On September 15, 2019, an Asian elephant named Beulah collapsed and died at the Big E Fair after the Commerford Zoo exploited her for money one final time. A few days later the USDA's Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service confirmed that Karen, an African elephant owned by the Commerford Zoo, had died in March 2019. Both Beulah and Karen suffered for decades as a result of their forced labor and regular transport to events across the Northeast, but their lives were no less terrible when they were imprisoned on the Commerford Zoo property in Goshen, CT.

Minnie, the Commerford Zoo's sole surviving elephant, still has an opportunity to heal and live freely with other elephants at either The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee or the Performing Animal Welfare Society. Because Minnie is now without the company of other elephants and remains in an environment radically unsuited to elephant well-being, the need for her release is more urgent than ever.

TAKE ACTION NOW

Please urge Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes to launch an investigation into the welfare of Minnie.