Tinkerbelle Leaves SF Zoo and Arrives at Sanctuary!

Time For Thanksgiving!
A BIG thank you to all of you who helped make this possible. 
 
Please see action alert at the bottom of this email ... We are now working to ensure other elephants are not brought back to the SF Zoo .. your call, email and fax can make the difference to protect other elephants!
 
After spending 37 years in a small, cramped, unhealthy enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo Tinkerbelle, the surviving 38-year-old Asian elephant, has arrived at the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary on Sunday November 28.
 
After nearly 9 months of hard work to force the SF Zoo to do the right thing - the Zoo has finally transferred Tinkerbelle to the sanctuary where she will have access to space that elephants need to stay healthy. Tinkerbelle is in very fragile condition due to the severe arthritis and foot and joint problems she developed at the SF Zoo. We hope this move was not too late!
 
Earlier this year two elephants, Calle and Maybelle, prematurely died at the SF Zoo due to captivity-induced health problems. Now that Tinkerbelle has moved - Lulu is the last elephant at the Zoo. She is scheduled to be moved to PAWS in the next 2 weeks.
 
Below is an action alert -- we really need your help to make sure that elephants are NEVER brought back to the SF Zoo.
 
Thank you again!!!!
Deniz
 
 
ACTION ALERT: PLEASE CONTACT SF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
 
Calls, emails and letters to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (contact info and talking points below) are needed to secure passage of an important ordinance to help elephants in San Francisco!

Board President Matt Gonzalez has introduced the following ordinance: 
-- Ordinance 041461 to “prohibit the keeping of elephants at the San Francisco Zoo by any City department or contractor."  
The ordinance is a response to the premature deaths of two of four elephants at the San Francisco Zoo this year. It is an acknowledgment of the fact that an urban zoo like San Francisco does not have the space or resources (or climate, considering the intense fog that is there almost year round) to meet the physical and social needs of elephants.  This is the same position Detroit Zoo director Ron Kagan took earlier this year when he decided to close his zoo's elephant exhibit and send the elephants to a sanctuary.  
The ordinance will be considered by the full Board of Supervisors on December 7. Please call and email or fax the Supervisors today to support this important measure. 

IF YOU LIVE IN SF BAY AREA: Your presence is needed at the December 7th (Tuesday) meeting at 2p at SF City Hall.

For more information visit http://www.savesfzooelephants.com or call 650.654.9955.

Contact information

Gavin.newsom [at] sfgov.org, Matt.Gonzalez [at] sfgov.org, Jake.McGoldrick [at] sfgov.org, Michela.Alioto-Pier [at] sfgov.org, Aaron.Peskin [at] sfgov.org, Fiona.Ma [at] sfgov.org, Chris.Daly [at] sfgov.org, Sean.Elsbernd [at] sfgov.org, Bevan.Dufty [at] sfgov.org, Tom.Ammiano [at] sfgov.org, Sophie.Maxwell [at] sfgov.org, Gerardo.Sandoval [at] sfgov.org,  


Mayor Gavin Newsom, Gavin.newsom [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-6141, fax 554-6160
 
Matt Gonzalez - District 5, Board President, Matt.Gonzalez [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-7630, fax not needed
 
Jake McGoldrick - District 1, Jake.McGoldrick [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-7410, fax 415-554-7415

Michela Alioto-Pier - District 2, Michela.Alioto-Pier [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-7752, fax 415-554-7843
Aaron Peskin - District 3, Aaron.Peskin [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-7450, fax 415-554-7454

Fiona Ma - District 4, Fiona.Ma [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-7460, fax 415- 554-7432
Chris Daly - District 6, Chris.Daly [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-7970, fax 415-554-7974
Sean Elsbernd - District 7, Sean.Elsbernd [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-6516, fax: 554-6546

Bevan Dufty - District 8, Bevan.Dufty [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-6968, fax: 554-6909

Tom Ammiano - District 9, Tom.Ammiano [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-5144, fax 415-554-6255
Sophie Maxwell - District 10, Sophie.Maxwell [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-7670, fax 415-554-7674
Gerardo Sandoval - District 11, Gerardo.Sandoval [at] sfgov.org
Tel: 415-554-6975, fax 415-554-6979
You can write the Supervisors at the following address:
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244
San Francisco, CA 94102
 
Thank you.