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African elephant Nosey arrived safely at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee late Thursday night after she was confiscated in Alabama by Lawrence County animal control officers on Wednesday, November 8.
The Sanctuary’s Veterinary and Husbandry teams greeted Nosey upon her arrival with fresh-cut produce, bamboo, and banana leaves. Staff monitored her throughout the night and reported that Nosey showed calm interest in her new surroundings.
Over the next weeks, Nosey will be kept separate from the other elephants as her health and individual needs are evaluated.
We applaud all those who have worked so tirelessly on Nosey’s behalf. The Sanctuary Staff is committed to providing the highest standard of care for Nosey during her time at The Elephant Sanctuary.
Nosey was born in Zimbabwe in 1982. She was captured from the wild in 1984 and sent to Ocala, Florida and then in 1986 was transferred to David Meeks of the Meeks Company in South Carolina. She was purchased by Hugo Liebel in 1988 and has been traveling with the Liebel Family Circus ever since.
The Elephant Sanctuary is the nation’s largest natural-habitat refuge developed specifically for endangered elephants. Located on 2,700 acres in Hohenwald, TN, 85 miles southwest of Nashville, it exists to provide captive elephants with individualized care, the companionship of a herd and the opportunity to live out their lives in a safe haven dedicated to their well-being and to raise public awareness of the complex need of elephants in captivity and the crisis elephants face in the wild.
If you would like to support The Sanctuary as we meet the needs of the elephants in our care, please visit www.shop.elephants.com.
2 Elephants Are Suffering Tremendously at One of the Worst Zoos — Let’s Send Them to a Sanctuary NOW!
The Buttonwood Park Zoo has been on the list of the worst zoos for elephants for seven years in a row, yet they are still in business. These elephants, named Ruth and Emily, would normally be sprawling mass expanses of land on a daily basis if in the wild or at a sanctuary, but instead, they are forced to share a tiny space, which has led to Emily attacking Ruth 36 times between 2005 and 2015, after which the zoo stopped keeping track. One of these incidents was so brutal that Ruth lost six inches of her tail.
A petition on Care2 has been set up to speak up for Ruth and Emily and get them sent to a reputable sanctuary where they can live the remainder of their lives free from cramped confines and constant psychological and physical distress. Read more here.
Yani the elephant died crying at one of Indonesia's "death zoos." Dogs were brutally killed and served up as chicken satay to unsuspecting tourists in Bali. Thousands of wild animals are sold illegally in markets across the country.
Indonesia is home to more than 300,000 different animal species. But instead of protecting the diverse wildlife found within its borders, the Indonesian government has chosen to turn a blind eye to animal torture, exploitation, and poaching.
Monkeys, tiger cubs, and exotic birds stolen from the jungle are often sold in Indonesian markets alongside domesticated livestock. Many of these beautiful wild animals, however, never make it out of the markets. They spend their final days stuffed into dirty and cramped cages before dying from lack of food and water, excessive heat, or disease.
The animals kept in zoos and safari parks don't fare any better. At the Bandung Zoo where Yani died, moon bears were so hungry that they started eating their own dung. At the Surabaya Zoo, a giraffe that died was found to have nearly 40 pounds of plastic garbage in its stomach.
Animal lovers all over the world have been crying out for years to protest against the horrific treatment of wildlife in Indonesia, but government corruption and ambivalence has led to inaction. If all they care about is money, then lets hit them where it hurts.
Pass a National Ban on Elephant Acts - Elephants around the state of New York are tipping their trunk in thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Last month, the two-term governor signed The Elephant Protection Act which protects the pachyderms from abuse and exploitation in the cruel animal entertainment industry.
All around the country, elephants are used in circuses and other amusement events that force them to do tricks that are unnatural and even dangerous to their health. Their handlers treat them as tools rather than the smart, self aware and social beings they are and they are are shipped from one location to the next on a never ending tour of torture. In fact, life for entertainment elephants is so hard, that they typically live half as long as their wild relatives.
In a statement, Gov. Cuomo said the “The Elephant Protection Act furthers this administration’s efforts to fight animal cruelty, and create a stronger, more humane New York.” But why should a life free of cruelty end at the NY state border?
It is time to demand that Congress finally take the circus tent down on elephant shows and end these cruel acts all together. Sign the petition to demand that Congress follow in NY’s foot steps and pass a nation wide Elephant Protection Act.
