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THE BOWMANVILLE ZOO

Rated Canadas #2 Worst Zoo
NO EXCUSE FOR ANIMAL ABUSE!

Meet one of the previous prisoners of the zoo. Limba, she lived alone in an elephant
barn at the Bowmanville Zoo since 1989. Due to lack of socialization, Limba didnt
meet other elephants until the age of 26 and sadly she never got along with her own
species, so she was known as the lone elephant. At 50 years of age Limba continued
to perform at circuses and at the zoo despite her age. A mere two weeks before her
death, she was paraded in the Santa Claus Parade in Bowmanville.

How Elephants are trained for performing:
Physical punished has always been standard training methods. Animals are beaten,
shocked and whipped.

Bullhooks

This 2-3 foot club with a sharp metal hook is used by elephant trainers worldwide, it
is traditionally used on sensitive areas to correct behaviour and instill fear.
The life and Health of an Elephant

Circus elephants may carry tuberculosis (TB), and can infect humans with the bacterial
disease. Public records show that many circuses have used TB-positive elephants in public
performances.
Virtually 96 percent of their lives are spent in chains or cages.
11 months a year they travel over long distances in box cars with no climate control;
sleeping, eating, and defecating in the same cage.

The owner Bowmanville Zoo is currently under investigation by the OSPCA for viciously
whipping a tiger over twenty times during a training session. PETA- the animal rights
organization went into the zoo undercover and obtained horrific undercover footage. The
owner admitted to beating the animals on camera.
We are sending the wrong message to our children. There was a time when a circus and
zoos may have represented the only exposure a child had to a wild animal. Today our
children learn early in school, and through programs on Animal Planet and The Discovery
Channel, that wild animals live complex and fascinating lives, and have natural instincts,
developed over thousands of years. When kids see the negative messages circuses and zoos
send, it completely contradicts these lessons.

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