Pat Derby–co-founder of The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), which operates three animal sanctuaries in Northern California, among them the 2300-acre ARK 2000, where upwards of a dozen elephants live–discusses the needs of and challenges faced by captive elephants; indicates that her view of elephants in zoos isn’t inherently one of opposition but involves a case-by-case examination of that particular zoo, 
its personnel and treatment of the elephants and techniques for training them; addresses, by contrast, her absolutely unequivocal antipathy toward the use of elephants in circuses, as well as her/PAWS’ attendant philosophical tenet that no animal should be forced into any type of performing situation. [www.PAWSweb.org]
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COMEDY CORNER:
Jeff Wayne’s “When Animals Attack Humans” (www.JeffWayne.com)MUSIC: Antibalas’ “Elephant,” Patrick & Eugene’s “The Birds & The Bees,” instrumentals
NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: Genesis’ “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway”
