The announcement that the Philadelphia Zoo joins with zoos in Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco and the Bronx in closing down its elephant “exhibit” is welcome news to the Grumpy Vegan. About time. How long have we known that elephants in the wild walk 30 to 50 miles daily? Baltimore Zoo will take some of Philly’s elephants for its enclosure, which they proudly state will be expanded to “several acres and a half-mile walking trail.” Wop-de-do. The remaining elephants will got to the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary, which has 2,700 acres. That’s more like it!
Grumpy From Birth But Vegan Since 1976
Welcome to Grumpy Vegan
- Kim Stallwood is an independent scholar and author on animal rights. His forthcoming book, Animal Dharma, explores what it means to care deeply about animals. Starting in 1976, he has held leadership positions with some of the world’s foremost organisations in the UK and US, including CIWF, BUAV, PETA, The Animals’ Agenda, Animals and Society Institute and Minding Animals International. A vegetarian since 1974 when as a student he worked in a chicken slaughterhouse. A vegan since 1976. His evil twin is the Grumpy Vegan.
