Famous Giraffe Dies At Zoo – PETA Wants Investigation

by Michael Parrish DuDell September 15, 2009
Categories: Animals.

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Tweet the giraffe – made famous by his appearances in the movie Ace Ventura and in Toys “R” Us commercials – passed away last week at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, MA.

The 18-year-old giraffe didn’t belong to the zoo and according to official reports had no known health problems.

The Smithsonian Institute reports giraffes can live into their late 20s, so how exactly did Tweet die? PETA wants to know the answer and is asking for an investigation.

“It’s an outrage,” said Lisa Wathne, a spokeswoman for animal rights group PETA. “I don’t think anyone should be surprised.”

Honestly, we’re kinda pissed about this whole thing too. Using animals for entertainment is never cool! More news as we get it.

via: BostonHerald.com

Categories: Animals.

Erica

Giraffes can live into their twenties, but they don’t always.
The Franklin Park Zoo is an accredited facility- I’m pretty sure he didn’t die of neglect. Maybe it was a stroke or one of those spur-of-the moment things that happen to healthy animals. He wasn’t exactly young, so he would be at a higher risk.
The answer I want from PeTA is how thousands of animals entrusted into their care die every year?
Oh wait, I think I know the answer to that one………
http://zoonewsdigest.blogspot.com/ Peter Dickinson

“It’s an outrage”..PETA wants an investigation. ‘Pissed off’…what is all this? Do you think that the zoo does not want an investigation? They were investigating from the moment they were aware of the death. Do you think they did not care for the giraffe? Animals die..people die…no-one lives forever. Good zoos care, the staff care.
http://www.americasbestzoos.com Allen Nyhuis

PETA does not care about animals. They only care about their narrow extremist political agenda — shutting down zoos. As was said above, animals die — that’s a part of nature.

Allen Nyhuis, Coauthor: America’s Best Zoos
http://www.veganjapan.net herwin

Shutting down zoos sounds like a healthy thing to do.
http://www.veganjapan.net herwin

dear Erica, there are no “one of those spur-of-the moment things that happen to healthy animals”, there is always a cause of death. you probably wouldnt follow that same line of arguing when it was a seemingly healthy child or teenager that dies. even just one animal, its an outrage and very sad that it died caged, like so many other caged animals.
Erica

Think:
The animal was healthy.
The giraffe was acting normally and eating until it suddenly collapsed and died.
Sounds like a stroke or a brain aneurism.
And, I have heard of seemingly healthy children that died. An older friend of mine told me of one girl he had known for years. She came home from school complaining of a migraine, and her mother told her to take some painkillers and lie down. Just as she was reaching for the aspirin, she collapsed, and was dead before she hit the ground.
Turned out she had died of a brain aneurism. It’s tragic, but it happens, and sometimes there’s nothing that can be done to stop it.
Kelsey

I’m so glad that PETA is calling for an investigation into this awful situation – poor Tweet! I am so glad that PETA gives a voice to so many animals and injustices that would otherwise not be heard!