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Call for Action
Every
single one of us can make a difference, simply be taking
the time. Make a difference for the following elephants
who are desperately in need of your voice.
Elephant
in Need: Maggie
Location: Alaska Zoo, Anchorage
Situation: The Alaska Zoo has decided
that keeping Maggie, a solitary 24-year-old African
elephant, in the harsh Alaskan climate which forces
her to live indoors on a cold concrete floor for the
majority of the year, is a better than retiring her
to a sanctuary. the zoo has decided to neglect Maggie's
most inherent need—the companionship of other
elephants.
Read the New
York Times
article that brought attention to Maggie’s
plight.
How Can You Help?
Write polite letters to all the individuals listed to
the right, urging them to put Maggie’s needs first
and retire her to The Elephant Sanctuary.
You
can also write on behalf of Maggie to the Mayor of Anchorage:
The
Honorable Mark Begich
Mayor of Anchorage
632 W. Sixth Ave., Ste. 840
Anchorage, AK 99501
Telephone: 907 343-4431
Fax: 907 343-4499
mayor@muni.org |
Maggie
trudges in the snow |
The Alaska Zoo
Tex Edwards, Director
4731 O’Malley Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Telephone: 907-346-2133
Fax: 907-346-2673
tedwards@alaskazoo.org
Board Members:
Mike Barker
Bill Borchardt
Marnie Brennan
Vince Curry
Jim Dokoozlan
Dorothea Lovejoy
Steve Noey
Sammye Seawell
Dick Thwaites
Joe Van Treeck |
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The
Hawthorn Elephants,
chained in their Illinois barn |
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Can You do?
Letters
to the USDA are urgently needed. Please write short,
polite letters to Deputy Administrator Gipson, insisting
that the USDA implement its consent decision by revoking
Hawthorn’s license to exhibit animals and asking
that the Hawthorn elephants be immediately relocated
to The Elephant Sanctuary:
Chester Gipson, Deputy Administrator
U.S. Department of Agriculture
4700 River Rd., Unit 84
Riverdale, MD 20737-1232
Telephone: 301-734-7799
Fax: 301-734-4978
ace@aphis.usda.gov
Also,
please write short, polite letters to your two federal
senators and your member of Congress. Information needed
to contact your elected officials can be found at: www.Congress.org
Simply
enter your zip code in the search box under “Write
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Elephant in Need: 16
Hawthorne Elephants
Location: Hawthorne Corp., Richmond, Illinois
Situation: In November of 2003, in
an unprecedented action, the USDA confiscated Delhi,
a severely neglected 58 year old Asian elephant, from
John Cuneo's Hawthorne Corp., a company that "leases"
elephants and other wild animals to circuses. Delhi
was sent to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, where
she is currently recovering and doing very well.
In March 2004, to settle the lawsuit filed against him
by the USDA, Hawthorn owner John Cuneo voluntarily relinquished
all 16 of his elephants. In his consent decree, John
Cuneo agreed to place his elephants in USDA-approved
facilities (such as The Elephant Sanctuary) by August
15, 2004.
The placement date has come and gone as Hawthorn attempts
to manipulate the system with legal maneuvers. Durring
this time, Tess, one of his Asian elephants that was
to be relinquished, died in early November while under
Cueno’s control.
Solution:
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee is standing ready
to receive as many of the Hawthorn elephants as funding
will permit.They have raised over $1.8 million dollars
to build a facility especially to care for these horribly
neglected and abused elephants.
Click
here for additional information about the
Hawthorn Elephants and how you can make a donation to
The Elephant Sanctuary's Hawthorn Rescue Fund.
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