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Please come to fill the courtroom with elephant advocates
Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants has filed numerous public disclosure requests to the Zoo. The Zoo has been frequently unresponsive claiming it isn’t subject to Washington State’s Public Records Act. In order to hold the Zoo accountable and to learn more about the elephants’ plight, we filed a lawsuit on March 12th, 2014: Fortgang v. Woodland Park Zoo. The request for summary judgment will be heard this Friday, July 25th at 1:30pm.
We need you there to show the judge WE ARE WATCHING
History could be made! Please there!
What: Request for summary judgment for Fortgang v. Woodland Park Zoo
When: Friday, July 25th, 2014 at 1:30pm
Where: King County Superior Court. 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104
Honorable Judge Jean Rietschel’s courtroom.
What is the zoo hiding?
The Zoo has taken over $108 million dollars from tax payers since 2002. The Zoo has use of city parkland and city buildings RENT FREE. The Zoo acquired their “product”, the animals, from the city for FREE. Yet the Zoo has refused to answer the most basic financial information and details about the welfare of Bamboo, Chai and Watoto, the three elephants confined in the Zoo. When it did respond, some information was not accurate—such as how many times Chai was artificially inseminated or where the water sources are located in the yard.
Photo credit: The Seattle Times
More recently, the Zoo has refused to provide records on the imminent transfer of Watoto to another Zoo. Despite acknowledging that the Zoo is communicating with other zoos, it says it has no records.
It’s time for secrecy to end. Taxpayers deserve to know what’s going on inside the walls of Woodland Park Zoo. Please come and show your support against the Zoo’s arrogance.
We will all wear an orange tag that says in big letters: TRANSPARENCY
Thanks so much,
Nancy Pennington and Alyne Fortgang |
Exposing the Big Game 
Wow!