Blue Water Fest Cancels Rides on Nosey the Elephant!

July 2013

Within hours of hearing from PETA about notorious animal exhibitor Hugo Liebel’s decades-long neglect of Nosey the elephant, the Blue Water Fest in Port Huron, Michigan, made the compassionate decision to cancel its plans to offer rides on Nosey.

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind