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After the ladies arrived in Chicago, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals kept track of their well-being and knew their health was declining.  This was easily predicted.  The cold winters had forced zoo keepers to keep the animals indoors in a small-sized jail, with its orthopedically and medically dangerous concrete floors.  When massive animals take a step in the wild, natural environment, the grasses, sod, and soil muffle the concussion that occurs when the foot lands.  When walking on concrete or pavement, no such shock- absorbing effect occurs.  The damaging effects exceed the orthopedic ones.  When that force hits the elephant's body, the concussion is transmitted through the legs, and upward through all the organs of the body, rupturing their cells.  This occurs notably among the delicate cells of the alveoli of the lungs.  That is the source of the well-documented prevalence of deaths due to tuberculosis, a disease of the lungs, among captive elephants and other large mammals. As the many organs in the body necessary for digestion are also damaged, emaciation is also a common occurrence.  Damage to brain tissues results in dementia.  Ruptured capillaries results in internal bleeding and anemia.  

After the ladies arrived in Chicago, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals kept track of their well-being and knew their health was declining.  This was easily predicted.  The cold winters had forced zoo keepers to keep the animals indoors in a small-sized jail, with its orthopedically and medically dangerous concrete floors.  When massive animals take a step in the wild, natural environment, the grasses, sod, and soil muffle the concussion that occurs when the foot lands.  When walking on concrete or pavement, no such shock- absorbing effect occurs.  The damaging effects exceed the orthopedic ones.  When that force hits the elephant's body, the concussion is transmitted through the legs, and upward through all the organs of the body, rupturing their cells.  This occurs notably among the delicate cells of the alveoli of the lungs.  That is the source of the well-documented prevalence of deaths due to tuberculosis, a disease of the lungs, among captive elephants and other large mammals. As the many organs in the body necessary for digestion are also damaged, emaciation is also a common occurrence.  Damage to brain tissues results in dementia.  Ruptured capillaries results in internal bleeding and anemia.  

[[File:Peachesand WankieinSanDiego.JPG|thumb|right|200px|<small>Remember Tatima (October 16, 2004), Peaches (January 17, 2005), and Wankie (May 1, 2005).  Top:  Peaches (left), then 52, seen with Wankie, her 33-year-old companion, in 2002 at the San Diego Wild Animal Park where they had resided together with others for more than 30 years.</small>]]

[[File:PeachesandWankieinSanDiego.JPG|thumb|right|300px|<small>Remember Tatima (October 16, 2004), Peaches (January 17, 2005), and Wankie (May 1, 2005).  Top:  Peaches (left), then 52, seen with Wankie, her 33-year-old companion, in 2002 at the San Diego Wild Animal Park where they had resided together with others for more than 30 years.</small>]]

[[File:PeachesandWankieJailedinLincolnParkZoo.JPG|thumb|right|200px|<small>The two in jail at the corrupt and frigid Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.</small>]]

[[File:PeachesandWankieJailedinLincolnParkZoo.JPG|thumb|left|300px|<small>The two in jail at the corrupt and frigid Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.</small>]]

   

   

This cold, calculated, cynical, and callous act devoid of compassion was followed by Marius’ body then suffering the indignity of being dissected in public in front of adults and children, sending the potent message to the kids that such lives are worthless, and the fed to other zoo animals, again in front of the children.  Psychology Today magazine expressed outrage and disgust, nothing that the children were being taught that killing animals for entertainment was acceptable.  The Copenhagen zoo director argued, in an incredulously outrageous statement, that this had educational valid  

This cold, calculated, cynical, and callous act devoid of compassion was followed by Marius’ body then suffering the indignity of being dissected in public in front of adults and children, sending the potent message to the kids that such lives are worthless, and the fed to other zoo animals, again in front of the children.  Psychology Today magazine expressed outrage and disgust, nothing that the children were being taught that killing animals for entertainment was acceptable.  The Copenhagen zoo director argued, in an incredulously outrageous statement, that this had educational valid  

[[File:Marius.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Remember Marius.  February 9, 2014]]

[[File:Marius.JPG|300px|thumb|left|Remember Marius.  February 9, 2014]]

for the children, providing an understanding of the anatomy of a giraffe.  Seeing bored, depressed, and often neuroses-laden animals resulting from life-long captivity pacing, swaying, or circling constantly teaches children nothing about real animal behavior, let alone a dead animal being fed to lions, tigers, and leopards on the concrete in a zoo.  Parents certainly wouldn’t take their children to prison to teach them about human behavior.   

for the children, providing an understanding of the anatomy of a giraffe.  Seeing bored, depressed, and often neuroses-laden animals resulting from life-long captivity pacing, swaying, or circling constantly teaches children nothing about real animal behavior, let alone a dead animal being fed to lions, tigers, and leopards on the concrete in a zoo.  Parents certainly wouldn’t take their children to prison to teach them about human behavior.   

===Harambe===

===Harambe===

Harambe was a gentle Western lowland silverback gorilla, an endangered species, incarcerated at the horrific Cincinnati Zoo.  He spent his entire 16 years in jail, born at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas, and transported to the Cincinnati Zoo in April 2015.  A young boy, neglected and ignored by his ignorant parents, climbed up and fell into Harambe’s enclosure.  Images clearly show that Harambe was protecting the boy, but the patronage-worker, job-protecting zoo keepers slaughtered him with gunfire (May 28, 2016).[[File:Harambe.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Remember Harambe.  May 28, 2016]]

Harambe was a gentle Western lowland silverback gorilla, an endangered species, incarcerated at the horrific Cincinnati Zoo.  He spent his entire 16 years in jail, born at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas, and transported to the Cincinnati Zoo in April 2015.  A young boy, neglected and ignored by his ignorant parents, climbed up and fell into Harambe’s enclosure.  Images clearly show that Harambe was protecting the boy, but the patronage-worker, job-protecting zoo keepers slaughtered him with gunfire (May 28, 2016).[[File:Harambe.JPG|300px|thumb|right|Remember Harambe.  May 28, 2016]]

===Arturo===

===Arturo===

For a period in 1990 at Calumet Farms, those races were in a way repeated.  In idyllic scenes, Alydar’s old rival, Affirmed, was also at Calumet in 1990.  When the two chestnut-colored horses were out in their paddocks, they would stare at each another, their manes flicking in the breeze. Occasionally, Affirmed would start running on his side of the fence, and Alydar would take off after him on the other side. Even then, twelve years after their races, they remained competitors.

For a period in 1990 at Calumet Farms, those races were in a way repeated.  In idyllic scenes, Alydar’s old rival, Affirmed, was also at Calumet in 1990.  When the two chestnut-colored horses were out in their paddocks, they would stare at each another, their manes flicking in the breeze. Occasionally, Affirmed would start running on his side of the fence, and Alydar would take off after him on the other side. Even then, twelve years after their races, they remained competitors.

[[File:Alydar.JPG|thumb|right|200px|<small>Remember Alydar.  November 15, 1990</small>]]  

[[File:Alydar.JPG|thumb|right|300px|<small>Remember Alydar.  November 15, 1990</small>]]  

Alydar became one of the greatest sires in thoroughbred history, whose offspring often became champion racehorses themselves, and as such Alydar became the most heavily insured horse in history.  His death meant a payoff of $36.5 million.   

Alydar became one of the greatest sires in thoroughbred history, whose offspring often became champion racehorses themselves, and as such Alydar became the most heavily insured horse in history.  His death meant a payoff of $36.5 million.