Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS) in United States
Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS) Type sanctuary Founded 2000 First elephant arrived 2002 Opened for public Number of species Place San Andreas Region California Country United States Website http://www.pawsweb.org Litterature
Founded by Pat Derby and Ed Stewart in 1984, the 30 acre PAWS Galt facility housed Asian and African elephants, lions, bears, wolves, tigers, leopards. Eventually, all the surviving elephants would be transferred to a new 2300 acre compound near San Andreas known as ARK 2000. A $2.5 million budget funded by corporate donors and private individuals keeps the location operating.
Tuberculosis infected location In the summer, the Star reported that a lab test showed a PAWS elephant tested positive for TB. That animal had already been in quarantine for more than three years, PAWS co-owner Pat Derby said at the time. The U.S. Department of Agriculture also found that two other elephants that died at PAWS within the past two years also tested positive for TB, according to necropsy reports. PAWS says the cause of death in both cases was not TB, but arthritis. Toronto Star, September 24, 2012 Pat Derby on my blog Source and citings for the article Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS) Reference list Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS), Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2013), (available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1425 ). (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others: Search more with Google for Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS) Search more on the Internet Web for Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS)
