automoderated, bloggers, Bureaucrats, Check users, emailconfirmed, Interface administrators, interviewers, moderator, news, nuke, Push subscription managers, quiz, Suppressors, Administrators, video
2,136
edits
Bunka (elephant): Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
Bunka was originally intended to be transferred to Antwerp Zoo but this did not go ahead, possibly as a result of biosecurity import restrictions at the time. Bukna was transferred to the Yerevan Zoo on the 9 July 2014<ref>[https://archive.ph/58nTY Elephant Bunka Has Left For Erevan Zoo]</ref> to replace Grand who was suffering with dental problems and two broken tusks. | Bunka was originally intended to be transferred to Antwerp Zoo but this did not go ahead, possibly as a result of biosecurity import restrictions at the time. Bukna was transferred to the Yerevan Zoo on the 9 July 2014<ref>[https://archive.ph/58nTY Elephant Bunka Has Left For Erevan Zoo]</ref> to replace Grand who was suffering with dental problems and two broken tusks. | ||
Born Free UK describes Bunka's conditions as:<blockquote>poor conditions, made worse when combined with the freezing winter temperatures in Armenia, provide a bleak existence for elephants. In 2021, Bunka was seen shut in his small inside quarters as snow fell outside, pacing in endless circles. His available outside area is a baren pen with nothing for him to do or stimulate his sad life in any way.<ref>[https://www.bornfree.org.uk/news/bunka-the-elephant Bunka the Elephant] Born Free</ref></blockquote>Mark Stratton a British travel writer, broadcaster and photographer started Friends of Bunka with Tina Papadopoulou in April 2021. They began the campaign | Born Free UK describes Bunka's conditions as:<blockquote>poor conditions, made worse when combined with the freezing winter temperatures in Armenia, provide a bleak existence for elephants. In 2021, Bunka was seen shut in his small inside quarters as snow fell outside, pacing in endless circles. His available outside area is a baren pen with nothing for him to do or stimulate his sad life in any way.<ref>[https://www.bornfree.org.uk/news/bunka-the-elephant Bunka the Elephant] Born Free</ref></blockquote>Mark Stratton a British travel writer, broadcaster and photographer started Friends of Bunka with Tina Papadopoulou in April 2021. They began the campaign 'Free Bunka' with a mission to relocate him to a sanctuary. | ||
An assessment by Friends of Bunka performed in November 2022 concluded:<blockquote>We recommend Yerevan Zoo consider the option of releasing Bunka to an established elephant sanctuary. This would be the best option for his future because credible sanctuaries offer large natural spaces that support elephants’ innate behaviours. They also have established management practices that support elephants to re-assert a degree of autonomy and offer opportunities for socialisation and more natural living.<ref>[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6280f68033208a366cb1e98c/t/63fbd38f9bac5336e38300e1/1677448086131/Assessment+report_+Asian+male+elephant+Bunka+6+Feb+2023.pdf ASSESSMENT REPORT Asian male elephant Bunka] Friends of Bunka</ref></blockquote> | |||
==Transfers== | ==Transfers== | ||