Effects of Activism
Early in 2006, a group of local activists named "Save Tucson Elephants" lobbied the city to move Reid Park Zoo's two elephants, Connie and Shaba, to a sanctuary in Tennessee. However, the city council decided instead to raise funds to build a new elephant enclosure. The council was influenced by public petitions to keep the elephants in Tucson.
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