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Dear John,

Today is the fourth 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.

This month marks two years since Minnie [[link removed]] ’s elephant companion Karen died [[link removed]] of kidney failure at the young age of 38. Just a few months after Karen’s death, Minnie’s other elephant companion, Beulah, collapsed and died [[link removed]] while the Commerford Zoo forced her to work at a fair. Minnie is now alone, without the necessary companionship of other elephants.

The Commerford Zoo is merely keeping Minnie alive; nothing about her life resembles what is necessary to meet her basic physical, psychological, and biological needs. She is kept on the Commerford Zoo’s small property in rural Connecticut where she appears to spend most of her time in a small, dark concrete-floored barn. In the last year of her life, Karen suffered out of sight at the Commerford Zoo, which had been her prison for over 30 years. Minnie has the chance to avoid Karen’s fate, and Karen’s story must not be forgotten.

Actions of the day:

*
In
Karen’s
memory,
please
complete
this
action
alert
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urging
US
Secretary
of
Agriculture
Tom
Vilsack
to
use
his
authority
to
order
the
USDA
to
conduct
an
emergency
inspection
of
the
Commerford
Zoo
and
investigate
Minnie’s
care
and
well-being.

*
Tweet
at
the
USDA
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and
Secretary
Vilsack
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asking
that
they
investigate
the
urgent
concerns
for
Minnie’s
welfare.
Please
include
the
hashtag
#FreeMinnie
in
your
tweet.
A
sample
tweet
is:
“Minnie
is
a
captive
Asian
elephant
who
has
not
been
seen
in
public
for
over
a
year.
Her
captor,
the
Commerford
Zoo,
has
acknowledged
it
cannot
afford
to
meet
her
most
basic
needs
such
as
food
and
veterinary
care.
@USDA
and
@SecVilsack
please
investigate
now!
#FreeMinnie”

Check out this [[link removed]] blog post for other ways you can help Minnie.

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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