A Circus elephant in 1930, a life spent in silent suffering and servitude!
It has been painful not being here, but the reasons were clearly out of my control.
2014 was a difficult year for me, but my issues were nothing compared to Breanna’s.
As of right this moment, we are both mended and well.
So, with a clear head, heart and body, today begins a new year and an eagerly awaited return to writing about the animals I care so deeply for on our Planet.
A story on our local news last night, was the best news I have heard about any animals in over a year, so I knew I would be writing this morning.
As with the ongoing clashes against Sea World and the toxic bread additives at Sub Way, once again, you, the dedicated Global Bloggers and Tweeters, have not only influenced, but absolutely crushed a source of wrong and helped to make it right.
Let this latest success be an inspiration for all those who care and want to make changes, be your positive reward for continuing to push on, even when it appears to be either a lost cause, or a battle that simply cannot be won against powerful businesses who harm or kill animals.
This time the Ringling Bros. Circus is claiming, or should we say shouting, “Uncle” at those who have relentlessly pursued them over their mistreatment, or down right cruelty to Elephants for years.
And as of last night, they have publicly announced that they will be retiring all of their Elephants this May, or a year and half earlier than planned, it is hard to believe they admitted this, but said it was a direct result of the endless petitions, blogging and just plain hostile media blitzes against them, that “encouraged” them do this now.
The Circus Community has had Elephants in their shows since at least 1882, but the recent intense and ongoing global outcry for them to be removed has, much like the movie Black Fish, been a huge causal factor in their decision to retire all of their Elephants to the Center for Elephant Conservation, near Tampa in Central Florida, which is NOT open to the public.
This Center has not been completely trouble-free and has had watch dog groups like the Humane Society and other always looking over their shoulders for any abuse or other.
This retirement home for Elephants is fairly near us and we would like to take a trip soon, to see just how they are truly being treated and cared for there, only, of course, if this is permitted.
Hopefully, a report and/or pictures might also accompany the trip.
The millions who have worked so hard for so long to see this come to fruition, can at last know that these magnificent creatures will finally be allowed, after so many years of ill-treatment and suffering at the hands of humans, live in peace and safety in their well-earned retirement here in Central Florida.
Time to pack up the Pachyderms~
Places to learn more:
AP News Break: Ringling circus elephants to retire in May
Circus elephants to retire at secluded Florida preserve
Public Announcement from Ringling Brothers
Ringling Brothers Center for Elephant Conservation
Center for Elephant Conservation
Glad to read that you and Breanna are mended and well. On to a new chapter. Hope to hear positive news from you in the future about the retiring elephants.
Absolutely! Thank you, so good to be back here!
Is there any truth to some internet threads saying the elephants are going to be used for cancer research? do you know?
Take a look at their web site, the answer is YES!
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How wonderful to clarify the some progress has been made and voices are making a difference. I am very glad you and Breanna are feeling better and wish health and happiness in 2016~
Thank you so much Cindy~ The very same to you too!
Terrific news, Donna. Thanks for the update!!
[so glad to hear both you and Breanna are well!!]
Thank you so much. Yes we both are.
That is so great! Here’s to a Happy and Healthy New Year for you and Breanna!
We are planning on it! Thank you.
Donna, thank you for taking the time to catch up on so many of my posts. You must be feeling pretty good!!
Am so behind going to all of your pages. Am trying hard to catch up.
Feeling like a new person and she is back to her old self Life is good!
Your good health is all I need to hear!!
I am so grateful for the kind words. Thank you.
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Hoorah…and so glad you and Breanna are well again!
You are so very kind.
Hoorah…and so glad you and Breanna are well again!
Thank you.
We are both lucky to be here and very grateful for it.
Saw the article this morning on the elephants, and I actually thought of you and your passion. –Curt
Thank you Curt. That is so very nice. Have been quite upset about their treatment for many years. Now it is going to get better.
Yes.
Good news indeed.
The Best for so very long!
I heard on Public radio the other day this was happening! I was SOOO happy! I think they should do away with all wild animals in the circus. Hopefully this is where it’s leading……
You, me and millions of others, feel exactly the same way.
No doubt. I hated the circus when I was small. I lived in NYC and it was awful even then. I’m almost 60 now and remember feeling sorry for the animals.
Thank you for loving them. They need our support now~
So glad you are doing better! You are in my thoughts!
Yes we are. Thank you very much~
🙂
So happy to see you back, Donna, and that you and Breanna are well. Thank you for this post on the elephants. I hope that they have a wonderful retirement. We humans have done so many awful things to animals, but there are those, like yourself, that are their guardian angels. All good things in this new year 🙂
Thank you so much. This must be a Global effort if animals lives are to be saved and/or protected from the cruelty of thoughtless, less than Human humans.
I was taking time off when you got back Donna, so I’m late in welcoming you back to blogging, and so happy you are both doing well now. A little bird did tell me you were better, so I’ve kept up in some ways.
I’m so happy to see this about the elephants being retired to such a nice place. The poor things not only have been so abused, but they live such long lives, it goes on forever. I only hope now they will have a long time for fun in the retirement “village” they deserve so well.
Thank you!!We are both all better now. The evil that humans continue to do to animals and how we must stop it, is why I keep writing. They must have many of our voices to speak for them.
I guess it’s better late than never but IMHO elephants, at least if not all other animals, should’ve been removed and banned from circuses after the murder of Tyke in Hawaii in 1994. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyke_(elephant)