[link removed] [[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]]
Dear John,
For 57 years Emily has been denied the life she was meant to live. A wild-born Asian elephant, she was stolen from her family as a baby and has spent over five decades confined at the Buttonwood Park Zoo—isolated, deprived, and forced to endure harsh winters in a barren enclosure that fails to meet even her most basic needs.
Emily’s suffering is undeniable. [[link removed]] She sways and rocks in distress, a heartbreaking sign of deep psychological trauma. She suffers from painful captivity-related ailments like osteoarthritis and foot disease. Emily had a companion at the zoo named Ruth, but their relationship was fraught with conflict. Aggressive behavior is not uncommon among captive elephants who are forced into unnatural social groupings in confined spaces. In 2024, Ruth was euthanized, leaving Emily completely alone.
This is not how an elephant should live.
The Buttonwood Park Zoo has the chance to do the right thing: release Emily to an accredited sanctuary where she can roam freely, form social bonds on her own terms, and finally experience peace.
Take Action For Emily [[link removed]]
Did you know?
Sharing captive elephant stories is an important first step to freeing them and securing their right to liberty. Visit the Nonhuman Rights Project’s Free to Be Elephants website [[link removed]] to [[link removed]] read about the elephants who remain imprisoned in zoos across the U.S. and help us expose the reality of elephant captivity and bring it to an end.
[link removed] [[link removed]]
The NhRP is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation (Tax ID #: 04-3289466). It is solely through your donations that we can continue to work for the recognition and protection of fundamental rights for nonhuman animals.
FOLLOW
[link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
DONATE [[link removed]]
GET YOUR NhRP GEAR AT OUR ONLINE SHOP [[link removed]]
The Nonhuman Rights Project
611 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
#345
Washington, DC 20003
United States
[email protected] [[email protected]]
Click here to unsubscribe. [[link removed]]