Love And Bananas hits theaters, Wisconsin Historical Society, Carson & Barnes Circus, Circus World, Elephantopia, The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve, The Louisville Zoo & Digital X-ray system for our elephants
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City
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State
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Theater
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04/22 | Flagstaff | AZ | Harkins Flagstaff 16 |
04/22 | Phoenix | AZ | FilmBar |
04/22 | Mesa | AZ | Harkins Superstition Springs 25 |
04/22 | Scottsdale | AZ | Harkins Shea 14 |
04/22 | Sedona | AZ | Mary D. Fisher Theatre |
04/22 | Chino Hills | CA | Harkins Chino Hills 18 |
04/22 | Long Beach | CA | The Art Theatre Director in attendance |
04/22 | Monterey | CA | Osio Theater |
04/22 | Redlands | CA | Harkins Mountain Grove 16 |
04/22 | Santa Ana | CA | Frida Cinema Director in attendance |
04/22 | Durango | CO | Animas City Theatre |
04/22 | Fort Collins | CO | The Lyric |
04/22 | St. Louis | MO | Webster Film Series |
04/22 | Concord | NH | Red River Theatres |
04/22 | Woodstock | NY | Upstate Films |
04/22 | Athens | OH | The Athena Cinema |
04/22 | Burlington | VT | Palace 9 |
04/22 | Port Orchard | WA | Dragonfly Cinema |
04/22 | Vancouver | WA | Kiggins Theatre |
04/22 | San Antonio | TX | Santikos Bijou |
04/22 | Camas | WA | Liberty Theatre |
04/22 | Tacoma | WA | Grand Cinema |
04/22, 4/27-5/3 | York | PA | Small Star Art House |
04/22-04/26 | Lake Worth | FL | Lake Worth Playhouse |
04/24 | Lewes | DE | Cinema Art Theater |
04/27 | Akron | OH | Nightlight Cinema |
04/27 | Harrisburg | PA | Midtown Cinemas |
04/27 & 29, 05/01 & 02 | Brunswick | ME | Frontier |
04/27-05/03 | New York | NY | The Landmark at 57 West Director in attendance 4/27 |
04/27-05/03 | Wilmette | IL | Wilmette Theater |
04/28 | Lowell | MA | Luna Theater |
04/28 | Vicksburg | MS | Strand Theatre |
04/28 | Pleasantville | NY | Jacob Burns Film Center Director in attendance |
04/28-29 | Atlanta | GA | Plaza Theatre |
04/29, 04/30, 05/02, 05/03, 05/06 | Columbus | OH | Gateway Film Center Director in attendance |
05/04-05/10 | Beverly Hills | CA | Laemmle Music Hall Director in attendance 5/4, 5/5 & 5/6 |
05/04-05/10 | Modesto | CA | State Theater |
05/11 | Ashburn | VA | Alamo Ashburn Director in attendance |
05/12 | Charlottesville | VA | Alamo Charlottesville Director in attendance |
05/12-13 | Winchester | VA | Alamo Winchester Director in attendance 05/13 |
05/15-05/19 | Boulder | CO | Boedecker Theater/Dairy |
05/25-05/31 | San Francisco | CA | Roxie Theater Director in attendance 5/26 |
05/25-05/31 | Berkeley | CA | Rialto Cinemas® Elmwood Director in attendance 5/25 |
05/25-05/31 | Sebastopol | CA | Rialto Cinemas® Sebastopol Director in attendance 5/27 |
05/27 | San Raphael | CA | Smith Rafael Film Center Director in attendance 5/27 |
6/1, 6/3, 6/5, 6/6 | Portsmouth | NH | Music Hall |
6/8, 6/10, 6/12, 6/13 | Edmonton | AB | Metro Cinema |
Wisconsin Historical Society: Circuses Using Animals Belong in the History Books!
Circus World in Baraboo, Wisconsin, has a long history of hosting cruel and archaic live-animal acts. Since the government-run Wisconsin Historical Society recently took control of operations at the facility, it now has the perfect opportunity to relegate these animal acts to the history books.
Unfortunately, the society has refused even to acknowledge that animals endure suffering for the circus or discuss ending the use of animals in its shows. Join PETA in letting the Wisconsin Historical Society know that these cruel animal acts must go.
It's 2018—all decent people know by now that animals exist for their own reasons, not to be used as entertainment for humans. Speak up for animals now by urging the Wisconsin Historical Society to get with the times and end cruel, archaic animal acts!
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is taking public comment through April 20th regarding state rules on elephant rides.
FWC is reevaluating public safety issues, but has no current intent to ban elephant rides; ADI submitted scientific data and evidence of abuse, showing that regulation cannot “insure public safety” or protect the elephants. The elephants need you to CONTACT THE FWC TODAY – YOU HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY – this is not restricted to people from Florida, but let them know if you do live in the state. Will you share this to help spread the word?
Reach out to FWC by phone or email – Be polite and give them the facts there is no safe or humane elephant ride.
FL FWC Executive Director Eric Sutton (850) 487-3796
FL FWC Executive Director Eric Sutton (850) 487-3796
FL FWC Commissioners Rivard (Chair), Spottswood, Kellam, Lester, Nicklaus, Rood, and Sole at commissioners@myfwc.com
Template letter at: http://bit.ly/help-elephants-in-florida
Read the ADI comments here: http://bit.ly/2IEDOX0
Watch ADI’s No Fun for Elephants video here to see why we want to stop these rides: bit.ly/NoFunForElephants
Support ADI’s No Fun for Elephants campaign: http://bit.ly/Donate2ADI
Elephants’ undeniable air of dignity, wisdom and compassion, has led them to become one of the most revered animal species in the world. Few people who have watched members of an elephant herd interacting with one another in the wild or observed the loving bonds that they share could fail to be moved by them. In many ways, elephants’ emotional lives closely resemble ours. They, too, are closely bonded to their family members, never hesitate to help each other out during times of trouble, and grieve profoundly when a loved one dies.
Sadly, we humans don’t always treat them with the respect they deserve.
African elephants are a lucrative target for the illegal wildlife trade, where their ivory tusks can command huge prices. During the 1970s and 80s, African elephant numbers dropped by over half, from 1.3 million to 600,000. This led to an international ban on the commercial ivory trade in 1989, which helped the population to stabilize and recover. In 1997, however, a limited amount of stockpiled “antique” ivory was permitted to leave Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia, which drove up demand for these products once again. Now, poachers kill one African elephant every fifteen minutes: the equivalent of 100 every day. Between 2012 and 2015 alone, over 103,000 elephants were killed for their ivory. Africa has now lost 60 percent of its elephant population, and experts fear that the species may soon be extinct unless serious action is taken to curb the ivory trade.
Asian elephants are also at risk of extinction thanks to extensive deforestation and habitat loss. The pygmy elephants of Indonesia, for example, are seriously threatened by the palm oil industry’s practice of burning down their forest homes to make way for palm plantations … and poisoning the elephants and other animals who stand in their way. Elsewhere on the continent, wild elephants are often taken away from their families and forced to work in the illegal logging and elephant tourism industries. A brutal training method known as “phajaan” – which involves confining the young elephant to tiny box and beating them until they learn to fear their captors enough to obey every command – is used to prepare the animals for their work in these industries.
As if all this weren’t bad enough, humans also have a bad habit of forcing elephants to perform in circuses or languish in zoos for the sake of our entertainment. Circus elephants are typically treated horrendously – beaten with whips or stabbed with bullhooks in an effort to make them perform inane tricks – while an estimated 40 percent of zoo elephants suffer from obesity, due to a lack of appropriate exercise and stimulation. In both cases, the elephants are deprived of the ability to exercise their natural instincts and experience the close family and herd bonds they would enjoy in the wild.
Clearly, we humans do not treat elephants with the respect they deserve. We could certainly do a lot better when it comes to our relationship with these majestic animals, as a new picture posted by elephant conservation group Elephantopia reveals.
The photograph, which was taken in Kafue Elephant Orphanage, Zambia, reveals what the relationship between our species and these majestic animals ought to look like.
For more information about the work of Elephantopia, check out their website or Facebook page.
Collaring elephants in one of Africa's last great wildernesses. A project in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve aims to protect the majestic species from poaching
Once an elephant stronghold, rampant poaching of elephants for ivory has decimated the population in Selous. In less than 40 years, elephant numbers in Selous have plunged by 90 percent to only around 15,200 animals today. The severity of elephant poaching in Selous, a World Heritage Site, moved UNESCO to place it on its List of World Heritage in Danger in 2014.
Helping rangers guard the remaining elephants from poaching is an essential step in rebuilding the population. Satellite collars are a tried-and-tested tool for wildlife monitoring and will give rangers a leg up on poachers, allowing them to identify and respond to threats in real-time through mobile devices.
Data collected through these collars also helps predict where the animals are moving in order to anticipate any dangers they may encounter. This includes alerting neighboring communities when the animals are heading towards their settlement to reduce human-elephant conflict.
“The collaring of elephants in Selous is critical to better protect them from poachers and retaliatory killings by communities because of human elephant conflict. In a landscape of this magnitude, we need this kind of technology to be better understand elephant movements,” said Bas Huijbregts, African species manager, WWF.
The first two elephants were collared last week at Mikumi National Park, and an additional 58 will be collared by November 2018.
Poachers kill between 20,000 and 30,000 African elephants each year for their tusks, primarily to satisfy the demand for ivory products in Asia. Anti-poaching efforts, like this collaring, are critical to elephant conservation, but only when we stop consumer demand for ivory will we ensure a future for this majestic species.
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And last, we urgently need a portable, digital X-ray system for our elephants. The older machine we have lacks the imaging power to detect small fractures, especially hairline breaks. Such injuries can be deadly for our elephants, many of which are elderly and suffer from medical issues that can lead to falls. It is critical for them that our vets have the technology to make the most accurate diagnoses possible!
Here is a picture of Mohan receiving treatment:
A very generous anonymous donor has pledged to match donations up to $30,000 for this equipment!
This is a wonderful opportunity that goes until the end of this Friday. Can you help us diagnose and potentially save the lives of our elephants?
You can learn more about the plight of elephants across the world, and how you can help, by reading the articles below.
- Every Day 100 Elephants are Poached for Their Ivory. Here’s What We Must do to Save Them
- 10 Simple Ways YOU Can Help Stop Wildlife Poaching Today
- Why No One in the World Needs an Elephant Tusk But an Elephant
- 3 Things Captive Elephants Never Experience
- Why Elephants Don’t Belong in Zoos
- Why Elephant Trekking is Cruel, and Risks the Lives of Humans and Elephants
- Elephant Artists? Here’s Why Making an Elephant Paint is Cruel, not Cute