By Dr. Steven Best -
[email protected]
President, Voice For all Animals
On Tuesday April 16th, the City Council voted 4 to 2 in
favor of keeping Savannah at the El Paso Zoo and bringing in another
elephant, Juno. Representatives Jan Sumrall (a self-professed �animal
lover�) and Luis Sarinana excused themselves from this controversial
vote in a patently opportunistic way. Representatives Larry Medina and
Anthony Cobos had the moral vision to see the wrong in keeping Savannah
confined at the zoo when the doors of freedom are open for her at the
Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Hundreds of concerned citizens were
shut out of the deliberation process and their letters and calls of
concern were never answered. The decision to bring in another elephant
was virtually rubber-stamped. Yet El Paso animal rights group Voice For
All Animals has a vision for vastly improving the zoo, and we deserve to
be heard. This involves freeing Savannah, and bringing in other
elephants from still worse condition than the El Paso zoo, and ideally
finding sanctuaries for them. The zoo would be transformed from a
prisonhouse to a halfway house for rescuing elephants. But we must begin
by freeing Savannah. When there is an opportunity for a being to have a
better life, the opportunity ought to be granted.
Please write/call/fax Jan Sumrall and Luis Sarinana and
criticize them for missing this important vote. Please strongly
criticize Reps. Cook, Power, Rodriquez, and Escobar for voting against
Savannah. Please thank Reps. Medina and Cobos for their compassion and
courage. Your letters truly can help us, thank you.
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Mayor Caballero
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
phone 915-541-4145; fax 915-541-4501
Jan Sumrall
District#[email protected]
<mailto:District%[email protected]>
541-4886; Fax 915-541-4380
Rose Rodriguez
District#[email protected]
<mailto:District%[email protected]>
541-4996; Fax 915-541-4348
Larry Medina
District#[email protected]
<mailto:District%[email protected]>
541-4572; Fax 915-541-4258
John Cook
District#[email protected]
<mailto:District%[email protected]>
541-4140; Fax 915-541-4213
Dan Power
District#[email protected]
<mailto:District%[email protected]>
541-4701; Fax 915-541-4360
Paul Escobar
District#[email protected]
<mailto:District%[email protected]>
541-4182; Fax 915-541-4262
Luis Sarinana
District#[email protected]
<mailto:District%[email protected]>
541-4108; Fax 915-541-4134
Anthony Cobos
District#[email protected]
<mailto:District%[email protected]>
541-4123; Fax 915-541-4300
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