Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will submit to the Department of Agriculture a petition asking for the transfer of Mali, Manila Zoo's lone elephant, to a sanctuary in Thailand. In a statement, PETA Asia campaign manager Rochelle Regodon said the printed version of the online petition with 60,177 signatures from around the world will be hand delivered to DA Sec. Proceso Alcala on Tuesday. "Mali has been locked up in what amounts to no more than a prison for 35 painful years," Regodon said. ...
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