Nosey the Elephant Needs Your Help in New Jersey!

We've just learned that the suffering elephant Nosey (aka "Tiny") is appearing at the New Jersey State Fair from July 31 to August 9, despite abundant evidence of exhibitor Hugo Liebel's decades-long neglect of her. Please join PETA in urging the fair's organizers to cancel Nosey's appearances immediately.

Liebel's animal-welfare violations span decades. He has been cited for nearly 200 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA), and in 2013, he was ordered to pay a penalty following nearly three dozen charges for AWA violations, including for chaining Nosey so tightly that she could barely move, denying her adequate veterinary care, and endangering the public. On top of that, Nosey has been consistently lame for nearly a year and is likely suffering from painful arthritis, a condition that can be fatal in elephants.

Please send a message to New Jersey State Fair organizers urging them to make the prudent and compassionate decision to cancel Nosey's appearances immediately and never host Nosey again.

Mohan's court date is July 16

Wildlife SOS

Jul 14, 2015 — Mohan's court date is scheduled for this week. We will let you know immediately the outcome of the hearing. We are eager to win this case and to be able to finally bring him home. If you are in the USA and would like to receive a text message with the outcome of his case, please text the word 'wild' to 51555.

You can protect Chamilandu, Chodoba and Kafue

New collars will help protect these orphans from human-elephant conflict.

I urgently need your help to protect three elephants at the Kafue Release Facility - a part of the Elephant Orphanage Project we support.

The three were rescued and raised with help from you. And now they're getting ready for life in the wild.

We're thrilled they're wandering and exploring. But this puts them in danger from human-elephant conflict.

Chodoba, our oldest orphan at Kafue, is the most independent. He wanders away from the other orphans - choosing to feed alone in the savannah, rather than returning to the security of the release facility.

Chamilandu, who's smaller, younger and less experienced, roams with Chodoba from time to time. And a third young orphan, Kafue, is just now showing signs of increasing independence.

We need your help today to purchase new GPS tracking collars for Chamilandu, Chodoba and Kafue.

With these special collars, we can keep track of the orphans as they venture away from the safety of the facility and their keepers. We'll know where they are. We'll know when they're interacting with each other and other elephants. We can help keep them safe!

It's incredibly satisfying to see these young elephants take their first steps toward reintegrating with wild elephants. You can ensure their next steps are safe ones.

Your voice ... your actions ... protect so many animals from suffering and death. Now, with your special donation today to outfit Chamilandu, Chodoba and Kafue with GPS tracking collars, you will protect these endangered elephant orphans from human-elephant conflict. Losing even one of these orphans would be a terrible tragedy.

Will you help protect these elephants and support our life-saving efforts?

Petitioning R W Commerford & Sons

Retire 46-year-old elephant Beulah after 19 years of exploitation

Petition by Jessica Manaut

Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

85,701

Supporters

Sign Jessica’s petition

I first saw Beulah the elephant on a trip to the New Jersey State Fair. Beulah was a part of a petting zoo where she was forced to give kids and teenagers rides. I watched as they kicked her and pulled on her ears. Beulah also looked to be overweight and unhealthy. Even after I left the fair, I couldn’t get the elephant out of my mind. I wanted to know more about where she lived and how she was being treated.

After doing research, I discovered that Beulah had been on the road for almost 20 years. She belongs to the Commerford and Sons Traveling Petting Zoo. The zoo has been cited by the US Department of Agriculture for mistreating and abusing their animals. They have been documented using bullhooks -- a device meant to inflict pain -- on elephants in their care and opposing legislation to ban their use.

A traveling petting zoo is no place for an intelligent animal like Beulah, let alone a traveling zoo with a long list of Animal Welfare Act violations. It is time they let Beulah retire and live out the rest of her life in an elephant sanctuary.

I started this petition in hopes of giving Beulah a better life. Together, we can make that happen. Thanks to public outcry, many elephants across the world have been freed from exploitation and given a better life. Big circuses like Barnum and Bailey have committed to stop using elephants in their show. We can do the same for Beulah. Help us convince Beulah’s owners to send her to an elephant sanctuary by signing and sharing the petition.

Here is documentation of abuses by the Commerford and Sons Traveling Petting Zoo:

http://www.mediapeta.com/peta/pdf/CommerfordPettingZooFactsheet_2010_11_09-pdf.pdf

Raju has been with us now for one year, and like all of the elephants in the Herd of Hope, he has come so far since his rescue. He has learned to trust, has put on more than 1,000 pounds, and seems to truly enjoy the new life that you made possible for him.

To honor this special elephant who means so much to us, and to his supporters all around the world, we decided to create Raju's Rescue Fund... all of the money donated to this fund will be used to rescue and care for other abused elephants.

Here are the top three reasons you should donate to Raju's Rescue Fund today:

1. You believe elephants deserve to live in freedom, not in chains.

2. You want to save elephants from suffering and abuse.

3. You want to see more elephants living the good life!

If any or all of these reasons ring true to you, please donate today. We promise to put the funds to careful and good use to help other elephants in need.