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Activists To Descend On USDA To Demand Liberation for Nosey

June 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment


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Her plight is so extreme that an army of activists is traveling to Washington, D.C., in an effort to liberate her. Her name is Nosey, and, by all accounts, she is the most abused elephant in the country.

Nosey has a chronic, untreated eye infection

Nosey has a chronic, untreated eye infection

Thirty-two years ago, poachers kidnapped two-year old Nosey from her family in Zimbabwe and sold her into the entertainment business. Since 1988, her owner Hugo Liebel, who uses her for circuses performances and elephant rides, has abused her so frequently that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued over 200 citations for violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act. What the USDA has not done, however, is revoke his license to keep her. It is for that reason that, on June 26th, activists are descending on the USDA.

The rally at the USDA is being organized by Save Nosey NOW!, a group that has 1,247 members on Facebook. Over 400 people have signed up to attend, and the number is expected to grow. According to organizers, participants will “urge officials to confiscate Nosey and relocate her to a sanctuary — away from bullhooks, chains and electric shocks.” The renowned Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, which has over 2,700 acres and is home to 13 elephants, is prepared to adopt Nosey. Jane Velez-Mitchell from JaneUnchained will report live from the rally.

Over 400 people have signed up to participate in the USDA protest

Over 400 people have signed up to participate in the USDA protest

According to SaveNoseyNow, Hugo Liebel abuses Nosey physically and mentally. He forces her to perform and give rides in spite of painful arthritis, a chronic skin condition and an untreated eye infection. He beats her with a bullhook; chains her for hours at a time; confines her in a small trailer; and exposes her to temperature extremes. In what some advocates say is the cruelest act of all, Liebel deprives Nosey of the company of other elephants, highly social animals who live in herds. Nosey has been all alone for 30 years.

Nosey's oppressor Hugo Liebel (photo: screenshot from video produced by Action For Nosey Now)

Nosey’s oppressor Hugo Liebel (photo: screenshot from video produced by Action For Nosey Now)

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Nosey’s owner, Hugo Liebel, forces her to pull a van and trailer out of the mud, in spite of her crippling arthritis (photo: AFNN)

In March, 2014, a Philip K. Ensley, a distinguished veterinarian with thirty years of clinical experience in zoo and wild animal medicine, published an Assessment and Opinion Concerning the African Elephant “Nosey”. In the report, he states, “This is the worst, most prolonged, documented example of an uncorrected case of suffering and abuse in an elephant I have ever reviewed.”

Under threat of bullhook, Nosey is forced to give rides in spite of an eye infection and arthritis

Under threat of a bullhook, Nosey is forced to give rides in spite of an eye infection and arthritis

Your Turn

Join the Facebook group Save Nosey Now and participate in the campaign to rescue Nosey from Hugo Liebel and move her to the Elephant Sanctuary.

Send polite emails to USDA officials asking them to revoke Hugo Liebel’s license to use Nosey in the circus and for elephant rides: chester.a.gipson@usda.govkevin.a.shea@usda.govaceast@aphis.usda.gov

Attend the Save Nosey NOW! We Are Her Voice rally in Washington, D.C., on June 26th.

Participate in the Tweetstorm for Nosey until June 20th at 7:00 p.m.

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  1. Pls save sweet Nosey by sending her to a sanctuary. Her life is a living hell and she doesn.t deserve to be treated like a slave. She.s being constantly abused by this horrible person Liebel, in spite of her terrible arthritis..her infected and untreated eye..she can.t barely walk.
    Let her live the life she deserves.
    Pls help Nosey..the worst treated and most suffering elephant in the United States.

  2. Alison Easom says:

    Please help Nosey retire away from her abusive owner who dosent care for her in the way an Elephaht should be cared for.

  3. Dahnn Hout says:

    Please let this animal live what she has left in peace, I am watching her and she can barley walk… Let her live the remainder of her life eating from bushes, throwing dirt on her back and getting muddy in water, not being hit because she can barley walk with people on her back.. people have abused her all her life, please please let her go, her owner has so many fines and he still has her,

  4. Pam Lambert says:

    I would like to put a chain on Liebel and make him walk in circles for hours. Please help her. I saw her July 4th and it made me sick to see such a beautiful animal treated like that.

  5. StargirlJam says:

    You freaking barbarians! What’s your problem?! Let that poor,lonely, sad Ellie go already, greedy bastards

  6. fred dale says:

    end this poor creature,s life of torment asap .

  7. Susan Watson says:

    Nosey must be released to the sanctuary ready to take her. She deserves nothing less, and so much more.

  8. Denise Rieck says:

    Please please please help Nosey and put her captor in prison….

  9. pi pi says:

    Release Nosey.
    Pls give her new life.

  10. Jamuna Llewellyn says:

    Release Nosey to a true Sanctuary now!

  11. BRENDA PERKINS says:

    Please help Nosey the elephant this suffering and abuse has gone on far to long. This is cruel and inhumane to let this barbaric abuse continue.

  12. Kimberly C Gentry says:

    please save Nosy, get her away from this man so she can have a good life

  13. e vd bilt says:

    Free Nosey!!!!

  14. Bernice Bowden says:

    FIGHT FOR ROSIE!!!!!

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