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On August 20, 1994, the poor, suffering 20-year-old female elephant Tyke, who on several previous attempts tried to escape but was recaptured and kept in captivity instead of being relocated to a wildlife park or rescue, being abused and beaten for years as a circus elephant, including from her alcohol- and cocaine-addicted trainer who had been the focus of numerous previous complaints of animal abuse, escapes from the Honolulu circus arena and dies bellowing on the streets of Honolulu from nerve destruction and brain hemorrhaging after the pig cops of Honolulu bravely pump 87 bullets into her crumbling, blood-soaked, sobbing body (August 20, 1994).  REMEMBER TYKE!

On August 20, 1994, the poor, suffering 20-year-old female elephant Tyke, who on several previous attempts tried to escape but was recaptured and kept in captivity instead of being relocated to a wildlife park or rescue, being abused and beaten for years as a circus elephant, including from her alcohol- and cocaine-addicted trainer who had been the focus of numerous previous complaints of animal abuse, escapes from the Honolulu circus arena and dies bellowing on the streets of Honolulu from nerve destruction and brain hemorrhaging after the pig cops of Honolulu bravely pump 87 bullets into her crumbling, blood-soaked, sobbing body (August 20, 1994).  REMEMBER TYKE!

Remember Tyke.  August 20, 1994.

[[File:Tyke.JPG|thumb|right|600px|<small>Remember Tyke.  August 20, 1994. NOTE THE RIFLE POINTED AT TYKE'S EYE BY THE BRAVE POLICE OFFICE PIG.</small>]]

 

===Stoney the Elephant===

===Stoney the Elephant===

The San Diego Zoological Society acquired Peaches in 1953 from a circus, and she remained at the San Diego Zoo until the Wild Animal Park opened in 1972.  She had lived in the warmth of Southern California for 50 years before being shipped to Chicago!  Tatima and Wankie, both born in 1969, were purchased from a private individual and brought to the park in 1971 before it officially opened.  (One source states that a private individual brought Tatima to the United States from Zimbabwe in 1969; perhaps Wankie had the same journey.)

The San Diego Zoological Society acquired Peaches in 1953 from a circus, and she remained at the San Diego Zoo until the Wild Animal Park opened in 1972.  She had lived in the warmth of Southern California for 50 years before being shipped to Chicago!  Tatima and Wankie, both born in 1969, were purchased from a private individual and brought to the park in 1971 before it officially opened.  (One source states that a private individual brought Tatima to the United States from Zimbabwe in 1969; perhaps Wankie had the same journey.)

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had written to the Lincoln Park Zoo director and begged him not to take the animals, stating they would “not last more than a few years.” They were ignored. The group wanted the elephants sent to one of two sanctuaries in the country where they would have been able to bond with other females and roam freely outdoors year-round.  In the wild, elephants walk 30 miles a day.  One of their former keepers in San Diego noted that placing the elephants in the Lincoln Park Zoo “is like me putting you in a closet.”  

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had written to the Lincoln Park Zoo director and begged him not to take the animals, stating they would “not last more than a few years.” They were ignored. The group wanted the elephants sent to one of two sanctuaries in the country where they would have been able to bond with other females and roam freely outdoors year-round.  In the wild, elephants walk 30 miles a day.  One of their former keepers in San Diego noted that placing the elephants in the Lincoln Park Zoo “is like me putting you in a closet.”  

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  

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.

 

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. Bottom:  The two in jail at the corrupt and frigid Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.

[[File:PeachesandWankieinSanDiego.JPG|thumb|right|400px|<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>]]

tissues results in dementia. Ruptured capillaries results in internal bleeding and anemia.  

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

Tatima arrived with a crippling left rear leg injury, which left the leg badly swollen.  She was apparently never treated while in Chicago.  As the social outsider, a common occurrence when placing three elephants together, Tatima was shunned.  Wankie spent all of her days at the Lincoln Park Zoo and Crematorium neurotically swaying and bobbing from side to side in her cramped, shared space.  All three ladies suffered significant weight loss residing in their cramped cell.  

Tatima arrived with a crippling left rear leg injury, which left the leg badly swollen.  She was apparently never treated while in Chicago.  As the social outsider, a common occurrence when placing three elephants together, Tatima was shunned.  Wankie spent all of her days at the Lincoln Park Zoo and Crematorium neurotically swaying and bobbing from side to side in her cramped, shared space.  All three ladies suffered significant weight loss residing in their cramped cell.  

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  

Remember Marius.  February 9, 2014

[[File:Marius.JPG|400px|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.   

A tiger was killed by another at the Leipzig (Germany) Zoo when a partition separating the two was removed in an incredible act of ignorance by a prison guard (March, 2016).   

A tiger was killed by another at the Leipzig (Germany) Zoo when a partition separating the two was removed in an incredible act of ignorance by a prison guard (March, 2016).   

A male lion, his whole life spent in jail at the zoo, and lioness, who was rescued from a circus, were murdered at the Santiago (Chile) Metropolitan Zoo by shotgun-wielding human beings after a worthless fellow human being climbed into their enclosure, removed his clothing, and walked toward them while praising his Lord and Teacher Jesus Christ (May 21, 2016).  

A male lion, his whole life spent in jail at the zoo, and lioness, who was rescued from a circus, were murdered at the Santiago (Chile) Metropolitan Zoo by shotgun-wielding human beings after a worthless fellow human being climbed into their enclosure, removed his clothing, and walked toward them while praising his Lord and Teacher Jesus Christ (May 21, 2016).  

===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).

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, the polar bear referred to as the “world’s saddest animal,” suffered alone in the 100- degree prison of the Mendoza Zoo in Argentina.  A petition to have him moved to Canada was signed by more than 400,000 people but the zoo murderers ignored it and poor Arturo died in misery on July 3, 2016.

Arturo, the polar bear referred to as the “world’s saddest animal,” suffered alone in the 100- degree prison of the Mendoza Zoo in Argentina.  A petition to have him moved to Canada was signed by more than 400,000 people but the zoo murderers ignored it and poor Arturo died in misery on July 3, 2016.

 

 

Motshegetsi, a glorious lion originally from Namibia, but shipped to that same Leipzig (Germany) Zoo from its previous concentration camp in Basel, was murdered by prison guards when they failed to simply tranquilize him after he escaped from his jail cell (September 29, 2016).  

Motshegetsi, a glorious lion originally from Namibia, but shipped to that same Leipzig (Germany) Zoo from its previous concentration camp in Basel, was murdered by prison guards when they failed to simply tranquilize him after he escaped from his jail cell (September 29, 2016).  

===Aurora===

===Aurora===

Aurora, the female 29-year-old white beluga whale, died at the Vancouver Aquarium after she began exhibiting symptoms days after her calf died, later to be found having suffered severe liver damage (November 25, 2016).  Aurora died just nine days after her calf, 21-year-old female calf Qila, the first whale born in captivity in Canada, died of a similar illness (November 16, 2016).  Both were thought to have died from “mysterious” circumstances, probably a virus, bacteria, or poisoning at the hands of killer human beings.  The Vancouver Aquarium lacks adequate security for its captive animals.  On Nov. 25, 1986, staff found a door pried open, murky water in their tropical tanks, and approximately 750 fish on that water system either dead, or dying.  Among the murder victims was a lion fish that had been in jail there for 15 years, moray eels, and a young sawfish.

Aurora, the female 29-year-old white beluga whale, died at the Vancouver Aquarium after she began exhibiting symptoms days after her calf died, later to be found having suffered severe liver damage (November 25, 2016).  Aurora died just nine days after her calf, 21-year-old female calf Qila, the first whale born in captivity in Canada, died of a similar illness (November 16, 2016).  Both were thought to have died from “mysterious” circumstances, probably a virus, bacteria, or poisoning at the hands of killer human beings.  The Vancouver Aquarium lacks adequate security for its captive animals.  On Nov. 25, 1986, staff found a door pried open, murky water in their tropical tanks, and approximately 750 fish on that water system either dead, or dying.  Among the murder victims was a lion fish that had been in jail there for 15 years, moray eels, and a young sawfish.

Two of the three Bengal white tiger cubs, six-week-old infant brothers, of Tigryulia, one of the white Bengal tigers (a manmade hybrid of tigers, horribly interbred by zoos and animal parks to keep their distinctive white coats and therefore subjecting them to severe genetic problems) in the Yalta (Crimea) Zoo, dead of the cold when the no doubt Vodka-swilling zoo director failed to provide heating generators (December 4 and 6, 2016).

Two of the three Bengal white tiger cubs, six-week-old infant brothers, of Tigryulia, one of the white Bengal tigers (a manmade hybrid of tigers, horribly interbred by zoos and animal parks to keep their distinctive white coats and therefore subjecting them to severe genetic problems) in the Yalta (Crimea) Zoo, dead of the cold when the no doubt Vodka-swilling zoo director failed to provide heating generators (December 4 and 6, 2016).

===Szenja and Snowflake===

===Szenja and Snowflake===

Special recognition goes to the concentration camp otherwise known as the Calgary Zoo and Captive Animal Crematorium, matching the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago for exceptional incompetence and maliciousness towards animals incarcerated for life for no fault of their own.  Because of the viciousness by which this government-licensed animal murder facility and patronage worker dumping grounds ignores its blatant systemic animal welfare ineffectiveness and clear and repetitive evidence of a serious rift in their operation and mistreats animals of all species, we have literally hundreds of beautiful animals murdered at the Calgary Zoo to whom we provide dedication.  I put them in reverse chronological order, to somehow lessen the pain.

Special recognition goes to the concentration camp otherwise known as the Calgary Zoo and Captive Animal Crematorium, matching the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago for exceptional incompetence and maliciousness towards animals incarcerated for life for no fault of their own.  Because of the viciousness by which this government-licensed animal murder facility and patronage worker dumping grounds ignores its blatant systemic animal welfare ineffectiveness and clear and repetitive evidence of a serious rift in their operation and mistreats animals of all species, we have literally hundreds of beautiful animals murdered at the Calgary Zoo to whom we provide dedication.  I put them in reverse chronological order, to somehow lessen the pain.

Seven Humboldt penguins “mysteriously” drowned to death in their pool-prison (December 8, 2016).  As deep divers, hyperactive, extremely gregarious, and accustomed to living in large colonies, penguins suffer egregiously and should never be imprisoned in zoos.

Seven Humboldt penguins “mysteriously” drowned to death in their pool-prison (December 8, 2016).  As deep divers, hyperactive, extremely gregarious, and accustomed to living in large colonies, penguins suffer egregiously and should never be imprisoned in zoos.

Two hundred cichilds fish, one-third of all those imprisoned including every adult, were murdered in the “rainforest exhibit” by incompetent prison guards who allowed poisonous chemical contaminants from poisoning the water (July 8–9, 2016).

Two hundred cichilds fish, one-third of all those imprisoned including every adult, were murdered in the “rainforest exhibit” by incompetent prison guards who allowed poisonous chemical contaminants from poisoning the water (July 8–9, 2016).

The 12-year old North American river otter Logan drowned to death after getting entangled in one of the legs of a pair of trousers, which became the “instrument of death,” given to him by two miscreant, negligent, ignorant, incompetent keepers as a plaything, who retain their jobs, and was unable to breach the water’s surface for air (February 11, 2016).  While the average North American river otter can hold its breath for up to eight minutes, it was too late for Logan.

The 12-year old North American river otter Logan drowned to death after getting entangled in one of the legs of a pair of trousers, which became the “instrument of death,” given to him by two miscreant, negligent, ignorant, incompetent keepers as a plaything, who retain their jobs, and was unable to breach the water’s surface for air (February 11, 2016).  While the average North American river otter can hold its breath for up to eight minutes, it was too late for Logan.

The infant, five-month-old woodland caribou calf named Chocolate was murdered by the infliction of a “sudden severe neck trauma” (November 3, 2014).

The infant, five-month-old woodland caribou calf named Chocolate was murdered by the infliction of a “sudden severe neck trauma” (November 3, 2014).

Some 85 tilapia fish, nearly half of the total captives, were gassed to death in their tank by exorbitantly high ozone concentrations which the zoo director allowed to occur (circa September 10, 2014).

Some 85 tilapia fish, nearly half of the total captives, were gassed to death in their tank by exorbitantly high ozone concentrations which the zoo director allowed to occur (circa September 10, 2014).

Fiona, the female Genton penguin, was murdered by incompetent handlers when she died of internal bleeding following a botched surgery to remove a foot-long stick that she had swallowed after it had unexplainably landed in the penguin jail cell — the zoo didn't issue a news release because the officials didn’t consider the death to be anything “out of the ordinary” (December, 2012).

Fiona, the female Genton penguin, was murdered by incompetent handlers when she died of internal bleeding following a botched surgery to remove a foot-long stick that she had swallowed after it had unexplainably landed in the penguin jail cell — the zoo didn't issue a news release because the officials didn’t consider the death to be anything “out of the ordinary” (December, 2012).

From February to November, 2013, six penguins died from avian malaria and a fungal lung infections resulting from poor sanitation in the prison, King penguin Asa (February), Humbolt penguin Juntos (August), Humbolt penguin Guillermo (August), Humboldt penguin Eduardo (October), Gentoo penguin Akemi (October), and Gentoo penguin Houdini (November).

From February to November, 2013, six penguins died from avian malaria and a fungal lung infections resulting from poor sanitation in the prison, King penguin Asa (February), Humbolt penguin Juntos (August), Humbolt penguin Guillermo (August), Humboldt penguin Eduardo (October), Gentoo penguin Akemi (October), and Gentoo penguin Houdini (November).

Four peacocks and scores of the tilapia and piranha fish died when the ill-prepared zoo, without adequate back-up power following a power outage resulting from flooding, could not maintain and regulate water quality and warm-climate temperatures for these tropical fish (circa June 21, 2013).

Four peacocks and scores of the tilapia and piranha fish died when the ill-prepared zoo, without adequate back-up power following a power outage resulting from flooding, could not maintain and regulate water quality and warm-climate temperatures for these tropical fish (circa June 21, 2013).

A keeper murdered a corn snake by heat stroke when the ignorant human being left a heat source blasting unattended near the snake (October 9, 2011).  Another corn snake was literally starved to death, failure to follow proper feeding procedures being found to have led to the reptile’s death.

A keeper murdered a corn snake by heat stroke when the ignorant human being left a heat source blasting unattended near the snake (October 9, 2011).  Another corn snake was literally starved to death, failure to follow proper feeding procedures being found to have led to the reptile’s death.

Two female Siberian tiger cub babies, weighing less than two pounds and being no larger than the palm of your hand, died, the first shortly after its birth (September 7, 2010) and the second the third night of her life (September 9, 2010), offspring of the ten-year-old Siberian tiger Katja mother, from severe head trauma resulting from the refusal of Katja to nurse the babies, perhaps because of the stress of incarceration, and “inexperience” in gently transporting her young by mouth, skills learned, not in prison, but by observing other mothers in a natural environment.

Two female Siberian tiger cub babies, weighing less than two pounds and being no larger than the palm of your hand, died, the first shortly after its birth (September 7, 2010) and the second the third night of her life (September 9, 2010), offspring of the ten-year-old Siberian tiger Katja mother, from severe head trauma resulting from the refusal of Katja to nurse the babies, perhaps because of the stress of incarceration, and “inexperience” in gently transporting her young by mouth, skills learned, not in prison, but by observing other mothers in a natural environment.

The 18-month-old female South American capybara named Adali, who came to the zoo on July 9 with her one-year-old mate Pakhi from the Buffalo Zoo, was literally crushed to death when the Calgary prison guard, while moving her from one enclosure to another, playfully closed a hydraulic door on her, leading to fatal injuries, for which murder the prison guard was given a two-day suspension (December 5, 2009).  The zoo did not announce the murder; it was tipped off to animal welfare activists by a concerned zoo staffer.  Capybara are a “traditional” Lenten food in South America, an enlightened manner by which Christians celebrate this pagan observance.

The 18-month-old female South American capybara named Adali, who came to the zoo on July 9 with her one-year-old mate Pakhi from the Buffalo Zoo, was literally crushed to death when the Calgary prison guard, while moving her from one enclosure to another, playfully closed a hydraulic door on her, leading to fatal injuries, for which murder the prison guard was given a two-day suspension (December 5, 2009).  The zoo did not announce the murder; it was tipped off to animal welfare activists by a concerned zoo staffer.  Capybara are a “traditional” Lenten food in South America, an enlightened manner by which Christians celebrate this pagan observance.

A mule deer died when he ran “into a fence” (November) and another was “found dead” by keepers (December) of “a mysterious broken neck,” in addition to two other mule deer deaths, all between September and December, 2009.

A mule deer died when he ran “into a fence” (November) and another was “found dead” by keepers (December) of “a mysterious broken neck,” in addition to two other mule deer deaths, all between September and December, 2009.

A large two-year-old male Turkmenian markhor, a spiral-horned wild goat-antelope, was strangled to death by a rope, a rope zoo “toy” suspended above a walkway which entangled the animal and effectively acted as a noose, hanging the poor animal, left in his jail cell by the City of Calgary union-protected, patronage-appointed concentration camp guards (July, 2009 Jan 2010? January, 2009).

A large two-year-old male Turkmenian markhor, a spiral-horned wild goat-antelope, was strangled to death by a rope, a rope zoo “toy” suspended above a walkway which entangled the animal and effectively acted as a noose, hanging the poor animal, left in his jail cell by the City of Calgary union-protected, patronage-appointed concentration camp guards (July, 2009 Jan 2010? January, 2009).

Malti, the one-year-old Asian elephant baby who was born at the Calgary Zoo in 2007, died from elephant herpesvirus-caused internal bleeding and heart failure, just one day after blood tests confirmed her condition, waking up from a nap, struggling to get up, and then collapsing and dying within minutes, the same malady that has killed nearly a dozen young elephants in North American zoos over the past 20 years (November 1, 2008).

Malti, the one-year-old Asian elephant baby who was born at the Calgary Zoo in 2007, died from elephant herpesvirus-caused internal bleeding and heart failure, just one day after blood tests confirmed her condition, waking up from a nap, struggling to get up, and then collapsing and dying within minutes, the same malady that has killed nearly a dozen young elephants in North American zoos over the past 20 years (November 1, 2008).

Forty-one (later reported as forty-five) cow nose stingrays suffocated to death, leaving only two alive, soon after the opening of an exhibit, which allows ignorant paying customers to pet them, from lack of oxygen in the pool-cell resulting from unprofessionally designed life-support systems, too many animals, and lack of keeper training and skill (May, 2008).  The zoo reopened the stingray exhibit in December, 2008, and one of the ten new stingrays delivered to the jail died of a parasite in January, 2009, only several weeks later, adding another murder to the 2009 total, as the zoo president stated, “I think we need to be very frank here: our main expertise is not in fish here at the Calgary Zoo.”  During the week of March 9, 2009, two more sting rays were murdered at the hands of the Calgary Murder Squad.  The animals, meant to be part of a new shipment died after arriving at the zoo.  The box and bag that carried the rays were damaged in transit, so the deaths, according to the zoo official, were stated flippantly as being “no surprise.”

Forty-one (later reported as forty-five) cow nose stingrays suffocated to death, leaving only two alive, soon after the opening of an exhibit, which allows ignorant paying customers to pet them, from lack of oxygen in the pool-cell resulting from unprofessionally designed life-support systems, too many animals, and lack of keeper training and skill (May, 2008).  The zoo reopened the stingray exhibit in December, 2008, and one of the ten new stingrays delivered to the jail died of a parasite in January, 2009, only several weeks later, adding another murder to the 2009 total, as the zoo president stated, “I think we need to be very frank here: our main expertise is not in fish here at the Calgary Zoo.”  During the week of March 9, 2009, two more sting rays were murdered at the hands of the Calgary Murder Squad.  The animals, meant to be part of a new shipment died after arriving at the zoo.  The box and bag that carried the rays were damaged in transit, so the deaths, according to the zoo official, were stated flippantly as being “no surprise.”

The young six-year-old female hippopotamus Hazina died within two days of being subjected to a viciously inhumane 29-hour truck-ride transfer from the Denver Zoo and Concentration Camp — the poor six-year-old girl had been lying in one position in her prison crate for too long, which severely restricted or stopped her blood circulation and caused death of her leg muscles and other tissues, leading to blood poisoning so that when she arrived in Calgary she was “in distress” and couldn’t stand (October 27, 2007).  The Denver and Calgary concentration camps must have followed the Lincoln Park Zoo and Greenville Zoo instruction manuals for transporting large mammals in such a manner as to absolutely ensure that they suffer and die.  

The young six-year-old female hippopotamus Hazina died within two days of being subjected to a viciously inhumane 29-hour truck-ride transfer from the Denver Zoo and Concentration Camp — the poor six-year-old girl had been lying in one position in her prison crate for too long, which severely restricted or stopped her blood circulation and caused death of her leg muscles and other tissues, leading to blood poisoning so that when she arrived in Calgary she was “in distress” and couldn’t stand (October 27, 2007).  The Denver and Calgary concentration camps must have followed the Lincoln Park Zoo and Greenville Zoo instruction manuals for transporting large mammals in such a manner as to absolutely ensure that they suffer and die.  

The life of the 22-year-old female western lowland gorilla, Donge, was ended after she had suffered for years from chronic diverticular (colon) disease, was rapidly losing weight and growing sicker, and it was found that she had another severe intestinal abscess and a large blood clot in her heart, her death being the fourth prematurely dying western lowland gorilla within only a year at the Calgary Zoo, an “unprecedented” sequence, their lifespans being in the 40’s and beyond, showing that “not even a shred of conservation value” exists there so that “there’s not any reason for [the zoo] keeping these animals” (August 10, 2007).  

The life of the 22-year-old female western lowland gorilla, Donge, was ended after she had suffered for years from chronic diverticular (colon) disease, was rapidly losing weight and growing sicker, and it was found that she had another severe intestinal abscess and a large blood clot in her heart, her death being the fourth prematurely dying western lowland gorilla within only a year at the Calgary Zoo, an “unprecedented” sequence, their lifespans being in the 40’s and beyond, showing that “not even a shred of conservation value” exists there so that “there’s not any reason for [the zoo] keeping these animals” (August 10, 2007).  

The 26-year-old dominant female western lowland gorilla, Tabitha, after years of having seizures, could not be revived from a devastating series of them and died on April 14, 2007.  Six weeks later, the 37-year-old female western lowland gorilla, Julia, the zoo’s oldest female gorilla, died from an aggressive liver infection (May 28, 2007).

The 26-year-old dominant female western lowland gorilla, Tabitha, after years of having seizures, could not be revived from a devastating series of them and died on April 14, 2007.  Six weeks later, the 37-year-old female western lowland gorilla, Julia, the zoo’s oldest female gorilla, died from an aggressive liver infection (May 28, 2007).

A twelve-day old female baby western lowland gorilla, too young to even have been named, died when the highest ranking female in the troop, Tabitha, prevented the inexperienced first-time mother Zuri, who had not learned mothering skills in the wild, having been hand-raised in captivity at the at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from nursing the baby (August 17, 2006).

A twelve-day old female baby western lowland gorilla, too young to even have been named, died when the highest ranking female in the troop, Tabitha, prevented the inexperienced first-time mother Zuri, who had not learned mothering skills in the wild, having been hand-raised in captivity at the at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from nursing the baby (August 17, 2006).

The murder of Malti by zoo negligence isn’t the first elephant death at the Calgary Wild Animal Concentration Camp.  Four years before her 2008 murder, the stressed Malti's mother, Maharani (as well as her captive mother Kamala), refused to nurse a new-born female calf baby, later named Keemaya, who was born November 16, 2004, who soon thereafter suffered an infection and suffered additional infections and digestive problems before falling into a coma and dying (December 7, 2004).   

The murder of Malti by zoo negligence isn’t the first elephant death at the Calgary Wild Animal Concentration Camp.  Four years before her 2008 murder, the stressed Malti’s mother, Maharani (as well as her captive mother Kamala), refused to nurse a new-born female calf baby, later named Keemaya, who was born November 16, 2004, who soon thereafter suffered an infection and suffered additional infections and digestive problems before falling into a coma and dying (December 7, 2004).   

In 2007, a possum was crushed to death when a negligent keeper literally walked on it.  

In 2007, a possum was crushed to death when a negligent keeper literally walked on it.  

In 2005, a spider monkey was murdered by negligence.  The tropical jungle animal was left outside in the frigid Calgary winter and sustained severe frostbite.

In 2005, a spider monkey was murdered by negligence.  The tropical jungle animal was left outside in the frigid Calgary winter and sustained severe frostbite.

A joint investigation of the zoo by the U.S. Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums uncovered numerous other “unpublicized,” “unreported” murders of inmates at the hands of the Calgary Zoo, detailed in a 2010 scathing report of the zoo and its staff, noting, “The number of deaths due to human error is significantly higher than at other similar institutions.”   

A joint investigation of the zoo by the U.S. Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums uncovered numerous other “unpublicized,” “unreported” murders of inmates at the hands of the Calgary Zoo, detailed in a 2010 scathing report of the zoo and its staff, noting, “The number of deaths due to human error is significantly higher than at other similar institutions.”   

Among the murdered was a spider monkey who was fatally crushed by a hydraulic door.  Another spider monkey died in 2005 from gangrene resulting from frostbite after this tropical jungle animal was let out and then left outside in the frigid Calgary winter weather.  Four feather-tailed sugar gliders — mouse-like mammals — were mortally injured by keepers, either crushed to death after being stepped on (one each in 2007, 2008, and 2009) or crushed to death in a manual door (one in 2007).  Several mule deer were killed or injured while handlers tried to capture them from capture or manual restraint related traumas, that is, in an unskilled “round-up,” for veterinary checks.  Woodland caribou and musk oxen were repeatedly injured or killed either because of faulty exhibit design or interspecies aggression which obvious incompatibility was ignored by the zoo. African wild dogs were injured because of exhibit design or interspecies aggression.   

Among the murdered was a spider monkey who was fatally crushed by a hydraulic door.  Another spider monkey died in 2005 from gangrene resulting from frostbite after this tropical jungle animal was let out and then left outside in the frigid Calgary winter weather.  Four feather-tailed sugar gliders — mouse-like mammals — were mortally injured by keepers, either crushed to death after being stepped on (one each in 2007, 2008, and 2009) or crushed to death in a manual door (one in 2007).  Several mule deer were killed or injured while handlers tried to capture them from capture or manual restraint related traumas, that is, in an unskilled “round-up,” for veterinary checks.  Woodland caribou and musk oxen were repeatedly injured or killed either because of faulty exhibit design or interspecies aggression which obvious incompatibility was ignored by the zoo. African wild dogs were injured because of exhibit design or interspecies aggression.   

A heart-wrenching total of 170 bats, entire colonies, were mass-murdered needlessly at the Calgary Concentration Camp over six years, Pallas bats (40 in 2004, 26 in 2005, 9 in 2006, 35 in 2007, 35 in 2008) and then Seba’s bats (25 in 2009) unbelievably brought into the same environment with the maintenance and design problems that killed the Pallas bats not having been corrected.  These included improper climate in their enclosures, that is, excessive heat and humidity, and, believe it or not, piano wire strung across their cages as part of the exhibit to “enhance visitor experience” by keeping the shy bats in view of visitors, into which the bats would fly, leading to wing fractures and death.  The report described this as “mal-adaptation to the piano wire.”

A heart-wrenching total of 170 bats, entire colonies, were mass-murdered needlessly at the Calgary Concentration Camp over six years, Pallas bats (40 in 2004, 26 in 2005, 9 in 2006, 35 in 2007, 35 in 2008) and then Seba’s bats (25 in 2009) unbelievably brought into the same environment with the maintenance and design problems that killed the Pallas bats not having been corrected.  These included improper climate in their enclosures, that is, excessive heat and humidity, and, believe it or not, piano wire strung across their cages as part of the exhibit to “enhance visitor experience” by keeping the shy bats in view of visitors, into which the bats would fly, leading to wing fractures and death.  The report described this as “mal-adaptation to the piano wire.”

As detailed above, despite the report and promises of reform the murders at the Calgary Cemetery  and Crematorium continued at an accelerating rate through 2016.

As detailed above, despite the report and promises of reform the murders at the Calgary Cemetary and Crematorium continued at an accelerating rate through 2016.

==The Tragedies of Horse Racing==

==The Tragedies of Horse Racing==

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.

Remember Alydar.     November 15, 1990

[[File:Alydar.JPG|thumb|left|400px|<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.   

That was his undoing.  On the evening of November 13, 1990, one end of a rope was tied around Alydar's right hind leg and the other end of the rope was tied to a truck.  The truck drove into the stallion barn, pulling Alydar's leg from underneath him, with a force three times what a horse can exert, until it was destroyed.  A security guard who had gone to the barn to make a phone call, found the great stallion in shock in his stall, his coat glistening with sweat, his right hind leg hanging by tendons, a shaft of white bone jutting through his skin.  The regular night watchman assigned to the barn had been ordered five days earlier to take the day off and was replaced by a substitute.  The security guard had a veterinarian called and in emergency surgery veterinarians were able to set the bone and put a cast on his leg.  Unfortunately, within 24 hours, Alydar, hearing the whinnying of some mares in a nearby pasture, turned to look out a window in the Calumet clinic, put too much weight on the leg, and broke his femur.  The sound of the break was reported to be as loud as that of a gunshot.  

That was his undoing.  On the evening of November 13, 1990, one end of a rope was tied around Alydar's right hind leg and the other end of the rope was tied to a truck.  The truck drove into the stallion barn, pulling Alydar's leg from underneath him, with a force three times what a horse can exert, until it was destroyed.  A security guard who had gone to the barn to make a phone call, found the great stallion in shock in his stall, his coat glistening with sweat, his right hind leg hanging by tendons, a shaft of white bone jutting through his skin.  The regular night watchman assigned to the barn had been ordered five days earlier to take the day off and was replaced by a substitute.  The security guard had a veterinarian called and in emergency surgery veterinarians were able to set the bone and put a cast on his leg.  Unfortunately, within 24 hours, Alydar, hearing the whinnying of some mares in a nearby pasture, turned to look out a window in the Calumet clinic, put too much weight on the leg, and broke his femur.  The sound of the break was reported to be as loud as that of a gunshot.  

As he lay on the floor, an uncomprehending look in his eyes, the life of Alydar was ended.  Alydar was murdered for insurance money by the owner of one of the most prestigious thoroughbred breeding farms in the world in the center of Kentucky thoroughbred country on November 15, 1990, at age 15.  Remember Alydar  (March 23, 1975 – November 15, 1990).

As he lay on the floor, an uncomprehending look in his eyes, the life of Alydar was ended.  Alydar was murdered for insurance money by the owner of one of the most prestigious thoroughbred breeding farms in the world in the center of Kentucky thoroughbred country on November 15, 1990, at age 15.  Remember Alydar  (March 23, 1975 – November 15, 1990).

===Barbaro===

===Barbaro===

The race began and 100 yards later, just a couple dozen steps, Barbaro’s tried to retain his balance on three legs in a pitifully wrenching sight, his right rear ankle shattered.  Ruffian had not been enough for me to reject horse racing as barbaric.  The date that Michael Matz and the Jacksons murdered Barbaro, however, I vowed never to watch a horse race again.  Surgery led to an incurable hoof disease and Barbaro’s life was ended on January 29, 2007.  The chief of surgery said that he doesn’t often see such catastrophic injuries.  Most such horses are automatically just euthanized on the track, lacking the economic value to justify the surgery and rehabilitation.  Barbaro was potentially very valuable.  Remember Barbaro, murdered by the greed of the horse racing industry and Michael Matz, the gutless steeplechase rider, and the greed-motivated owners Gretchen and Roy Jackson on May 20, 2006, murdered at age 3 years and 9 months (April 29, 2003 – January 29, 2007).   

The race began and 100 yards later, just a couple dozen steps, Barbaro’s tried to retain his balance on three legs in a pitifully wrenching sight, his right rear ankle shattered.  Ruffian had not been enough for me to reject horse racing as barbaric.  The date that Michael Matz and the Jacksons murdered Barbaro, however, I vowed never to watch a horse race again.  Surgery led to an incurable hoof disease and Barbaro’s life was ended on January 29, 2007.  The chief of surgery said that he doesn’t often see such catastrophic injuries.  Most such horses are automatically just euthanized on the track, lacking the economic value to justify the surgery and rehabilitation.  Barbaro was potentially very valuable.  Remember Barbaro, murdered by the greed of the horse racing industry and Michael Matz, the gutless steeplechase rider, and the greed-motivated owners Gretchen and Roy Jackson on May 20, 2006, murdered at age 3 years and 9 months (April 29, 2003 – January 29, 2007).   

===Eight Belles

===Eight Belles===

The Kentucky socialite women with their colorful hats and inebriated minds celebrating the biggest social event in the cultural wasteland known as Kentucky, and trying to ignore the murder of Barbaro less than two years earlier, saw a beautiful filly similarly murdered in front of their eyes when Eight Belles collapsed after shattering both front ankles one-eight of a mile after the finish line in the Kentucky Derby on May 3, 2008.  Her injuries, similar to that suffered by Barbaro in only one leg, and the resulting trauma to the animal were too devastating to even remove her from the track, resulting in the immediate induced end to her young three-year-old life.  Cry in your champagne, pastel-bonnetted Kentucky debutantes.  Although Larry Jones, her trainer, had the gall to state that Eight Belles just tripped over her own feet, the examination of the dead filly showed not only an absence of joint fluid in the damaged areas but also congested lungs, indicating over-racing, poor training, lack of medical attention, and the presence of performance drugs in her body.   

The Kentucky socialite women with their colorful hats and inebriated minds celebrating the biggest social event in the cultural wasteland known as Kentucky, and trying to ignore the murder of Barbaro less than two years earlier, saw a beautiful filly similarly murdered in front of their eyes when Eight Belles collapsed after shattering both front ankles one-eight of a mile after the finish line in the Kentucky Derby on May 3, 2008.  Her injuries, similar to that suffered by Barbaro in only one leg, and the resulting trauma to the animal were too devastating to even remove her from the track, resulting in the immediate induced end to her young three-year-old life.  Cry in your champagne, pastel-bonnetted Kentucky debutantes.  Although Larry Jones, her trainer, had the gall to state that Eight Belles just tripped over her own feet, the examination of the dead filly showed not only an absence of joint fluid in the damaged areas but also congested lungs, indicating over-racing, poor training, lack of medical attention, and the presence of performance drugs in her body.   

===Never Tell Lynda===

===Never Tell Lynda===

The 5-year-old mare Never Tell Lynda died needlessly at the famous Churchill Downs racetrack because of a newly installed sound system that was oppressively loud.  The system includes 750 speakers.  She died during schooling, a walk-through to prepare for future races, before the racing began for the day.  She was walking toward the paddock on the dirt track when the sounds of a starting gate bell blaring and a starting gate slamming open were blasted from a commercial being shown on the new video board.  Poor Never Tell Lynda reacted as if in a race.  She reared, twisted, lost her balance, and fell, hitting her head.  Blood started gushing from her nose and mouth.  She may have had crushed bones in the back of her skull.  Five-year old mares aren’t very valuable, so they ended her life right then and there (May 22, 2014).

The 5-year-old mare Never Tell Lynda died needlessly at the famous Churchill Downs racetrack because of a newly installed sound system that was oppressively loud.  The system includes 750 speakers.  She died during schooling, a walk-through to prepare for future races, before the racing began for the day.  She was walking toward the paddock on the dirt track when the sounds of a starting gate bell blaring and a starting gate slamming open were blasted from a commercial being shown on the new video board.  Poor Never Tell Lynda reacted as if in a race.  She reared, twisted, lost her balance, and fell, hitting her head.  Blood started gushing from her nose and mouth.  She may have had crushed bones in the back of her skull.  Five-year old mares aren’t very valuable, so they ended her life right then and there (May 22, 2014).

==The Torture of the Industry==

==The Torture of the Industry==

===Breeding, Training, Racing, and Fractures===

===Breeding, Training, Racing, and Fractures===

We don’t own the Earth; we simply share it.

We don’t own the Earth; we simply share it.