Animal Groups Unite to Prevent Sending Elephants to the Pittsburgh Zoo

by Windy BormanJul 12, 2009Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director0 comments

Three leading animal protection organizations – Born Free USA, People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA) and In Defense of Animals (IDA) – are joining forces to oppose the pending move of two African elephants, Kallie and Bette, from the Philadelphia Zoo to the Pittsburgh Zoo’s animal holding and breeding facility in Somerset County Pennsylvania. The organizations point to four main animal welfare problems with the transfer:

Cruel, circus-style elephant training using bullhooks
Confinement to small pens with no free access to the property’s several hundred acres
Grave health risks associated with breeding
Denial of a permanent, stable and natural home

Please visit IDA‘s Help Elephants Web site to learn more.

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Written by Windy Borman

Windy Borman is a documentary filmmaker, Narrative Architect, and founder of WB Consulting LLC. After 25+ years on both sides of the camera and the stage — producing films that premiered at Sundance and HBO, interviewing Sir Richard Branson and Governor Gavin Newsom, and directing Ashley Judd's voiceover work — she created the B.R.A.V.E. Framework™: the narrative architecture system that gets the real version of female and non-binary executives from the Green Room to the mic. She works with executives and leaders who are done being the best-kept secret in their industry.