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Will Jenny the elephant be sent to the Mexican wildlife park?

Background: Activists angered by Dallas Zoo's plans to ship lone elephant to Mexican wildlife park, will it happen?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/150406/page/1

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history %
Yes
47%
No
53%
Settled as No on Mon 22nd Sep 2008 2:17pm PST

Suspend date: Tue 2nd Dec 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Mon 22nd Sep 2008 2:17pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 24th Aug 2008 9am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

Action history:

Created Sat 2nd Aug 2008 6:40am PST by coolkraft
Suspended Sun 21st Sep 2008 6:52pm PST by mork[Power User]: Flagged by super user: The article in the background info must have been updated since the creation of this question. The news article is dated August 22 and states that the Dallas zoo is going to keep the elephant after all. I believe this question should have settled on August 22.
Settled as 'No' Mon 22nd Sep 2008 2:17pm PST by ryanj[Admin]: Jenny will be staying at her current location
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-blow_24met.ART0.North.Edition1.4d62491.html

Suspend date: Tue 2nd Dec 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Mon 22nd Sep 2008 2:17pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 24th Aug 2008 9am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (31)

45 weeks ago
jhouseholder predicted Yes (H$10 at 43%)
45 weeks ago
bigken1 predicted No (H$900 at 56%)
45 weeks ago
bigken1 predicted No (H$1,000 at 54%)
45 weeks ago
bigken1 predicted No (H$1,000 at 51%)
45 weeks ago
bigken1 predicted No (H$90 at 50%)

Comments (3)

Another result of NAFTA.
posted 47 weeks ago
  2 kruijs[Power User]
This is about jennitheelefant, not about jenniandboys

hehe :-P
posted 47 weeks ago
  3 mork[Power User]
The article in the background info must have been updated since the creation of this question. The news article is dated August 22 and states that the Dallas zoo is going to keep the elephant after all. I believe this question should have settled on August 22.

I will suspend this for review by the category editor.
posted 40 weeks ago

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