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The U.N. Must Condemn The Killing And Eating Of Elephants

Today there are about half as many wild elephants in the world than there were in 1980, down from about 1.2 million to roughly 600,000. As creatures who play a vital role in their ecosystem and habitat, it’s crucial we do anything to prevent even one elephant death.

Unfortunately, people like Zimbabwe's former tyrannical leader, Robert Mugabe, believe otherwise as he had an elephant calf prepared for his birthday dinner.

Elephant meat is not a staple to southern or eastern African culture which means there is no cultural basis for consuming the animal, thus making it absolutely uncalled for.

Elephants need our help, please sign today to tell the United Nations they must condemn elephant consumption!

End Thailand's Surin Elephant Festival!

This deplorable festival celebrates the illegally poaching and capturing of elephants for the sake of entertainment. We must save these creatures from this inhumane festival now!

Elephants Used for Rides Endure Abusive Training, yet TripSavvy Still Promotes Them. This travel company (TripSavvy) is far from savvy when it comes to elephant rides.

Another Circus Shuts Down, and an Elephant Abuser May Lose His Exhibitor's License. The world is changing. Circus Pages shut down, and Hugo Liebel—who abused and intimidated Nosey into giving rides for decades—has been informed that his federal exhibitor's license might be terminated. Share the good news, and take action to help other elephants like Nosey.

We’re One Step Closer to Ensuring This Elephant Abuser Never Exhibits Animals Again

Through a Freedom of Information Act request, PETA has just learned that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has informed notorious elephant exhibitor Hugo Liebel of its intent to initiate proceedings to terminate his federal exhibitor’s license, which is the piece of paper that allowed him to cart Nosey, a lame elephant, from town to town in a substandard trailer.

The notification follows requests from PETA noting the numerous ways in which Liebel is unfit to hold a license. He is currently facing cruelty-to-animals charges related to his neglect and mistreatment of Nosey…

…who was seized by Lawrence County, Alabama, authorities in November and placed at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee:

There, veterinarians found that she was suffering from arthritis, intestinal parasites, a urinary tract infection, and a multidrug-resistant skin infection—ailments that are all linked to a lack of care during her life on the road.

In January, following a 10-hour hearing, the Lawrence County District Court issued an order that allowed Nosey to remain at the sanctuary with the county animal control officer’s permission. Liebel’s appeal is pending.

After decades of being forced to give rides at county fairs even as she stumbled, this ailing elephant is finally facing a permanent end to such abuse. PETA looks forward to seeing Nosey remain in expert hands at the sanctuary, with a lush habitat to roam, trees to rub against, and a pond to wallow in.

Liebel has given false statements to government agencies, including the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which denied renewal of his permit to possess Nosey in his home state on those grounds. Florida’s Polk County Code Enforcement has also informed Liebel that he’s not allowed to possess exotic animals at his residence and may not take Nosey back there. We continue to monitor the pending cases against Liebel and his wife, and we’re glad that these abusers are finally facing the consequences of their actions.

Let’s End Animal Circus Acts

Other animals are still suffering in traveling circus acts. But with your help, we can get them off the road. Click below to speak up for all animals who are used as entertainment in circus shows.

World Spree Is So Close to Helping Elephants, but It Needs a Push

We were thrilled when World Spree agreed to stop offering elephant rides back in the spring of 2017, a compassionate and business-savvy decision that dozens of other companies have made as well. This action came after it learned about the cruelty inherent in forcing elephants to give rides. Yet more than a year later, it's still offering some tours that include visits to camps that feature elephant rides.

Removing elephant rides from its offerings is a great start, but continuing to offer tours with visits to camps that force these animals to give rides, as well as perform in shows and paint pictures, supports the very same abuse that it took a stand against when it removed the rides.

This is what World Spree is supporting by failing to remove abusive camps from its tours:

It's supporting the forced separation of mothers and babies, merciless beatings, injuries, trauma, and even death that happen when elephants are "trained" to give rides or perform. Whether they're born into captivity or abducted from the wild, elephants must be emotionally and mentally "broken" before they'll perform in shows, paint pictures, or allow humans to climb onto their backs—all of which are done under the threat of violence and punishment.

Tell World Spree to make a truly compassionate decision and remove visits to these abusive camps from its offerings.

The Asian Elephant: An Endangered Icon

World Wildlife Fund

That's right, those are elephant twins and they're incredibly rare – researchers estimate just 1% of all elephants' pregnancies result in twins.

But what's so special about this photo is not just this happy occasion of a twin birth, it's that these young calves, a boy and a girl, have a place to grow up and thrive thanks to generous people like you.

If this is the bright future for elephants you want to see, today, World Elephant Day, is the day to invest in the time-tested, science-based strategies that save elephants.