is this & the Chainsmokers?
    A fun game to play is to walk into any bar, or club with 2 white guys in their 30's dressed somewhat hipstery, and say "these are The Chainsmokers" and see how far you can take it :)
    Post edited by Go Animal on
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  • static111
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    I'm thinking with Eddie being in Texas, perhaps I will get a surprise at The Stones show Saturday night!  
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  • OceansJenny
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    Everybody has a price I suppose.
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    Eewwww


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  • Vedder4Prez
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    static111 said:
    I'm thinking with Eddie being in Texas, perhaps I will get a surprise at The Stones show Saturday night!  
    I’d be willing to bet Ed was back in his bed in Seattle before the night was over.. doubt he’s chilling in crappy ft worth for a week 
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    Good lord you guys like to bitch
  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    circlesdown said:
    Good lord you guys like to bitch
    This says more about you, than about "us".
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • josevolution
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    Agreed screw all Zoos period! I wouldn’t attend an event like this even if for free nothing surprises me anymore concerning this band or Vedder..
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  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Eddie shouldn't support Zoos. He needs to start reading up on things before boarding private planes to play private gigs and signing off on Funko toys. 

    Fort Worth Zoo offered $2 million to this year’s #1 Worst Zoo for Elephants to buy two female Asian elephants: eight-year-old Nellie and fifteen-year-old Emily. Fort Worth Zoo wanted to breed them and would have paid an additional $200,000 if a calf was born soon after their arrival. As the #2 Worst Zoo for Elephants in 2020, this dirty deal, and others like it, expose the zoo industry's powerful role in driving U.S. and international trade in traumatized elephants who suffer from serial "transfer abuse," breeding, and endless captivity.

    If the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved the import, Fort Worth Zoo would pay African Lion Safari — a theme park in Ontario, Canada — to separate Nellie from her mother, and Emily from her six-year-old calf, Gigi. Transfers are known to cause stress to elephants, and scientific research associates them with repetitive stereotypic behaviors that are considered "an important indicator of compromised welfare.”





    10 Worst Zoos for Elephants 2020 (idausa.org)



    GOT AN ELEPHANT SEPARATED FROM HER MOTHER
    IN FACT I GOT TWO
    African Lion Safari in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is #1 on a "Worst Zoo" list?  Color me surprised.
  • F Me In The Brain
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    Go Animal said:
    static111 said:
    what is this & the Chainsmokers?
    A fun game to play is to walk into any bar, or club with 2 white guys in their 30's dressed somewhat hipstery, and say "these are The Chainsmokers" and see how far you can take it :)
    This is one of the funniest things anyone not named Stefan has posted on this forum.
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  • Go Animal
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    F Me In The Brain said:
    Go Animal said:
    static111 said:
    what is this & the Chainsmokers?
    A fun game to play is to walk into any bar, or club with 2 white guys in their 30's dressed somewhat hipstery, and say "these are The Chainsmokers" and see how far you can take it :)
    This is one of the funniest things anyone not named Stefan has posted on this forum.
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  • kaw753
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    YourDirtisMyfood said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Eddie shouldn't support Zoos. He needs to start reading up on things before boarding private planes to play private gigs and signing off on Funko toys. 

    Fort Worth Zoo offered $2 million to this year’s #1 Worst Zoo for Elephants to buy two female Asian elephants: eight-year-old Nellie and fifteen-year-old Emily. Fort Worth Zoo wanted to breed them and would have paid an additional $200,000 if a calf was born soon after their arrival. As the #2 Worst Zoo for Elephants in 2020, this dirty deal, and others like it, expose the zoo industry's powerful role in driving U.S. and international trade in traumatized elephants who suffer from serial "transfer abuse," breeding, and endless captivity.

    If the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved the import, Fort Worth Zoo would pay African Lion Safari — a theme park in Ontario, Canada — to separate Nellie from her mother, and Emily from her six-year-old calf, Gigi. Transfers are known to cause stress to elephants, and scientific research associates them with repetitive stereotypic behaviors that are considered "an important indicator of compromised welfare.”





    10 Worst Zoos for Elephants 2020 (idausa.org)



    GOT AN ELEPHANT SEPARATED FROM HER MOTHER
    IN FACT I GOT TWO
    African Lion Safari in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is #1 on a "Worst Zoo" list?  Color me surprised.
    We used to get drunk at school and scheme how to drive there (when sober) to steal a monkey to be our house butler. 
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,320
    kaw753 said:
    YourDirtisMyfood said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Eddie shouldn't support Zoos. He needs to start reading up on things before boarding private planes to play private gigs and signing off on Funko toys. 

    Fort Worth Zoo offered $2 million to this year’s #1 Worst Zoo for Elephants to buy two female Asian elephants: eight-year-old Nellie and fifteen-year-old Emily. Fort Worth Zoo wanted to breed them and would have paid an additional $200,000 if a calf was born soon after their arrival. As the #2 Worst Zoo for Elephants in 2020, this dirty deal, and others like it, expose the zoo industry's powerful role in driving U.S. and international trade in traumatized elephants who suffer from serial "transfer abuse," breeding, and endless captivity.

    If the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved the import, Fort Worth Zoo would pay African Lion Safari — a theme park in Ontario, Canada — to separate Nellie from her mother, and Emily from her six-year-old calf, Gigi. Transfers are known to cause stress to elephants, and scientific research associates them with repetitive stereotypic behaviors that are considered "an important indicator of compromised welfare.”





    10 Worst Zoos for Elephants 2020 (idausa.org)



    GOT AN ELEPHANT SEPARATED FROM HER MOTHER
    IN FACT I GOT TWO
    African Lion Safari in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is #1 on a "Worst Zoo" list?  Color me surprised.
    We used to get drunk at school and scheme how to drive there (when sober) to steal a monkey to be our house butler. 
    Lol
  • OceansJenny
    OceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,410
    Some zoos do a lot of good (looking at you Bronx zoo) but yes some have less “greater good” initiatives and are likely run as profit centers to the detriment of all the animals.
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