Written by PETA
Less than two months ago, PETA called on the Little Rock Zoo to retire its lone elephant, Ellen, (Mary, her companion, had just died), and send her to a sanctuary where she could spend her remaining years in peace and comfort. Now it's too late: Ellen is dead.
Rather than trying to find out what caused Ellen's rapid decline, zoo officials shut the gates to the public and buried Ellen at an undisclosed location. PETA is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to investigate what really happened and to order a necropsy because of the suspicious handling of Ellen's death. Here are some questions that demand answers:
Please join PETA in asking the USDA to investigate the circumstances surrounding Ellen's death.
Written by Jennifer O'Connor
What this zoo is doing is very strange and suspicious. Why would they want to cover this up? People shouldn't be blind to the fact that Ellen (and Mary), two beautiful and majestic elephants, died with an unknown cause, yet the staff and such like of the zoo are pretending like it never happened and aren't telling what happened to them and not mourning their deaths. Treating their deaths as if it were nothing. What makes it more suspicious is that it appears that this zoo has connections with the notorious Ringling Brother's Circus, which is infamous and renowned for the harsh mistreatment of animals. If you haven't heard about Ringling Brother's Circus, check it out on the PETA website. It's terrible, what they are doing to animals. Using bullhooks, prodders, fists, eletric items, ropes or any other kind of weapon is NOT acceptable. You wouldn't do that to your companion animals, so why should they do it to theirs? Let alone any other animal.
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