Toronto Elephant saga continued

Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo voted to close the Zoo’s elephant exhibit and move the three remaining elephants to an AZA accredited facility that would provide “enhanced facilities comparable to the Toronto Zoo” and that have “eliminated the use of bull-hooks or other similar practices not used at the Toronto Zoo.”

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-41977.pdf

Elvis Presley's father very upset over the decision:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/26/city-hall-not-qualified-to-make-the-decision-on-elephants-futures-zoo-staff/

Apparently there's TB at PAWS and also a new Florida facility option, according to comments on these articles, but obviously this is about money:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/26/toronto-zoo-to-send-elephants-to-sanctuary-in-california/

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/26/toronto-pachyderms-pack-their-trunks-for-california

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/cityhall/article/1232291--zoo-elephants-to-be-sent-to-california-sanctuary http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/10/26/elephant-zoo-move.html