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For over three decades, #TheCommerfordZoo has imprisoned #elephants Beulah, Karen, and Minnie on its property in Goshen, Connecticut, and forced them to labor under threat of a bullhook at circuses and fairs across the Northeast: 
This Friday will mark two months since Beulah collapsed and died at @TheBigEFair after her captors exploited her for profit one final time. That same week, the @USDA confirmed Karen had died in March under currently unknown circumstances.
Numerous state and federal agencies failed Beulah and Karen. They continue to fail Minnie. Fortunately, Minnie still has the chance to find freedom and heal from the physical and psychological traumas she has endured. Photo: @gigiglendinning
1) BREAKING: We have just received confirmation via @USDA_APHIS and @WesternMassNews that our elephant client Karen has indeed died, as we suspected.
2) It is abhorrent that the Commerford Zoo denied Beulah and Karen the opportunity to find peace and dignity in a sanctuary, choosing instead to exploit them and force them to work under threat of physical violence until the very end of their deeply impoverished lives.
3) We are disgusted by officials’ failure to protect Beulah and Karen from known violators of animal welfare standards, which only underscores elephants' urgent need for fundamental legal rights. 📷: @gigiglendinning
This is the life the #CommerfordZoo forces our Connecticut elephant clients to live. Here is Beulah lying on her side in a patch of grass next to a parking lot. Taken today at #TheBigE. #BigEMoments #FreeTheCommerfordElephants
@yashar @PAWSARK2000 If you agree that Beulah, Karen, and Minnie deserve to live freely @PAWSARK2000 sanctuary after decades of forced labor under threat of a bullhook, sign and share our
@Change petition: change.org/p/free-the-com… #FreeTheCommerfordElephants #TheBigE #BigEMoments
@Change petition: change.org/p/free-the-com… #FreeTheCommerfordElephants #TheBigE #BigEMoments
@yashar @PAWSARK2000 @Change US residents can also complete this action alert to urge the Connecticut government to investigate the elephants' welfare: tinyurl.com/y2nzzlkv #FreeTheCommerfordElephants #TheBigE #BigEMoments
1) Thank you so much to everyone who has commented on and shared our posts regarding our concerns about Beulah and Karen's whereabouts and well-being. We plan to continue to urge the #CommerfordZoo to answer our questions as we work behind the scenes to determine where and how
2) all three elephants are. If you attend the #GoshenFair this weekend and see Beulah, Karen, and/or Minnie, please take photos and contact us at info@nonhumanrights.org. You can also report concerns about the elephants' welfare via the APHIS website: tinyurl.com/aphis-form
3) When filling out the form, put “R W Commerford & Sons Inc” in the USDA licensee section and Goshen, Connecticut as the location. If you're wondering why it's so difficult for any third party to determine whether the elephants are okay or even still alive, sadly that's exactly
1) For decades, our Connecticut elephant clients Beulah, Karen, and Minnie have been imprisoned on the #CommerfordZoo property—pictured here—leaving it only to labor under threat of a bullhook at events across the Northeast like the #GoshenFair. #FreeTheCommerfordElephants
2) The @USDA has cited the #CommerfordZoo over 50 times for failing to adhere to the minimum standards required by the Animal Welfare Act, including failing to provide the elephants with adequate veterinary care. Photo of Minnie: @gigiglendinning
3) For the past decade, numerous area residents have tried to raise awareness of the poor conditions at the #CommerfordZoo and sought to prevent it from coming to their communities. @XWMARAX Photo of Karen: @gigiglendinning
