Dear John,

For over three decades, the Commerford Zoo has imprisoned elephants Beulah, Karen, and Minnie on its property in Goshen, Connecticut, and forced them to labor under threat of a bullhook at circuses and fairs across the Northeast. This Friday will mark two months since Beulah collapsed and died at The Big E after her captors exploited her for profit one final time. That same week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Karen had died in March under currently unknown circumstances.

Numerous state and federal agencies failed Beulah and Karen. They continue to fail Minnie. Fortunately, Minnie still has the chance to find freedom and heal from the physical and psychological traumas she has endured.

Join the NhRP’s Director of Government Relations and Campaigns Courtney Fern this Friday, Nov. 15th at 3 p.m. ET for a Facebook Live “Ask Me Anything” video chat about our ongoing work to free Minnie from the Commerford Zoo to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee or the Performing Animal Welfare Society and compel the relevant authorities to investigate Beulah and Karen’s deaths. To watch live, simply visit our Facebook page at 3 p.m. ET and look for the most recent post. If you can’t make the chat, reply to this email with any questions you have. We’ll send out a link to the video in our next newsletter. Thank you, and we hope you can join us tomorrow!  

Lauren Choplin
Communications Director, the NhRP