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Zoos clash with sanctuaries over elephant TB
A debate over elephant TB pits zoos against sanctuaries across the United States. Woodland Park Zoo plans to move Seattle elephants Chai and Bamboo to Oklahoma City Zoo citing TB, while sanctuaries push tighter testing and quarantine. Experts note blood tests can signal exposure earlier but are contested for regulatory use, and TB remains a contentious, not uniformly lethal, risk in captive elephants.
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Seattle
TNS
Toronto
Dallas
Topeka
Woodland Park Zoo
Oklahoma City
San Francisco
St. Louis
Oregon Zoo
Portland
Woodland Park
Chuck Massengill
Animal Health Laboratory
Missouri Department of Agriculture
U.S. Animal Health Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ringling Bros
USDA
Performing Animal Welfare Society
PAWS
California
Tennessee
Joel Maslow
U. S
Walter Cook
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Mo Salman
Colorado State University
Susan Mikota
Massengill
Oregon
Maslow
Morristown Medical
New Jersey
Salman
Colorado State
Gypsy
Julie Woodyer
Seattle Zoo
Tennessee Sanctuary
Cook
U.S
Seattle Times
Oklahoma
Chai
Bamboo
Rex
Canada