Karen, Nicole, Bonnie, and Minyak need your help — these four elephants are shunted from town to town by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
According to an independent veterinarian who examined the elephants as well as an elephant expert who observed the elephants as they limped out of boxcars and walked stiffly to the arena while the circus was in Sacramento, these four elephants are suffering from foot disorders and lameness consistent with arthritis—a painful condition that can be made worse by the awkward contortions required to perform circus tricks and by "life" on the road. Yet despite the veterinarian's recommendation that the elephants be excluded from performing certain routine, Ringling continues to force these hurting girls to perform hind-leg stands and other tricks that strain their muscles and joints.
Elephants are meant to move about, roaming for miles over grass and soft terrain and engaging in activities that come naturally to them. They are not meant to stand on urine- and feces-covered cement for hours on end or to be beaten and forced to walk across asphalt streets at circus venues.
Please take a minute of your time to help spare Karen, Nicole, Bonnie, and Minyak from additional suffering by politely urging Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack to immediately seize these ailing elephants before it's too late—foot disorders and arthritis are the leading causes of euthanasia in captive elephants.
According to an independent veterinarian who examined the elephants as well as an elephant expert who observed the elephants as they limped out of boxcars and walked stiffly to the arena while the circus was in Sacramento, these four elephants are suffering from foot disorders and lameness consistent with arthritis—a painful condition that can be made worse by the awkward contortions required to perform circus tricks and by "life" on the road. Yet despite the veterinarian's recommendation that the elephants be excluded from performing certain routine, Ringling continues to force these hurting girls to perform hind-leg stands and other tricks that strain their muscles and joints.
Elephants are meant to move about, roaming for miles over grass and soft terrain and engaging in activities that come naturally to them. They are not meant to stand on urine- and feces-covered cement for hours on end or to be beaten and forced to walk across asphalt streets at circus venues.
Please take a minute of your time to help spare Karen, Nicole, Bonnie, and Minyak from additional suffering by politely urging Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack to immediately seize these ailing elephants before it's too late—foot disorders and arthritis are the leading causes of euthanasia in captive elephants.
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