One thing I’ve noticed about anyone who is not sure if they are for elephants moving is that their arguments against the move always involves themselves.  "I" want the elephant here to entertain me.  "I" want to be educated.  "I" want something I can do with my kids.

When will people stop thinking about themselves and do what is right for the elephant?

Elephants need many miles to roam, a warm climate, and other elephants.  Your particular zoo may be "roomy" at an acre or so, but to an elephant, that is like being confined to a bedroom for the rest of their lives.  The Valley Zoo in Edmonton houses the most northern elephant in North America.  Because of the restrictive zoo hours, and the cold climate for most of the year, Lucy can spend up to 70-75% of her time indoors on hard concrete ground, and anyone who knows a little bit about elephants knows that this is a death sentence… a slow painful death sentence.

I’m sorry if your children will have to go to a museum or a library for entertainment… or see elephants in a documentary doing natural wild elephant things, rather than the oh so natural behaviours they exhibit in a zoo, but it is not about you or me.  It is about the elephants… and the elephants need to pack their trunks and move to a more suitable environment.