Santa Ana Zoo Ends Elephant Ride

• Same PETA BS The animals are treated humanely and interact well with the tourists. PETA extremists need to get a grip on reality

• So are horeses, llamas, donkeys, camels, and any other pack-animal's "abused" to let people on their backs? Just because we are so evolved now with other forms of transportations, does that mean that suddenly the animals are made differently? Even though I wouldnt ride an elephant, I also don't fly, and people have been riding elephants for hundres of years. I never saw any of what Perle says: "Perle continues: "No longer will the zoo be supporting the miserable treatment of elephants who spend much of their lives chained by two legs, barely able to take a single step forward or backward, and are dominated and controlled by bullhooks--barbaric training devices that resemble a fireplace poker."

• Have Trunk will travel is respected internationally for their work with elephants.  They have won several awards for their work, and are in good standing with the AZA and USDA.  No claim against them for any animal abuse has been substantiated by any legitimate animal protection agency. ADI is a sleazy organization that extorts people by calling them animal abusers.  Have Trunk Will Travel just won a major nuisance lawsuit that ADI was using to extort them.  Matt Rossell from ADI is a documented liar that was caught giving false testimony in other alleged animal abuse cases.

• You sound like a little child. Grow up, be mature, and have a little empathy rather than kicking and screaming about a goddamn elephant ride.

• It has nothing to do with PETA and everything to do with new AZA regs. PETA has been trying to get rid of the rides forever with no success, they are just jumping on the bandwagon here and trying to take credit... Those elephants were abused to allow people on their back, quit being selfish. Santa Ana sucked with the rides just as much as it sucks now. If they shut down the 7-11, then you have cause to complain.

• That's great! Have Hook Will Travel is a known abuser of elephants... Maybe they can get a job at Walmart. Or McDondlds. Rusty Cox

•  I'd only find it hard to believe if you added you kissed her on the coochi-coochi.

• This politically correct bullsh*t needs to go, and all the PETA aholes with it. If people want to ride the elephants they should be allowed to.  If you don't want to ride them, then don't and shut the hell up. The elephant rides were the one good thing that dumpy little SanTana zoo had going for it, and now that's gone.  One more reason not to waste time going to Santa Ana.

• I kissed Charo when I was 17.  No, really.  I'm not making it up.  Serious. 

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