Using letter writing, protests, and twitterstorms to incite saving #FreeNosey the Elephant
This summer I went to my very first protest in the USA, in Wharton New Jersey. I attended a fair with about 35 other animal activists and we held a peaceful protest against the use of animals for “entertainment” in circus’s.
At this fair was a majestic elephant named Nosey whose story I learned about on facebook this earlier this year. It really astounds me how these massive and beautiful these creatures are, and despite their immense size they live such a badly abused and tortured existence.
The barbaric and senseless killing of Cecil the lion has brought to light the still archaic way we treat other sentient beings on this earth.
What really strikes me is that despite the awesome strength and size of these animals, they are still one of the worst victims of humans use and abuse.
Why is it that in the course of our lifetime so many beautiful creatures may cease to exist due to trite human activities like trophy hunting and poaching. In the 1980’s the elephant population was around 1 million, with 70,000 elephants … (10 comments)
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