Cameron Park Elephant Tanya Dies Leaving Tembo in Isolation
Action Alert from All-Creatures.org
FROM IDA In Defense of
Animals
November 2020
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The sudden death of Tanya, an African elephant who was held at the Cameron Park Zoo in Texas, has left Tembo there who is now enduring solitary confinement. Captivity itself causes a number of negative physical and psychological effects to elephants, but isolation is among the most harmful and unnatural situations an elephant can endure.
Tell Cameron Park Zoo that Tembo MUST go to an accredited sanctuary:
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Tanya died on September 29, 2020 at 40-years-old. The average age African
elephants die in captivity is just 38.6 years old. In the wild, elephants
can enjoy life spans comparable to humans — between 70-100 years. Female
elephants can even remain fertile into their 60s!
Yet Cameron Park Zoo chose to mislead the public by referring in its press
release to managing “geriatric” animals, according to one local news report.
With Tanya’s death, female elephant Tembo is now the only elephant in the
Zoo’s enclosure. The Zoo was already violating standards set by the
Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which require a minimum of three female
elephants to be housed together. Now, Tembo faces an uncertain future. On
its Facebook page, Cameron Park Zoo has indicated it will be exploring other
companions for Tembo through Species Survival Programs — which are
frequently used as an excuse to breed more elephants into lifetimes of
captivity so that zoos can continue profiting off of their lives. Any
decision except sending Tembo to an accredited sanctuary will be one made
out of a motive for profit rather than Tembo’s best interest.
Tanya has been released from a sad life behind bars. We can only hope that
Cameron Park Zoo will give Tembo more freedom by sending her to an
accredited sanctuary. Please leave a polite message on the Zoo’s social
media channels encouraging them to retire Tembo.
Thank you for everything you do for animals!
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