Young Sydney elephant’s pregnancy sparks protests - too young for sex!
Abstinence-only rears it's ugly
head.
Sydney’s premier zoo is celebrating the news that its 9-year-old
Asian elephant is pregnant, but animal rights groups are shocked that the zoo
has let a juvenile elephant fall
pregnant.
Allowing such a young elephant to fall pregnant was “the equivalent of allowing your 12-year-old daughter to become pregnant”, said Erica Martin, Asia Pacific Director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare…
Ultra sound images show the elephant Thong Dee is 5 months into her 22 month pregnancy. The images identify a 10cm fetus with the beginnings of a spine, front and hind legs. However it is too early to determine whether the fetus is male or female…
The zoo said the earliest Asian Elephant pregnancy in a European zoo was five and a half years.
I’m certain her dad in the wild would never have allowed this. Right?
Allowing such a young elephant to fall pregnant was “the equivalent of allowing your 12-year-old daughter to become pregnant”, said Erica Martin, Asia Pacific Director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare…
Ultra sound images show the elephant Thong Dee is 5 months into her 22 month pregnancy. The images identify a 10cm fetus with the beginnings of a spine, front and hind legs. However it is too early to determine whether the fetus is male or female…
The zoo said the earliest Asian Elephant pregnancy in a European zoo was five and a half years.
I’m certain her dad in the wild would never have allowed this. Right?
Posted: Fri - February 15, 2008 at 10:09 AM