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Petitioning Kenneth Feld
Give your Elephants Real Freedom
Petition by Aleksandra Slijepcevic 3,710
Newark, Delaware Supporters
Sign Aleksandra’s petition
A year ago, Kenneth Feld, CEO of Ringling Bros., made a
monumental decision to retire its 13 performing Asian elephants.
The news was fantastic, not just for the elephants, but for the many
animal rights activists who had been fighting for these beautiful
creatures’ freedom for so long.
But the excitement died down once we learned the details of their
“liberation”: the 13 Asian elephants will not be retired to a
sanctuary, which strives to replicate their natural habitat in every
way. Instead, they will live out the rest of their days in the Ringling
Bros.’ very own Center for Elephant Conservation, a flat and nearly
treeless 200acre ranch, where they will have more room to roam,
yes, but they will also still be prodded with bullhooks, shackled
and kept indoors on bare concrete floors at night. In short,
they will be far from free.
Please join me in calling on Ringling Bros. CEO Kenneth Feld
to retire its 13 remaining elephants to a real sanctuary, so they
can experience life in their natural habitat.
Ringling Bros. will also continue to breed the elephants. Why?
Because Feld wants to “someday show tourists the grandeur of the
Asian elephant,” in some asyettobedetermined venue. For this
reason, females will be kept on an endless cycle of pregnancy and
birth. He has also invested in medical research using the
elephants’ blood, and is dedicated to keeping them on hand for that
reason. This is not freedom, and it is not humane.
Ringling’s Center for Elephant Conservation is a step up from
circus performing, certainly, but Feld still has a long way to go to
show these majestic creatures the respect they’ve earned from
their decades of service (some of them have performed for Ringling
for nearly a half century).
Help me get these humble creatures the freedom they deserve.
Your voice matters because they do. Let’s stand up for what’s right
and demand that CEO Kenneth Feld retire these elephants to a
true sanctuary.
Thank you.
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