Dear Packy: Today would have been your 61st birthday (14 April 1962). As with all elephants born in captivity you never knew the life that you so deserved to have. You could have experienced the freedom of roaming the massive grounds of a sanctuary at any point in your captive life (the … Continue reading »
Dear Packy: We have loved you from the moment you came into this world on 14 April 1962 at The Oregon Zoo, or we would have loved you then, had we been born. Just like any sweet baby elephant that arrives, you were irresistible, surely front page news, as your future offspring were. You were … Continue reading »
“Rally in Memory of PACKY” at the Oregon Zoo Saturday 15 April 2017 Protests: will continue… to Free Oregon Zoo Elephants , FOZE Facebook Death: by euthanasia on 9 February 2017, TB related. Packy Should Not Have Been Put Down: Opinions differ but “An Oregon Zoo Elephant Keeper Begged Metro Council Not to Euthanize Packy Days Before … Continue reading »
Packy is a beloved elephant who has spent his entire life in the Oregon Zoo (he was hailed as the “first elephant born in the Western hemisphere in 44 years”; that truth humans can agree on. What we fail to agree upon, however, is just why humans are allowed to profit off of the backs of our elephants holding them to … Continue reading »
National Pumpkin Day has rolled around again and on this 26 October 2023 we discover that pumpkins the world over come in many shapes and colors. One sanctuary elephant in Chiang Mai, Thailand was snapped enjoying a green pumpkin as a tasty snack. And remembering our elephant Packy, who was born in … Continue reading »