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"Tampa's Zoo Advocates" seek to address important animal welfare issues within the Zoo such as:
Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo recently annoucned the birth of 3 new animals, a titi monkey,red-tailed guenon and warthog. While Tampa's Zoo Advocates share in the celebration of life so too do we recoginze and reflect upon the loss of those animals who end their life journey within the captivity of our community's zoo. Sources which request to remain anonoymous have reported that Lowry Park Zoo's baby chimp as well as mother and child tapir have recently passed away.
"Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all". ~Michael Fox, Sierra, November-December 1990
Other Animal Welfare Issues of Concern:
USDA Inspection Violations:
The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) is the governing body most directly responsible for the standards to which Zoo's are held accountable.
Tampa's Zoo Advocates has obtained several official USDA Inspection Reports that found serious infractions at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo in 2005 and 2006.
These reported infractions involve such serious issues as "Handling of Animals", "Employee Training", "Primary Animal Enclosures" and "Facilities, General".
Infractions such as the ones detailed in the following USDA Inspection Reports directly affect the welfare of the animals, staff and visitors of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.
Tampa's Zoo Advocates will be presenting additional USDA Inspection Reports as they become available.
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White Tigers:
"The white tiger controversy among zoos is a small part ethics and a large part economics. Owners of white tigers say they are popular exhibit animals and increase zoo attendance and revenues as well."
Dr. Ron Tilson, Conservation, Director of the Minnesota Zoo and Manager of the Tiger Species Survival Plan
Widely regarded as one of the world's foremost Tiger experts, Dr. Ron Tilson is without a doubt the leading expert with regard to exposing the plight and myth of the white tiger.
Below, we've included Dr. Tilson's biography as well as numerous articles detailing the exploitation of white tigers for monetary reasons instead of species survival.
Articles of Interest:
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We encourage you to become an advocate for positive change within Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo by sharing these important issues with the media in your community.
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