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  1. Milwaukee Man

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    It's always a shame to lose an elephant. But for one so loved as Packy, it must be absolutely heartbreaking for the millions of people who seen and worked with him.
     
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    How terrible and tragic. To add insult to injury, the IDA is going rip the zoo to shreds with none stop biased comments.
     
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    I can guarantee you they will say the zoo murdered him.
     
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    It's hard to believe that less then 2 years ago the zoo has 4 bulls in it's care... and now their down to 1, Samudra.
     
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    Packy lived a great life and I didn't want him to suffer so it was probably the right thing. I'm glad he lived to see the new exhibit.
     
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    I'd love to know who their "anonymous sources" are. Or at least, who they're supposed to be :p

    ~Thylo
     
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    For some reason I have a feeling the elephant activists from Seattle are going to blow this up.
     
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    "If we told you they wouldn't be anonymous."

    - them probably
     
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    'From the zoos youtube channel' A tribute to Packy.



    Oh, and if you read the comment section, "President Obama" said some very "flattering" stuff about the Oregon zoo... like... multiple times :rolleyes:.
     
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    Sad news for sure, I hope her treatment will be effective. If I'm correct she's one of if not the last offspring of Packy.
     
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    She is indeed the sole living offspring from the magnificent bull, sadly.