Saving Abused Elephants: From Circus To Sanctuary

GreenSmartLiving loves to work with charities from local charities to international charities. Our most recent charity is Wildlife SOS. Wildlife SOS has been helping animals in need for years, in 2015 they launched a program to rescue abused circus elephants. From now until August 9th you can help them with their goal of getting the most donations to win the Macy’s Charity Challenge. If they win this challenge Macy’s will donate $100,000 to their cause. If you would like to donate before August 9th you can go HERE.

If you want to donate on their site directly you can go HERE. Here is a description of Wildlife SOS new project:

“Behind the bright lights and colorful costumes, the circus hides a devastating secret. Performing elephants, stolen from the wild as babies, and then beaten into submission, stand mournfully swaying with their tightly shackled feet fixed in their own filth. Showtime. The bull-hook scars on their emaciated bodies are hidden beneath garishly colored costumes and they are led by fear into the circus ring to perform uncomfortable and dangerous tricks for the amusement of a naive audience. The circus is supposed to be entertaining – but there is nothing funny about pain, there is nothing amusing about cruelty, and there is nothing amazing about an animal being forced to do something for fear of torture. Suffering is no joke. Abuse is not entertainment.  

In 2015, Wildlife SOS launched its circus elephant campaign, with the bold declaration that we would be rescuing every last elephant suffering quietly in India’s circuses.  We’ve already rescued 8 and the current estimate is that there may be another 50 elephants still waiting to be rescued.   Once rescued, the elephants will have the safety, care and protection of the Wildlife SOS sanctuary – and the freedom to be elephants, not entertainers.   Even though illegal, circuses still profit from keeping elephants and we don’t intend to give up until we rescue all of them. We need YOUR help to save the remaining elephants and to help them recover from decades of torture.     

Show your support for Wildlife SOS’ circus elephant rescues. Let’s make this the greatest show of compassion on earth.