Last week, Lawrence County District Court Judge Angela Terry declared that Nosey the elephant won’t be returned to the people who left her chained and swaying back and forth in her own waste.
BREAKING VICTORY: After decades of being chained, neglected, and forced to give people rides, Nosey the elephant will NOT be going back to her abusers. https://t.co/e58X63E3jf pic.twitter.com/taQAD0WJ9r
— PETA (@peta) January 22, 2018
PETA—whose campaign for Nosey started in 2004, when a whistleblower reported that she was being routinely abused with bullhooks and electric prods—is over the moon about the news. And countless other animal advocates took to Twitter to celebrate her freedom from her abusers. Take a look at some of our favorites:
https://twitter.com/KristinDavis/status/955583863987687425
#Nosey the elephant's case got a well-deserved happy ending! After I called on the USDA to investigate her abuse in 2015, Monday's court ruling means she can live our her days abuse-free in an elephant sanctuary. https://t.co/mXfpFubdiq
— Raul M. Grijalva (@RepRaulGrijalva) January 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/SenatorLesniak/status/955504754951622656
PETA issues statement on Nosey the elephant! pic.twitter.com/yJOmyf8uzP
— Lindsey Connell WAFF (@Lindseyreporter) January 22, 2018
Amazing news! Today a district court in Alabama ruled that Hugo Liebel will NOT regain custody of Nosey the elephant. Nosey will remain at @elephantstn. pic.twitter.com/ePBbbyfb71
— ARFF (@animalrightsfl) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/SuziUrell/status/955493801942028288
#RT Thank you PETA! #Nosey's latest court appearance was 9 hrs ago. Judge officially awards permanent custody of Nosey to Lawrence County. She will remain where she is at the Elephant Sanctuary of TN for good and the Libles will never see her again! pic.twitter.com/HWvv59wu58
— Angels for Elephants (@occupy4eles) January 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/Kat39745934/status/955984834333216769
Sweet #Nosey. ♥️ #elephants https://t.co/LECaew03x7
— Kimberly Moffatt (@CompassionKim) January 26, 2018
I am literally in tears!! #NoseyTheElephant won & remains at @ElephantsTN! #Nosey I am so beyond thrilled for you. Countless people advocating for you for years…. and it FINALLY paid off. You won sweet girl!!!! Enjoy every single second of freedom!#Elephant #ElephantSanctuary https://t.co/jyTp8wgoTu
— friend2eles (@friend2eles) January 23, 2018
Shame on every USDA inspector, veterinarian and person who rode or came in co tact with #Nosey and didn’t speak up for her. The suffering this elephant did for 38 yes at the hands of #HugoLiebel is disgusting bureaucratic mess. Thank you @elephantsTN https://t.co/JRfgToyDcB
— Geri Meyers (@GeralynCfnlvr) January 22, 2018
Justice for #Nosey!! She is freed from her cruel previous owners
at last!!17 page ruling just came down from… https://t.co/KFOwy6JdTF
— Roar Wildlife News (@RoarWN) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/BigCatAdvocate1/status/955494651632455685
So much thanks to everyone who has advocated for #Nosey the Elephant.
Finally she gets the justice she so deserves. https://t.co/wXNAMVd9YA
— Haze_Sommer (@grm_chikn) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/EleRhinoMarch/status/955510311561330694
⚡️WOOHOO! #Nosey Can Stay at The #Elephant Sanctuary!⚡️
Tears of Joy as Judge Terry Decides #SanctuaryForNoseyForever
Read The Final Order in Full in our @ActforNosey Toolbox https://t.co/VKFrAziXo7 pic.twitter.com/HFQSajW6uT— Action For Nosey Now (@ActforNosey) January 22, 2018
#Nosey will never be a #CircusElephant again! She will stay at the #ElephantSanctuary permanently. She will receive proper nutrition and have other Ellies to socialize with. Not to mention her own mud and dust baths! @SaveNoseyNow Thank you, #JudgeTerry for your decision today! https://t.co/kQgVuK5Afi
— Earth Animals (@PlanetFirstNow) January 22, 2018
YES!!! #Nosey the #Elephant to remain at the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary !!!!!! @ElephantsTN https://t.co/vPBNZnerL2
— Tilikum&Co. (@TilikumCo) January 22, 2018
#Nosey is FREE!! pic.twitter.com/a4IxDG0bsb
— maureen henriques (@rhinosrhinos) January 22, 2018
Whoo Hoooooo! Judge frees Nosey permanently!! Our girl is FREE! Thanks @SaveNoseyNow pic.twitter.com/V9s9n9EM9d
— Cynthia White ⚘ (@CyntWhite) January 22, 2018
Nosey’s road to justice was a long one. Over the years, PETA has persuaded venues not to host performances featuring the suffering elephant, persuaded local authorities to bar her captor Hugo Liebel’s elephant act, worked with elephant experts, engaged members of Congress, and obtained celebrity support in favor of her release into an accredited sanctuary where her needs could be met properly. Although Liebel’s attorney has threatened to appeal, PETA will continue to push to keep Nosey right where she is: at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, where she’s being given the care and protection that she deserved all along.
The District Court of Lawrence County, Alabama has issued an order in response to Nosey’s custody proceedings on December 15. Custody of Nosey remains in place. We are delighted by this progress toward The Sanctuary becoming Nosey’s lifetime home. pic.twitter.com/gHXwslhGac
— The Elephant Sanctuary (@ElephantsTN) January 22, 2018
Take Action for Elephants Like Nosey
Elephants just like Nosey still need your help. The notoriously cruel Garden Bros. Circus is scheduled to perform at locations across the southern U.S., and we need your help to let the venues planning to host it know about its atrocious record of abuse and neglect.
Whistleblower: Animals Beaten Bloody And Starved at Garden Bros. Circus! https://t.co/TzODQVWDOF#BreakTheChainsBreakTheCycle
— PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE (@Protect_Wldlife) January 4, 2018
Click the button below to ask venues still planning to host this cruel circus to consider the facts carefully and at least require that scheduled performances go forward without animals:
