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Bob Barker Bursts an Elephant-Filled Bubble

Posted Mar 15th 2008 5:34PM by TMZ Staff

Pet reproduction isn't the only thing Bob Barker wants put a stop to!

The ex-"Price is Right" host wrote a letter to the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, CA -- opposing an educational stunt in which an Asian elephant would be enclosed inside a soapy bubble. Yes, an Asian elephant enclosed inside a soapy bubble.

Barker criticized the zany stunt for its lack of educational merit, saying, "Such a stunt does not instill respect for these very special and endangered animals ... it sends the message that elephants are mere objects of entertainment."

Bob has a point -- but who wouldn't want to see an elephant enclosed inside a soapy bubble?

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1. Oh come on! Fill it with helium and it will enjoy it! LOL joking.

Posted at 6:11PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Kelli

2. I don't.

Posted at 6:12PM on Mar 15th 2008 by cfcfrog

3. Hooray for Bob Barker!! In this world of self-absorbed celebrities looking for accolades for being do gooders, Bob Barker is the real deal on behalf of animals. He is right, elephants are treated abhorently, this is just another example of exploiting and frightening the animal for entertainment, this cruelty should stop!

Posted at 6:19PM on Mar 15th 2008 by PEPPERPOT

4. A supposed womanizer who cares so much for the well being of animals.
Pick your battles wisely they say!

Posted at 6:15PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Alanna

5. Check out www.elephantnaturepark.org to see where the lucky abused elephants end up. It's probably the coolest place I've ever been.

Posted at 6:15PM on Mar 15th 2008 by cfcfrog

6. Bob Barker has invested MILLIONS into the JAIL/PRISON systems, if anyone has the unfortunate fate of being put in jail, take a moment to look at your toothbrush, or other manufactured products he endorses, made in CHINA

Posted at 6:31PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Sloppy Joe

7. Its horrible how these elephants are treated. Each time I see a circus (or any entertainment) elephant go after its "trainer" all I can imagine is the abuse the poor animal has suffered...it has to stop.

Ride on Bob...keep going after the bad guys in the animal world

Posted at 6:43PM on Mar 15th 2008 by you go Bob

8. Elephant Footnote: I was in Ghana in 2007, and shot 2 Elephants with a .458 Weatherby Magnun, and they were stolen by poachers, and we had a shootout.

Posted at 6:42PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Sloppy Joe

9. God bless you bob thanks for being a great example of humanity! Anyone else care to learn such morals, Please????????

Posted at 3:20PM on Mar 16th 2008 by Janna Mora

10. Hey sloppyjoe, seems you live quite a life, shooting elephants and spending time in jail! Oh yeah a real hero you are... YeeHaw

Posted at 6:50PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Animal Lover

11. I've seen elephants when not being used in show just "Parked" with leg shackles an absolutely no attention being given, going out of their minds, going back and forth in the sames step patterns over and over again behind some tents, out of the way......I was disgusted! I understand the indignation but who the hell is this Womanizing, self-serving (PETA Member?, A fanatic Religious organization that routinely violates the law and peoples rights to pursue their wacky agenda?) Egomaniac Screwball to do anything or say anything about it? I see him as just another Hollywood causeCeleb with no Credibility....

Posted at 6:56PM on Mar 15th 2008 by kurtdermensch

12. I don' want to see that. The people that dreamed up that idea have no sense of decency or morality. Obviously the type that think other creatures are on this earth for their amusement and abuse.

Posted at 6:57PM on Mar 15th 2008 by n.

13. You go Bob, once people learn that the animals of this planet have not been put here for our entertainment, the world will be a better place.

Posted at 6:58PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Jessica Sargent

14. Your Assumptions preclude you, Animal Lover, I formerly worked in the Prison system as a Liaison and therapist, and love Big Game hunting, If you had common sense, it would tell you that anyone incarcerated is not able to own a gun, or hunt, in most cases, Abuse of animals is unacceptable. The Elephants i killed would have been taken by poachers, as subsequently, they were.

Posted at 7:10PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Sloppy Joe

15. Oh, come on.He's old.I mean Bob Parker not the elephant.He's gaga and yes, I would love to see an elephant inside a soap bubble.It may not be educational but it surely be entertaining.

Posted at 12:07AM on Mar 16th 2008 by Oscar

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