The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is an advocacy group for abandoned or abused performing animals as well victims of the exotic animal trade. They claim 30,000 members. As a member accredited by The Association of Sanctuaries (TAOS), the society follows guidelines stipulated by TAOS, one of which is that none of the elephants be bred. [1]
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History
Founded by former Hollywood animal trainer and author Pat Derby and partner Ed Stewart, PAWS works to ensure that animals are protected by the Endangered Species and the Animal Welfare Acts, as well as by local laws. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( et seq or ESA is the most wide-ranging of the dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s An Animal Welfare Act has been legislated in various countries including the US to protect the welfare of animals
Sanctuary Facilities
PAWS maintains three sanctuaries for captive wildlife--a 30 acre sanctuary in Galt, California, the 100-acre (0. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U Galt is a city in Sacramento County, California, USA. It is part of the Sacramento &ndash 40 km²) Amanda Blake Wildlife Refuge in Herald, California and a third, ARK2000, which composes 2,300 acres (9. Herald is an unincorporated rural community located in Sacramento County California, USA 3 km²) in San Andreas, California. For other uses see San Andreas. San Andreas is an unincorporated Census-designated place and the County seat of Calaveras
The animals live in facilities specifically designed for their needs; the elephants, for example, have access to 100 acres (0. 40 km²) of land and have been given a jacuzzi for the more arthritic members of their family. Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation plural arthritides is a group of conditions involving damage to the Joints of the body
Animal Population
The sanctuaries currently house approximately twelve elephants, 53 tigers, lions , and other felines, eight bears, eight primates, and one coyote. Elephants ( family: Elephantidae) are large land Mammals of the order Proboscidea. The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is a member of the Felidae family the largest and the most powerful of the four " Big cats quot in the Genus The lion ( Panthera leo) is a member of the family Felidae and one of four Big cats in the Genus Panthera. A primate is a member of the biological order Primates ( Latin: "prime first rank" the group that contains Lemurs the Aye-aye The coyote (kaɪˈoʊti ˈkaɪoʊt ( Canis latrans) also known as the prairie wolf, is a Mammal of the order Carnivora
References
- ^ Care Guidelines for Captive Elephants. TAOS. Retrieved on February 3, 2007. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
External links
- http://www.pawsweb.org
- http://www.pawsweb.org/officers_and_directors.html
- http://pawscast.blogspot.com/
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