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Dear John,

Our client Minnie—now the sole surviving elephant imprisoned by a traveling circus called the Commerford Zoo—has suffered enough. After being torn from her family in the wild and exploited for decades in the US, she deserves to live freely with peace and dignity at an elephant sanctuary.

No matter what, we’ll never stop fighting for a more just life for Minnie. That’s why today we are releasing a new campaign video [[link removed]] showing the suffering Beulah, Karen, and Minnie have endured as rightless beings forced to perform under threat of a bullhook by the Commerford Zoo.

Last year, Beulah and Karen died, leaving Minnie without the necessary companionship of other elephants on the Commerford Zoo’s property, which comes nowhere close to being able to meet her complex needs. Both The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee and the Performing Animal Welfare Society have offered lifelong care and refuge to Minnie at no cost to the Commerford Zoo.

As we wait to hear from Connecticut’s highest court, which we’ve just asked to review [[link removed]] Minnie’s elephant rights case, you can take the following steps to help Minnie:

1.
Watch
our
new
campaign
video
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and
share
it
on
social
media
to
raise
awareness
about
Minnie
and
our
fight
for
her
freedom.
2.
Complete
this
action
alert
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asking
the
Commerford
Zoo
to
send
Minnie
to
one
of
the
two
sanctuaries
above.
3.
Sign
our
Change.org
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petition
calling
for
Minnie’s
release.
4.
Give
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what
you
can
today
so
that
we
can
continue
our
fight
for
Minnie's
right
to
liberty
and
to
change
the
legal
status
quo
for
nonhuman
animals.

Thank you!

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Courtney Fern
Director of Government Relations, the NhRP

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