Act Now to Save Elephants. Behind every piece of ivory is a dead elephant. Any purchases or sales of ivory only fuel the current poaching crisis. We must put an end to the senseless killing of wild elephants. Tell US Fish and Wildlife Service it is the right decision to save wild elephants.

Every day, 100 elephants are killed by poachers desperate to profit off their ivory

Nosey the Elephant Needs Your Help in Indiana!

We've just learned that the suffering elephant Nosey (aka "Tiny") is scheduled to appear at the Kewanna Fall Festival in Kewanna, Indiana, from September 25 through 27, despite abundant evidence of exhibitor Hugo Liebel's decades-long neglect of her. Please join PETA in urging the organizer of the festival 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 over a year and is likely suffering from painful arthritis, a condition that can be fatal in elephants.
Please send a message to the organizer of the Kewanna Fall Festival and urge him to make the prudent and compassionate decision to cancel Nosey's appearances immediately and to agree never to host her again.
Help free Kaavan the elephant from 28 years of solitary confinement. Click Here To Sign, It Takes a few seconds tops.

I came across Kaavan the Elephant while visiting the Murghazar Zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan. Kaavan was all alone, as he has been for the 28 years he’s been at this zoo. His legs were chained up to limit where he could move in his enclosure. But that didn’t seem to matter because for the entire time I was there Kaavan didn’t move. The only thing that moved was his head, as it bobbed repetitively from right and left, a behavior known as "weaving" which elephants adopt in response to stress and depression.

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He cut a small, solitary figure against the backdrop of his shed, it was a sorry site. Despite his obvious discomfort, the zoo claims that Kaavan is used to his enclosure and doesn't mind it.

Kaavan needs our help. If enough of us put pressure on Pakistani authorities, we can get Kaavan released to an elephant sanctuary. The global outcry has already resulted in the government ordering the zoo to remove Kaavan’s chains.

Zoos such as this one rob elephants of their most basic needs. In the wild, elephants are active for 18 hours and roam up to 30 miles a day. They live in social herds, and form deep bonds with one another. Nothing even close is being offered to Kaavan at the Murghazar Zoo.

There isn't much time left, Kaavan already has gangrene susceptible gashes on his feet from the chains. Kaavan’s predecessor was Saheli, donated to the zoo by the Sri Lankan government. She died from gangrene and neglect. I don’t want the same fate to befall Kaavan, especially after a lifetime of solitude. It doesn’t have to. Together, we can give Kaavan the life he deserves.

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Suni euthanased in Zambia after three-year fight to live. Nearly three years after surgery we knew Suni the elephant would never be able to survive independently

Nearly three years after surgery we knew Suni the elephant would never be able to survive independently

This Video of Happy Wild Elephants Running Shows Us Exactly Why These Animals Don’t Belong in Zoos! A herd of elephant at Amboseli, Kenya, on the run. They were very agitated, but not at all interested in us. When most Americans think of elephants, they picture the sad, lethargic animals crammed into a small zoo enclosures, or the terrified, tortured animals, awkwardly performing unnatural acts in the circus. It might actually come as a surprise then, for most people to learn that elephants are naturally quite fast. With enough food for energy and plenty of room to run, African elephants can get up to a top speed of almost 25mph! The tiny herd in this video are traveling at more of a cruising speed, but all of them, including the baby, seems to be enjoying every minute of their family fun run.
The elephants in this video are quite lucky. They live in Kenya’s protected Amboseli National Park, as a part of the Amboseli Elephant Research Foundation, founded in 1972. This program monitors the lives and habits of approximately 1500 wild elephants, spread out across an 8,000 km area. And, while Africa’s overall wild elephant population has declined by 85 percent in the past 30 years, the elephant populations in Amboseli have remained stable, proving that with proper conservation efforts, we can preserve many of the world’s wild animal species.
If you would like to make a donation or learn more about elephant conservation, you can visit their website, here.

We must stop the spread of the elephant ride tourism industry

Cruel wildlife entertainment attractions are already common across Southeast Asia and now these attractions are spreading in southern Africa. You may have heard about the situation of lion cubs – torn from their mothers and subjected to a life of cruelty all for tourist entertainment. Today, I am sad to report the situation for captive elephants is dire. Left to endure horrendous conditions for decades including chaining and close confinement, loneliness and isolation from other elephants – with whom they would naturally form bonds – and deprivation of food and water, there is no end to their suffering.

The situation for elephants in Africa is urgent.

Watch our new animation which illustrates the cruelty elephants suffer.

We need you to help us spread the word and keep the global movement growing. Please share the animation with your friends and family.

We can stop African elephant rides in their tracks.

The time to act is now. There are currently 215 captive elephants across South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana being used as props for selfies, or forced to perform tricks in addition to giving rides.* Left unchecked hundreds more African elephants will face lifetimes of cruelty and abuse for tourist entertainment.

Most people book elephant rides because they love wild animals. They mostly don’t know about the cruelty lying behind the scenes. We know that if they did, they wouldn’t do it.

Stand with World Animal Protection and help reveal this suffering to other tourists and travel companies so that together we can protect wild animals.

In the next 15 minutes, an elephant will be slaughtered for its ivory

Help save these majestic animals before it's too late

Tell the federal government to enforce President Obama's new regulations cracking down on the illegal ivory trade:

President Obama recently announced new measures to PREVENT the ivory trade in the US.

I can announce that we're proposing a new rule that bans the sale of virtually all ivory across state lines. - President Obama, July 25th, 2015

We need your support of these regulations to make sure they're put into FULL effect.

Join us and tell the government to enact broad regulations to end illegal ivory trade and save elephants from extinction:

Urge the government | Help us save elephants from extinction

-SaveAnimalsFacingExtinction.org

Every 15 minutes an elephant is killed for its ivory

3 of the 5 species of rhinos are critically endangered

97% of the tiger population disappeared in the last century

These are the facts

Suni euthanased in Zambia after three-year fight to live. It is with a heavy heart that Game Rangers International has to report that Suni, the orphaned elephant who was brutally disabled in an attack as a young calf, was put to sleep earlier today after an intense three-year battle for her recovery.

In April 2012, Suni was found by the roadside, dragging herself along on her front two legs after a machete attack to her spine had rendered her paralysed in the back half of her body.

With support from the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) she was transferred to the Lilayi Elephant Nursery (LEN) for veterinary care and in the hope that given intense nursing and support she might recover the full use of her back legs.

Within a few months Suni showed significant improvement in mobility and well-being although she lacked sensation in the back right leg and foot and could not walk properly. At the GRI-Elephant Orphanage Project Suni was given the best care possible over the past three years, which included the necessary physical support for her disabled limb, a huge variety of supportive therapies, as well as the emotional support from her devoted keepers and surrogate elephant herd.

With thanks to highly specialised supportive boots Suni was able to live a mostly ‘normal’ life within the orphan herd, socialising with the other elephants, joining the herd on daily walks and engaging in playful mud-bathing.

Supporting Suni was an incredible challenge, which required intense medical support every day of her life. Our intention was that if we could support her to walk without damage or pain that over time sensation would return to the limb enabling her to place her foot correctly.

Nearly three years after surgery we saw no significant improvement in her ability to use her foot, and thus it was acknowledged that she would never be able to survive independently and without limb support.

The lack of sensation resulted in Suni sustaining injury to her limb that she could not feel. As she grew heavier (she weighed 630kg in July) these injuries became more significant and more difficult and dangerous to manage.

The decision to euthanase Suni has been the most difficult decision ever faced by the GRI-Elephant Orphanage Project. She was an important family member to a special herd of orphaned elephants and became like an adopted child to her keepers. However, Suni’s standard of welfare was always the priority and thus the maintenance of her physical and psychological condition was paramount. If she had been kept alive Suni would have been increasingly physically restricted. With such a disability in the leg the likelihood for detrimental compensation was very high, but also she would never truly be part of a herd, which is a vital element of elephant society, especially for females.

The decision for euthanasia was therefore concluded after all possible options for her continued existence had been explored and with priority placed upon the level of welfare she would have experienced.

Suni holds a special place in the hearts of many. Her story is a poignant reminder of the harsh reality facing Zambia’s elephants. Not only was Suni robbed of her family as a young calf but she was also robbed of a future when she was so brutally attacked.

We must ensure the same fate does not fall upon others like Suni by providing wild elephants with adequate protection! Suni’s fighting spirit and legacy will live on through our unwavering efforts to rescue, rehabilitate and release orphaned elephants back into the wild where they belong.

Acknowledgments:

Suni was a real fighter who survived against all odds with thanks to the extreme dedication of her Zambian and international support team (as below). GRI would like to extend heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has been involved in Suni’s case; especially to Nigel Goodman, Dan Guerrera and Mark Winters whose supportive boots enabled Suni to live a good quality of life these past three years.

Sponsors:

Nigel Goodman Gaea, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Sun International, Royal Air Charters, Hema Desi

Technical support:

Dan Guerrera & Mark Winter – The BOOT Makers

Dr David Squarre & Dr Innocent Ng’ombwa, Dr Harvey Kamboyi – ZAWA

Dr Ian Parsons & Dr Noleen Parsons - Matobo Vets

Dr Sally Jellis- Leopards Hill Vet

Dr Lesley Robinson - Mazabuka Vet

Liz O’Brien - Vet Nurse & LEN Manager

Katie Moore – Director of Animal Rescue IFAW

Nigel Miller and Kaitlin Hornig - Colorado State University

Dr Tim Holt Professor of Livestock Medicine & Surgery - Colorado State University

Joanne Patterson - NST Health Clinic

Chad Gomm - Body Stress Release Practitioner

Tony Nevin, BSc (Hons) Ost., D.O. - Zoo Ost Ltd Physio advice

Tom Neuman - RevitaVet Therapy Systems

Catherine Edwards & Leanne Wrentmore - Surrey Equine Solutions & Naturally Animals

Carers: Kelvin Chanda, Gift Lyahenga, Oliver Munyama, Ivan Katongomala, Aaron Gumbo, Oscar Shumbwamuntu, Victor Wotala, Foster Kalaluka, Wonder Simunene, Elvis Lisibi

Jo Hallet - Vet Nurse, Charlotte Simpson - Vet Tech, Louise Ellis - Animal Rehabber, Tanya Shober, Gali Berkovich, Nicola Carruthers, Tailor McCord, Jeanne-Marie Pittman