AR-News: (US) Packing their trunks

[Animalconcerns]

[News of Animal Rights on Animalconcerns!]

[opinion from Los Angeles Times]

Many inhabitants of Detroit might dream of fleeing the city for wide-open
spaces in warmer climes. Wanda and Winky are actually doing it.

The two Asian elephants, no longer in their prime and suffering from
cold-weather ailments, will move this summer from the Detroit Zoo to a
wildlife refuge in Tennessee or California. They represent the first such
migration from a major zoo, which is acting voluntarily out of humane
concerns. 
...
Lab rat by lab rat, animal rights groups are making a dent in public
thinking. Thirty years ago, no one wondered whether zoo elephants were
comfortable or happy. Now, homeopathic veterinarians have thriving
practices. Consumers look for the "No Animal Testing" label on products.
People fret about the cramped pens in which veal calves are kept and, in
recent months, about whether ducks whose livers are destined for foie
gras are tortured in their overfeeding. 

full story:
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/May/05292004/commenta/170676.asp

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