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Thank you to everyone who shared our update on Minnie last week. As a sign of the power of your words, your compassion, and your advocacy, the Commerford Zoo has now taken down their new Facebook page following the many comments posted by NhRP supporters. nonhumanrights.org/blog/commerfor…
Clearly, the message—that they must do the right thing and release Minnie to an elephant sanctuary—came through loud and clear. Whether the Commerford Zoo will finally, for the first time, act in Minnie’s best interest and send her to a sanctuary is yet to be seen.
Please continue to use this action alert form to send a message to the owners of the Commerford Zoo asking that they release Minnie to an elephant sanctuary. Please also share the alert on social media with the hashtag #FreeMinnie.
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Almost 50 years ago, a baby elephant was torn from her family in the wild, exported to the US, and sold for $4K to a family from NJ. They named her Mignon, French for "cute." In 1972 her life as an elephant ended, and her life as a source of entertainment began. A thread: 
The Hammonds treated, and wanted Mignon to act, like a family pet rather than an elephant. She was walked on a leash, slept on a mattress in their home, and was house trained. She wasn’t even allowed to relieve herself in a natural way—she was taught to urinate into a bucket.
In the 70s, the Hammonds were far from alone in having sought to turn a nonhuman being into a money-making experiment. For example, many know the story of Nim Chimpsky (nonhumanrights.org/blog/my-old-fr…). "Cute" while they're young, they become more difficult to control as they grow older.
Last year an elephant named Beulah collapsed and died at this fair which a traveling circus called the Commerford Zoo transported her to while knowing she had a uterine infection. We're glad Minnie (the sole surviving 🐘 imprisoned by the CZ) will be spared this event this year.
Learn about our fight to #FreeMinnie and how you can help here:
And learn more about how Beulah and Karen died here: nonhumanrights.org/blog/how-eleph…
Good news! Relying on key decisions in our US chimpanzee & elephant rights cases, the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan has “without any hesitation” affirmed the legal rights of elephants & other nonhuman animals. As a result, elephant #Kaavan will finally be freed to a sanctuary.
Justice Athar Minallah's decision is a light gleaming out from the cracks in the legal wall that has long separated humans from all other animals. Slowly but surely, with persistence on the part of all who fight for #animalrights, that wall is crumbling: tinyurl.com/islamabad-high…
May the NY and CT courts, who have in their hands the fates of elephants Happy and Minnie (both, like Kaavan, held in solitary confinement) soon follow suit to #FreeHappy and #FreeMinnie. Congratulations @0waisawan, @ftwglobal, and @cher on your hard-fought victory for Kaavan! ⚖️
We are sickened to learn that our elephant client Beulah died as a result of blood poisoning caused by an infection the Commerford Zoo was aware she had when they forced her to travel in a trailer from CT to MA to be exhibited for their financial gain. tinyurl.com/usdaele
Blood poisoning, also known as septicemia, causes intense suffering, no matter your species. Beulah’s final hours—documented in photos of her lying on her side in a parking lot the day she died—marked a horrific end to an equally horrific life.
We have also learned that our elephant client Karen died of kidney disease at 38 years old. While much remains unknown about how long Karen had been sick, or if she was suffering from other ailments, we know she died at a much earlier age than elephants typically do.
