Here is a sampling of the many letters and op-eds published by members of the Friends of Philly Zoo Elephants and others in support of moving the elephants and closing the exhibit

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"The Zoo is More than Just Entertainment, " August 12, 2009, Marianne Bessey, Northeast Times

 "Philadelphia Zoo's Elephants Deserve Better Than This," June 30, 2009, Gigi Glendinning, Philadelphia Inquirer

"Another Side of the Story at the Philadelphia Zoo," April 1, 2009, Marianne Bessey, Philadelphia Inquirer

"Wild Elephants Need Help Too!"  December 11, 2008, Marianne Bessey. Chestnut Hill Local

"Elephants' life in zoos stressful, unnatural," September 10, 2008,  Bridget Irons, Mt. Airy Times Express

Killing and Breeding, February 28, 2008, Marianne Bessey, Philadelphia Inquirer

"Breeding elephants doesn't protect them, "  October 31, 2007, Marianne Bessey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

What the elephants really deserve, April 12, 2007, Marianne Bessey, Philadelphia Daily News

"Awesome elephants belong in better place than a freezing zoo," October 8, 2006, Philadelphia Inquirer

"Zoo is no friend," July 6, 2006, Marianne Bessey, Chestnut Hill Local

Philly Zoo should do the right thing, March 17, 2006, Gregory C. McKinney, Philadelphia Metro

"A plan for the elephants,"  March 9, 2006, Philadelphia City Councilman James F. Kenney, Philadelphia Daily News

"An expanded vision for our zoo:  virtual reality," September 14, 2005, John Kiernan, Philadelphia Inquirer

"The real remedy for zoo elephants is to set them free," September 13, 2005, Dr. Eliot Katz, In Defense of Animals, Philadelphia Inquirer

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