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The Sudden Death of Giant Panda Lele Highlights Systemic Failures at Memphis Zoo

From PandaVoices.org
March 2023

Video taken by a zoo camera that clearly displayed a sick animal in need of medical treatment. The negligence shown by the Memphis Zoo amounts to animal cruelty. 

The Memphis Zoo has the blood of giant panda LeLe on its hands. Zoo officials disregarded multiple pleas from our organization, Panda Voices, and our partner organization, In Defense of Animals, to look into the health condition of the 24-year-old male giant panda based on a video taken by a zoo camera that clearly displayed a sick animal in need of medical treatment. The negligence shown by the Memphis Zoo amounts to animal cruelty.

Since mid-January and in the last weeks prior to giant panda LeLe’s tragic and preventable death on February 1, Panda Voices posted extensive observations of LeLe’s declining health on our social media in a bid to alert zoo officials. Several emails were sent to the zoo and also phone calls were made alerting them about LeLe’s condition, but all of these attempts were simply ignored and no action was taken by the zoo. LeLe had a loss of appetite and was showing signs of weakness, lethargy, and digestive problems, and even collapsed a few times.

People across the world shared concerns with us and IDA. Our organizations issued a joint press release on January 30 alerting the media about the alarming worries regarding LeLe’s health.Screenshots published on both Panda Voices and IDA’s social media in Januaryshowed LeLe’s health issues and asked the Memphis Zoo to urgently act to investigate what was happening with the male panda.

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