FREE THE SIX FLAGS 7 Elephants to Sanctuary!
Target:
Daniel M. Snyder, Six Flags Chairman; Mr. Martin Lathrop, Park President, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Sponsored by:
Living in an amusement park is no fun for the seven elephants at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. If you visit the Elephant Encounter, notice the bullhooks in the hands of the elephant keepers. Bullhooks are shaped like fireplace pokers with a sharp steel hook at the end.
Bullhooks are used to stab, hook and hit the elephants in sensitive parts of the body. (Although elephant skin appears tough, it is so delicate that an elephant can feel the pain of an insect bite).
In public, keepers will prod the elephants lightly, In private keepers at zoos and circuses have been witnessed forcefully stabbing the hook in the soft tissue behind the ears, inside the mouth, around the anus, and in tender spots under the chin.
Six Flags keepers use force to train and maintain dominance over the elephants and make them do unnatural tricks and give elephant rides.
Six Flags crams elephants, who naturally walk 20 miles or more a day, into small spaces that cause them to develop arthritis and foot disease.
Recently, five elephants have died here from causes that include: severe arthritis and feet so infected they bled and oozed pus; massive infection from a dead calf decomposing in the mother's womb, and an elephant herpes infection in a 2-year old baby elephant who was taken from his mother.
Elephants are highly intelligent and can live 60-70 years. The Six Flags Seven --Liz (43), Taj (67), Valerie (25), Tava (29), Malika (20), Joyce (22), Bertie (26) -- deserve better than decades more of life in a noisy, crowded amusement park.
Please sign the petition to get these poor elephants removed and sent to a sanctuary! We freed Maggie, let's work for these poor babies now as well!
Bullhooks are used to stab, hook and hit the elephants in sensitive parts of the body. (Although elephant skin appears tough, it is so delicate that an elephant can feel the pain of an insect bite).
In public, keepers will prod the elephants lightly, In private keepers at zoos and circuses have been witnessed forcefully stabbing the hook in the soft tissue behind the ears, inside the mouth, around the anus, and in tender spots under the chin.
Six Flags keepers use force to train and maintain dominance over the elephants and make them do unnatural tricks and give elephant rides.
Six Flags crams elephants, who naturally walk 20 miles or more a day, into small spaces that cause them to develop arthritis and foot disease.
Recently, five elephants have died here from causes that include: severe arthritis and feet so infected they bled and oozed pus; massive infection from a dead calf decomposing in the mother's womb, and an elephant herpes infection in a 2-year old baby elephant who was taken from his mother.
Elephants are highly intelligent and can live 60-70 years. The Six Flags Seven --Liz (43), Taj (67), Valerie (25), Tava (29), Malika (20), Joyce (22), Bertie (26) -- deserve better than decades more of life in a noisy, crowded amusement park.
Please sign the petition to get these poor elephants removed and sent to a sanctuary! We freed Maggie, let's work for these poor babies now as well!
Living in an amusement park is no fun for the seven elephants at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. If you visit the Elephant Encounter, notice the bullhooks in the hands of the elephant keepers. Bullhooks are shaped like fireplace pokers with a sharp steel hook at the end.
Bullhooks are used to stab, hook and hit the elephants in sensitive parts of the body. (Although elephant skin appears tough, it is so delicate that an elephant can feel the pain of an insect bite).
In public, keepers will prod the elephants lightly, In private keepers at zoos and circuses have been witnessed forcefully stabbing the hook in the soft tissue behind the ears, inside the mouth, around the anus, and in tender spots under the chin.
Six Flags keepers use force to train and maintain dominance over the elephants and make them do unnatural tricks and give elephant rides.
Six Flags crams elephants, who naturally walk 20 miles or more a day, into small spaces that cause them to develop arthritis and foot disease.
Recently, five elephants have died here from causes that include: severe arthritis and feet so infected they bled and oozed pus; massive infection from a dead calf decomposing in the mother's womb, and an elephant herpes infection in a 2-year old baby elephant who was taken from his mother.
Elephants are highly intelligent and can live 60-70 years. The Six Flags Seven --Liz (43), Taj (67), Valerie (25), Tava (29), Malika (20), Joyce (22), Bertie (26) -- deserve better than decades more of life in a noisy, crowded amusement park.
Please sign the petition to get these poor elephants removed and sent to a sanctuary! We freed Maggie, let's work for these poor babies now as well!
Bullhooks are used to stab, hook and hit the elephants in sensitive parts of the body. (Although elephant skin appears tough, it is so delicate that an elephant can feel the pain of an insect bite).
In public, keepers will prod the elephants lightly, In private keepers at zoos and circuses have been witnessed forcefully stabbing the hook in the soft tissue behind the ears, inside the mouth, around the anus, and in tender spots under the chin.
Six Flags keepers use force to train and maintain dominance over the elephants and make them do unnatural tricks and give elephant rides.
Six Flags crams elephants, who naturally walk 20 miles or more a day, into small spaces that cause them to develop arthritis and foot disease.
Recently, five elephants have died here from causes that include: severe arthritis and feet so infected they bled and oozed pus; massive infection from a dead calf decomposing in the mother's womb, and an elephant herpes infection in a 2-year old baby elephant who was taken from his mother.
Elephants are highly intelligent and can live 60-70 years. The Six Flags Seven --Liz (43), Taj (67), Valerie (25), Tava (29), Malika (20), Joyce (22), Bertie (26) -- deserve better than decades more of life in a noisy, crowded amusement park.
Please sign the petition to get these poor elephants removed and sent to a sanctuary! We freed Maggie, let's work for these poor babies now as well!
Dear Sirs,
Experience has shown over and over again that captive elephants held in zoos suffer both mentally and physically. Wild elephants typically walk 30 or more miles per day. Zoo elephants are unable to do this, and as such, suffer leg, foot and joint problems on a chronic basis. The elephants held at Six Flags are no exception. The seven elephants currently held at Six Flags have had chronic foot problems and will continue to suffer from them so long as they are confined into the small area your park presently provides.
Additionally, the elephant breeding program at Six Flags has been a resounding failure with numerous deaths, stillbirths and even an instance of a dead calf rotting in the mother's womb. The incisions caused from the artificial inseminations have resulted in infections, abcesses and long-term injury to the elephants involved, yet success has been elusive at best.
People are becoming more and more attuned to the specific social and physical needs of elephants. They are more and more reluctant to see these magnificient creatures suffering just so they can see an elephant up close. The cruelty involved in keeping these intelligent beings captive is becoming more clear to the public each and every day. The elephants have been expressing their unhappiness for years...being uncooperative, getting ill, charging handlers.
Today's zoos need to be progressive and more like sanctuaries with plenty of open space for their animals. An amusement park, with its inherent noises, crowds and need to cram as much activity into the smallest amount of space will NEVER be the proper place for wild animals of any kind and certainly not for the sensitivities of elephants.
Show the world that Six Flags is not a greedy monster out to use and misuse animals for its own gain without thought or consideration for the well-being of the animals. Send your elephants to one of the nationally recognized and acclaimed sanctuaries: PAWS in California or the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Not only will the elephants be able to live out their remaining years in a natural setting conducive to their mental and physical well-being, the park can then use the positive publicity of such a move to promote the park. It CAN be a win-win situation for both the park and the elephants if done right.
So, please, DO RIGHT and release these elephants into a sanctuary as soon as possible. Until they are sent to sanctuary, we, the undersigned, will boycott Six Flags and all subsidiaries of your park.
Experience has shown over and over again that captive elephants held in zoos suffer both mentally and physically. Wild elephants typically walk 30 or more miles per day. Zoo elephants are unable to do this, and as such, suffer leg, foot and joint problems on a chronic basis. The elephants held at Six Flags are no exception. The seven elephants currently held at Six Flags have had chronic foot problems and will continue to suffer from them so long as they are confined into the small area your park presently provides.
Additionally, the elephant breeding program at Six Flags has been a resounding failure with numerous deaths, stillbirths and even an instance of a dead calf rotting in the mother's womb. The incisions caused from the artificial inseminations have resulted in infections, abcesses and long-term injury to the elephants involved, yet success has been elusive at best.
People are becoming more and more attuned to the specific social and physical needs of elephants. They are more and more reluctant to see these magnificient creatures suffering just so they can see an elephant up close. The cruelty involved in keeping these intelligent beings captive is becoming more clear to the public each and every day. The elephants have been expressing their unhappiness for years...being uncooperative, getting ill, charging handlers.
Today's zoos need to be progressive and more like sanctuaries with plenty of open space for their animals. An amusement park, with its inherent noises, crowds and need to cram as much activity into the smallest amount of space will NEVER be the proper place for wild animals of any kind and certainly not for the sensitivities of elephants.
Show the world that Six Flags is not a greedy monster out to use and misuse animals for its own gain without thought or consideration for the well-being of the animals. Send your elephants to one of the nationally recognized and acclaimed sanctuaries: PAWS in California or the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Not only will the elephants be able to live out their remaining years in a natural setting conducive to their mental and physical well-being, the park can then use the positive publicity of such a move to promote the park. It CAN be a win-win situation for both the park and the elephants if done right.
So, please, DO RIGHT and release these elephants into a sanctuary as soon as possible. Until they are sent to sanctuary, we, the undersigned, will boycott Six Flags and all subsidiaries of your park.
We signed the "FREE THE SIX FLAGS 7 Elephants to Sanctuary!" petition!
# 2,060:
7:51 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Lianne Lavoie, Canada
# 2,059:
3:35 pm PDT, Aug 12,
Christin Chitwood, Virginia
# 2,058:
11:46 am PDT, Aug 9,
Nancy Chitwood, Virginia
yes
yes
# 2,057:
10:07 am PDT, Aug 1,
Natali ME, Virginia
There is enough to see and do in amusement parks, Elephant- and other live animal shows REALLY are NOT necessary!! Please stop this nonsense!
There is enough to see and do in amusement parks, Elephant- and other live animal shows REALLY are NOT necessary!! Please stop this nonsense!
Hell yes, I will boycott Six Flags!
# 2,056:
7:48 am PDT, Aug 1,
Charlene Geffen, California
People (especially ones with a lot of money to spend) are much more likely to visit prks where animals are treated well.
People (especially ones with a lot of money to spend) are much more likely to visit prks where animals are treated well.
# 2,055:
1:38 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Greta Malkotzoglou, Greece
# 2,054:
5:19 pm PDT, Jul 28,
Nicole Preste, Minnesota
# 2,053:
12:05 pm PDT, Jul 28,
NUGOLI AURORE, France
# 2,052:
8:31 pm PDT, Jul 23,
Adrienne Zinn, Kansas
# 2,051:
6:11 pm PDT, Jul 23,
Michelle Malchow, New York
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2:06 pm PDT, Jul 22,
Yvette Monnet, France
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# 2,049:
10:18 pm PDT, Jul 21,
Kimberly Word, Ohio
You will not see me at Six Flags until these elephants are sent to a sanctuary! There is always Cedar Point!!!
You will not see me at Six Flags until these elephants are sent to a sanctuary! There is always Cedar Point!!!
# 2,048:
5:18 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Justin Forte, California
# 2,047:
2:36 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Kerry Woodham, United Kingdom
# 2,046:
9:00 am PDT, Jul 20,
Jasmine Grewal, India
# 2,045:
9:12 pm PDT, Jul 18,
Jared Stika, California
I was shocked by the treatment that I observed today (7/18/2008). The handlers of the Elephants at the Elephant Ride hit, poked, and stabbed the Elephants with their staffs. I will never set foot in a Six Flags Park until these Elephants are sent to a sanctuary.
I was shocked by the treatment that I observed today (7/18/2008). The handlers of the Elephants at the Elephant Ride hit, poked, and stabbed the Elephants with their staffs. I will never set foot in a Six Flags Park until these Elephants are sent to a sanctuary.
# 2,044:
2:56 am PDT, Jul 16,
Sarah Grunwald, Italy
# 2,043:
4:13 pm PDT, Jul 14,
Marcia Hardiman, Massachusetts
# 2,042:
11:19 am PDT, Jul 12,
Name not displayed, Ohio
# 2,041:
4:16 pm PDT, Jul 8,
Lilian Blumenthal, Brazil
# 2,040:
8:26 am PDT, Jul 8,
Earl Maurice Haywood, Wisconsin
Please leave the animals alone and respect them as if they're your own. 1Luv
Please leave the animals alone and respect them as if they're your own. 1Luv
# 2,039:
4:16 am PDT, Jul 8,
Rebecca Lawn, United Kingdom
Animals deserve respect too. It is absolutely disgusting that a company with so much money would treat their elephants so poorly.
Animals deserve respect too. It is absolutely disgusting that a company with so much money would treat their elephants so poorly.
# 2,038:
3:22 pm PDT, Jul 3,
Annalisa Nipoti, Italy
Yes.
Yes.
# 2,037:
12:45 pm PDT, Jul 3,
Sonia Bates, United Kingdom
how can anybody watch this clip and not weep. what a way to treat such noble animals, wish i could treat the trainer to a life like he has the elephants.
how can anybody watch this clip and not weep. what a way to treat such noble animals, wish i could treat the trainer to a life like he has the elephants.
oh yes.
# 2,036:
1:03 pm PDT, Jun 29,
Lori Baquero, Florida
Most definately YES
Most definately YES
# 2,035:
9:45 am PDT, Jun 29,
Christine Adkins, Georgia
I am ashamed I had season passes to any Six Flags establishment. I will not be doing that again nor will my family be attending this companies theme parks until Six Flags takes a responsible part in proper care and release of the animals they victimize and exploit. They should be ashamed of themselves.
I am ashamed I had season passes to any Six Flags establishment. I will not be doing that again nor will my family be attending this companies theme parks until Six Flags takes a responsible part in proper care and release of the animals they victimize and exploit. They should be ashamed of themselves.
# 2,034:
12:37 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Sam Mullen, United Kingdom
its just wrong
its just wrong
yes
# 2,033:
11:19 am PDT, Jun 25,
Carla Roller, Texas
It is horrible the way they are treating these amazing creatures. Elephants should be respected and not harmed in that manner. No wonder elephant trainers are killed by their elephants!
It is horrible the way they are treating these amazing creatures. Elephants should be respected and not harmed in that manner. No wonder elephant trainers are killed by their elephants!
Please boycot Six Flags until these elephants are set free!
# 2,032:
7:08 pm PDT, Jun 11,
Jaime Trainer, West Virginia
# 2,031:
4:42 pm PDT, Jun 7,
Susanne Habiger, Austria
# 2,030:
3:35 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Annelies Ooms, Belgium
# 2,029:
4:01 pm PDT, May 31,
Shannon Miller, Pennsylvania
# 2,028:
6:14 am PDT, May 31,
Name not displayed, Vermont
Yes, I will boycott Six Flags.
Yes, I will boycott Six Flags.
# 2,027:
7:11 pm PDT, May 25,
Silpa Solorio, Texas
How can you do this to animals...Let them live their life in the sanctuaray.
How can you do this to animals...Let them live their life in the sanctuaray.
I WILL ABSOLUTELY boycott six flags, to think I was going in two damn weeks. Not anymore. I was gonna spend 2 thousand dollars there with my family, not anymore!!!! Let them live their life free!!!
# 2,026:
5:43 pm PDT, May 25,
Natalie A. Carter, Ohio
# 2,025:
5:00 am PDT, May 24,
Randald Facemire, Virginia
# 2,024:
7:23 pm PDT, May 20,
Name not displayed, Michigan
How would you like to live like the these elephants have to!
How would you like to live like the these elephants have to!
Yes
# 2,023:
8:57 am PDT, May 20,
Gyl Aspirin, Hawaii
# 2,022:
4:35 am PDT, May 20,
Tracy Brackett, Tennessee
I cried while watching this....these animals didn't ask to be kept there...and they don't deserve the treatment they are receiving. I hope the owners and or management of the Six Flags Parks have seen how their animals are being treated and have taken action. The man in the video should be a FORMER EMPLOYEE!!!!
I cried while watching this....these animals didn't ask to be kept there...and they don't deserve the treatment they are receiving. I hope the owners and or management of the Six Flags Parks have seen how their animals are being treated and have taken action. The man in the video should be a FORMER EMPLOYEE!!!!
Yes I will boycott Six Flags... I was going to take my daughter this summer but after seeing this video she and I would both agree that we would not want to go to a place that allows such treatment of their animals.
# 2,021:
10:06 am PDT, May 16,
Elena Chimienti, New York
yes i will boycott six flage
yes i will boycott six flage
# 2,020:
9:51 am PDT, May 16,
LInda Nelson, Vermont
How sad that we treat such beautiful animals in this manner.
How sad that we treat such beautiful animals in this manner.
# 2,019:
6:53 am PDT, May 16,
Brad Wheeler, Vermont
Come on, Six Flags, wake up.
Come on, Six Flags, wake up.
Absolutely
# 2,018:
6:39 am PDT, May 16,
Christine Chimienti, New York
yes
yes
# 2,017:
6:55 pm PDT, May 15,
Jamie Tucker, South Carolina
# 2,016:
2:36 pm PDT, May 15,
Sandra Seiça, Portugal
# 2,015:
12:51 pm PDT, May 15,
Conny Chow, New York
# 2,014:
12:38 pm PDT, May 15,
Jackie Barnett, Vermont
Jackie Barnett This is animal cruelty and should not be allowed ever. If six flags treats elephants like this, I will not go to any of their parks and will spread the word to other friens.
Jackie Barnett This is animal cruelty and should not be allowed ever. If six flags treats elephants like this, I will not go to any of their parks and will spread the word to other friens.
Will you boycott Six Flags until these elephants are sent to sanctuary? :YES
# 2,013:
7:03 am PDT, May 15,
Mary Clare, Virginia
I will certainly boycott Six Flags and I will make a point of spreading the word to others so that they know what a cruel establishment Six Flags really is! If money is what counts lets hit them where it hurts, thier pockets. I know of several families and individuals that were planing on going to Six flags this summer and I am sure after seeing the treatment of these elephants will make a change in plans!!! The appauling treatment of these beautiful animals is not acceptable and must be stopped!!!!
I will certainly boycott Six Flags and I will make a point of spreading the word to others so that they know what a cruel establishment Six Flags really is! If money is what counts lets hit them where it hurts, thier pockets. I know of several families and individuals that were planing on going to Six flags this summer and I am sure after seeing the treatment of these elephants will make a change in plans!!! The appauling treatment of these beautiful animals is not acceptable and must be stopped!!!!
# 2,012:
6:47 am PDT, May 15,
Fergus W. Clare, Virginia
Daniel Snyder & Martin Lathrop, I am disgusted by the treatment of your elephants. This is all done for entertainment? If you feel comfortable abusing animals behind closed doors to "prepare" them for your shows, I would encourage you to put your money where your mouth is and bring guests into your barns where these creatures are "trained". I highly doubt children and parents would pay to see anything if they knew how poorly you treat these elephants. Your trainers are cowards. You are cowards. How can you sleep at night knowing what you have done? I will do everything in my power to ensure that your disgusting breach of animal rights is broadcasted internationally.
Daniel Snyder & Martin Lathrop, I am disgusted by the treatment of your elephants. This is all done for entertainment? If you feel comfortable abusing animals behind closed doors to "prepare" them for your shows, I would encourage you to put your money where your mouth is and bring guests into your barns where these creatures are "trained". I highly doubt children and parents would pay to see anything if they knew how poorly you treat these elephants. Your trainers are cowards. You are cowards. How can you sleep at night knowing what you have done? I will do everything in my power to ensure that your disgusting breach of animal rights is broadcasted internationally.
Until I hear that you have repaired these injustices and released these elephants into a sanctuary, I will boycott Six Flags and all businesses associated with you. I will encourage every person I talk to to do the same.
# 2,011:
2:29 am PDT, May 15,
Heidi Breinhild, Denmark
Please let the seven elephants live out the remainder of their lives in a sanctuary where they have a chance to be happy!
Please let the seven elephants live out the remainder of their lives in a sanctuary where they have a chance to be happy!
YES, most definitely so, and I will tell my friends and family to do the same!
# 2,010:
10:03 pm PDT, May 14,
Ned Overton, New York
# 2,009:
3:18 pm PDT, May 14,
Aline Devleeschouwer, Belgium
# 2,008:
8:42 am PDT, May 14,
Leslie Thompson, Michigan
Please Free the elephants NOW!!!
Please Free the elephants NOW!!!
YES!!!
# 2,007:
2:21 am PDT, May 14,
Nadine McRoberts, Canada
What kind of morons would treat such beautiful animals worse than a piece of furniture? What's worse, is that we are condoning such behaviour bysupporting their business!! Shame, shame...
What kind of morons would treat such beautiful animals worse than a piece of furniture? What's worse, is that we are condoning such behaviour bysupporting their business!! Shame, shame...
YES
# 2,006:
1:52 am PDT, May 14,
Ananska Andrea, Puerto Rico
# 2,005:
7:15 pm PDT, May 13,
Megan Brown, Texas
# 2,004:
6:38 pm PDT, May 13,
Moe M, California
# 2,003:
6:30 pm PDT, May 13,
Keilana McLeod, California
For more impact, add a personal comment here
For more impact, add a personal comment here
Will you boycott Six Flags until these poor helpless elephants are released?
# 2,002:
6:18 pm PDT, May 13,
Eleanor Skyles, Washington
Yes
Yes
# 2,001:
4:20 pm PDT, May 13,
Marni Linton, Canada
