Thread by @NonhumanRights

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

4) Yelp reviews describe the elephants as “sedated,” “sick,” and “sad,” the facilities as “filthy” and a “stockyard of despair,” and the experience itself as “an abomination.” See nonhumanrights.org/blog/where-are… for why we are now more concerned than ever about the elephants’ well-being.

5) The #CommerfordZoo’s total lack of accountability for its unjust treatment of these self-aware, autonomous beings only underscores the need for recognition of their right to liberty and release to @PAWSARK2000 where they can begin to recover from the traumas they've endured.

6) Please sign and share our @Change petition calling on the #CommerfordZoo to free elephants Beulah, Karen, and Minnie to @PAWSARK2000 sanctuary: change.org/p/free-the-com… @yashar @WhitneyCummings @KristinDavis @andylassner @KristenBell @DrBrianMay #FreeTheCommerfordElephants