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DESCRIPTION:Next demo SUNDAY\, Sept. 20 / 10 to 12 noon The Los Angeles Zoo
  looks like a prison. It's easy to imagine the letters over the iron gates
  reading LOS ANGELES ANIMAL PRISON. Walk inside and you can see that it re
 ally is a big jail where all the inmates languish behind bars and unbreach
 able fences. Some of the prisoners\, like the chimps\, are held in group e
 nclosures\; some\, like Billy the elephant was\, are in solitary confineme
 nt.\n\nThere are differences besides the species of those confined of cour
 se. Human prisoners are locked up because they presumably committed a crim
 e. The animals never did anything wrong. Most human prisoners do not have 
 life time sentences\, all the animals are lifers. We tried to break that p
 aradigm for the elephants\, we tried to get Billy and Tina who were being 
 held separately\, released to a sanctuary where they would finally taste s
 omething approaching freedom. But the zoo warden instead transfered them t
 o another penitentiary\, the Tulsa Zoo.\n\nIncarceration is morally wrong.
  Depriving anyone of their liberty is injustice. Human prisons exist becau
 se of deep systemic failures of society. And\, increasingly\, for profit. 
 Animal prisons exist purely for human desire for money and entertainment\,
  cloaked\, to assuage the public's queasiness over animal abuse\, in easil
 y debunked claims of conservation and education.\n\nCarceral facilities ev
 erywhere should be protested. We protest every week at the one called the 
 Los Angeles Zoo. We are asking for a change in the captive model to one of
  rescue and rehabilitation where animals have hope of seeing the light of 
 liberty. And in the near term\, we demand a firm commitment to never allow
  the imprisonment of elephants at the LA Zoo again. Join us!\n\nSUNDAY\, S
 ept 20 from 10 to 12 / LA Zoo / 5333 Zoo Drive / Free parking.\n\nWhether 
 you want to hold a sign\, chant\, do speakouts\, take photos and videos\, 
 bang a drum\, chalk\, hand out flyers or talk to zoo goers\, we have a pla
 ce for you with our team! Flyers and posters are provided but we welcome y
 our own handmade signs as well. YES megaphones\, NO talking to cops.\n\n#z
 oosarejails #losangeleszoo #elephantsdontbelonginzoos...\n\nlinktr.ee/lafa
 group\n\nMore info: https://vgn.me/events/77732\n\nVeganHub: https://vegan
 hub.co/events/billy-tina-s-zoo-protest-3aff6fc4-a6c8-4afc-b180-f543f79823b
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LOCATION:LA Zoo\, Los Angeles\, CA\, USA\, United States
SUMMARY:BILLY & TINA'S ZOO PROTEST
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