The Zoo paid almost R1milion more than the market rate for its two new elephants from Inkwenkwezi Private Game Reserve. The City's funds have been grossly overspent,...
Joburg Zoo squanders R1,25 million on new elephants
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Lammie
Joburg Zoo To Get Second Elephant In Spite Of Public Outcry
Photo: Francis Garrard The Joburg Zoo continues to make unilateral decisions regarding Lammie the elephant’s future while the DA led City council turns a blind eye. The zoo...
A global Valentine’s plea to set free Lammie the lonely elephant
South Africans, global supporters, and international celebrities ask the Johannesburg Zoo to have a heart CAPE TOWN (15 Feb. 2019) – People from around the world, including...
NSPCA quits Joburg Zoo ethics committee in protest over Lammie the elephant
The furore over the zoo’s solitary elephant has increased as the NSPCA (National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) resigned from the...
Zoo Elephant Loses Her Entire Family — And Now Her Best Friend Too
Lammie the elephant has lost everyone she knows — her parents, her brothers and now her longtime partner, Kinkel. Not surprisingly, she is devastated. Johannesburg Zoo, where...
Johannesburg Zoo ignores calls to free Lammie the Lonely Elephant
This is despite animal welfare specialists’ renewed calls on The Johannesburg City Council to relocate the grieving elephant from the zoo to a free-roaming area after the...