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Dear John,

Today is the second day of our week of action [[link removed]] in recognition of the suffering our clients have endured as a result of their imprisonment and with the hope they will soon be able to live freely and with peace and dignity.

March 21st was the 44th anniversary of Happy [[link removed]] ’s imprisonment at the Bronx Zoo. During the past 44 years—88% of her entire life—she has been imprisoned on a one-acre lot in New York City, a wholly unnatural and inappropriate environment for an elephant. The past 15 years she has been alone, without the necessary companionship of other elephants.

After almost a lifetime in captivity, Happy deserves to be freed from her imprisonment at the Bronx Zoo and sent to an elephant sanctuary.

Science and human experience make clear that elephants are autonomous animals. They are cognitively, emotionally, and socially complex beings who have the capacity to exercise free will and make choices about how to spend their days and live their lives, just as human beings do. Forcing an elephant like Happy to live alone in a small unnatural environment, where she is prevented from exercising free will and engaging in her innate behaviors, causes physical and emotional suffering.

It’s time for the Bronx Zoo to send Happy to an elephant sanctuary where she can live freely with other elephants in an environment that is similar to her natural habitat.

Actions of the day:

*
Complete
this
action
alert
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to
urge
the
Bronx
Zoo
and
Wildlife
Conservation
Society,
which
manages
the
Zoo,
to
release
Happy
to
an
elephant
sanctuary.

*
After
completing
the
action
alert,
tweet
at
the
Bronx
Zoo
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and
Wildlife
Conservation
Society
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asking
that
they
#FreeHappy.
A
sample
tweet
is:
“Happy
has
spent
44
years
imprisoned
at
the
Bronx
Zoo
in
a
barren
1-acre
enclosure
in
NYC.
The
past
15
years
she
has
been
alone
without
the
necessary
companionship
of
other
elephants.
It’s
time
for
the
@BronxZoo
and
@theWCS
to
#FreeHappy
to
an
elephant
sanctuary.”
You
can
also
find
sample
tweets
and
graphics
on
this
blog
post
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.
Be
sure
to
include
the
hashtag
#FreeHappy
in
your
tweet.

*
Read
and
share
this
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blog
post
on
the
other
ways
that
you
can
help
Happy.

Note: These social media action items are designed for Twitter, the social media platform that most effectively brings our action alerts to the attention of the public at large. If you do not have Twitter or prefer to advocate on another platform, you can still help by sharing this [[link removed]] blog post and the above action alert.

Thank you!

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Courtney Fern
Director of Government Relations, the NhRP

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