Storm date: Saturday, June 5 (and anytime after that!)
Hashtags (Zoos): #CaptivityKills #BreakTheChain
Hashtags (Asha): #FreeAsha #CaptivityKills #BanRoadZoos
Tweet #1
#FreeAsha is 38 yo African 🐘 born in Zimbabwe, her family slaughtered by the govt in 1984, sent to US by Shultze Co, later exploited by tawdry #roadside #zoo @NaturalBridgeZ
@GovernorVA @USDA_APHIS @RepSchrader
#BanRoadZoos
#CaptivityKills
📽️Asha
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/H4658
Tweet #2
#FreeAsha 🐘 are highly social/complex animals but #Asha lives in isolation, shows signs of zoochosis, no pool or option to graze & forage like wild 🐘. Inadequate protective fencing.
@GovernorVA @USDA_APHIS @RepSchrader @SenatorCarper
#BanRoadZoo
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/Ev7Fp
Tweet #3
#FreeAsha lacks basic vet care, spends most her life alone in unheated barn chained to concrete floor. #Zoo cannot meet the vital physical, mental, social 🐘 needs.
@GovernorVA @USDA_APHIS @RepSchrader @SenatorCarper
#BanRoadZoos #CaptivityKills
http://naturalbridgezoo.com/african-elephant-rides/
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/MDBUv
Tweet #4
#FreeAsha is forced to give hundreds of rides/year
🐘can be gentle but bad conditions of captivity & enforced servitude can drive them to aggression & pose a danger to the public.
@GovernorVA @USDA_APHIS @EPWCmte @RepSchrader @SenatorCarper
#BanRoadZoos
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/1c21b
Tweet #5
#FreeAsha previously attacked handler, attacked/killed another elephant yet still gives rides, many of them children.
@DelDanHelmer can you explain your vote SB1030?
#BanRoadZoo #CaptivityKills #BreakTheChain
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/j0dVY
Tweet #6
#FreeAsha
In order to ride, 🐘 are severely tortured the “CRUSH” to minimize 🐘 protesting doing what they don’t want to do. Direct visitor contact like riding is cruel & a public safety issue!
@GovernorVa @USDA_APHIS @EPWCmte @RepSchrader
#BanRoadZoos
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/98L30
Tweet #7
#FreeAsha @NaturalBridgeZ investigations revealed #Asha was forced to give rides w/painful cracked/overgrown toenails. Visitors were allowed to climb into her enclosure!
@GovernorVa @USDA_APHIS
#BanRoadZoo #CaptivityKills #BreakTheChain
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/Z8P5Q
Tweet #8
#FreeAsha 🐘 are not designed to carry people. Sharp bony protrusions extend upward from their spine. Tissue protecting them are vulnerable to weight & can cause lifelong health issues.
@GovernorVa @USDA_APHIS @EPWCmte @RepSchrader
#BanRoadZoos
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/dmbiy
Tweet #9
#FreeAsha @NaturalBridgeZ OVER 100 #AWA violations & their permit suspended twice!! Yet state & federal agencies CONTINUE to renew their exhibitors permit year after year!
@GovernorVa @USDA_APHIS @EPWCmte @RepSchrader @SenatorCarper
#CaptivityKills
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/5D9dM
Tweet #10
#FreeAsha @NaturalBridgeZ Investigation found #zoo used bludgeoning method to kill sick animals. Repeated violations of failure to provide vet care; declined potential life-saving vet recommendations.
@GovernorVa @USDA_APHIS @EPWCmte #BanRoadZoos
Facts👇
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/1Ymq1
Tweet #11
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/wh2I7
Tweet #12
The #1 & unique priority of #roadside #zoos is to make #MONEY at the expense of the animals forced to endure cruel living conditions.
@RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan @SenatorCarper @EPWCmte @USDA_APHIS @SecVilsack
#CaptivityKills #BanRoadZoos
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/lZw3P
Tweet #13
#Roadside #zoos’ deceptive ‘conservation’ marketing fools the public into thinking that #tourist dollars fund #conservation when their priority is profit!
@RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan @SenatorCarper @USDA_APHIS @SecVilsack
#BanRoadZoos
#CaptivityKills
#BreakTheChain
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/6Eecd
Tweet #14
#Roadside #zoo animals suffer physically & mentally due to lack of rigorous oversight. USDA licensing & regs focus on safety of facility visitors, not the animals.
@SecVilsack @USDA_APHIS @EPWCmte @CongressmanRaja #CaptivityKills #BreakTheChain
www.bornfreeusa.org/2020/04/07/what-separates-a-roadside-zoo-from-a-legitimate-sanctuary/
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/0K43G
Tweet #15
Legitimate sanctuaries go thru rigorous accreditation to meet strict criteria for housing, safety, nutrition & management.
#Roadside #zoos are not subject to this process.
@USDA_APHIS @CongressmanRaja @RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan @EPWCmte
#BanRoadZoos #BreakTheChain
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/PsYMv
Tweet #16
Due to lack of oversight at #roadside #zoo animals frequently live in substandard small, dirty cages, fed inadequate food & denied medical care. NOT #conservation!
@USDA_APHIS @RepSchrader @RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan @EPWCmte @SecVilsack
#CaptivityKills
#BanRoadZoos
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/8G6ZU
Tweet #17
Animals in #roadside #zoos have little mental stimulation & often exhibit #zoochosis, a sign of stress & depression. Forced to endure extreme & unnatural temperatures.
@RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan @CongressmanRaja @SecVilsack @USDA_APHIS
#CaptivityKills
#BreakTheChain
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/tLXSk
Tweet #18
Many #roadside #zoos keep animals languish alone, no companionship of their own kind & deprived of their natural social structure.
@RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan @EPWCmte @SenatorCarper @CongressmanRaja @USDA_APHIS #CaptivityKills #BreakTheChain #wildlife belongs in #nature
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/Xf57Z
Tweet #19
#Boycott #roadside #zoos that encourage dangerous direct interactions between animals & the public. The animals are very unhappy/stressed, lash out, hurt or even kill people.
@RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan @EPWCmte @SecVilsack @USDA_APHIS
#CaptivityKills
#BreakTheChain
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/b7a0t
Tweet #20
#Roadside #zoo offering direct visitor contact often abuse animals-hitting, dragging & drugging so people can handle for photo ops, then sold back to exotic pet trade.
@SecVilsack @USDA_APHIS @RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan
#CaptivityKills #BanRoadZoos https://blog.humanesociety.org/2020/10/roadside-zoo-owner-doc-antle-charged-with-animal-cruelty-wildlife-trafficking.html
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/fWK2c
Tweet #21
#roadside #zoos continue to operate due to weak state & federal laws & lax enforcement of those laws
#AWA allows zoo operators #inhumane practices to go unchecked.
@SecVilsack @USDA_APHIS @RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan @EPWCmte @CongressmanRaja #CaptivityKills #BanRoadZoos
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/u27V6
Tweet #22
US State laws vary greatly. Some have such lax oversight that the states become known as havens for cruel #roadside #zoos. #Boycott these zoos!
@SecVilsack @USDA_APHIS @RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan @EPWCmte @SenatorCarper @CongressmanRaja #CaptivityKills #BanRoadZoos
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/14_07
Tweet #23
A source of #roadside #zoo cruelty is rubber-stamping license renewals making it easy for zoos in violation of the #AWA to stay open & violate humane standards of care.
@SecVilsack @USDA_APHIS @RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan @EPWCmte @CongressmanRaja
#CaptivityKills #BanRoadZoos
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/d0a7L
Tweet #24
Identify #roadside #zoo vs accredited sanctuary, look at 👉: housing, enrichment, zoo size, offers dangerous direct public contact, how animals acquired, breeding, GFAS accredited?
@SecVilsack @RepBlumenauer @EPWCmte @CongressmanRaja #BanRoadZoos
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/DH0SW
Tweet #25
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/gW4eH
Tweet #26
@CongressmanRaja reintroduced the Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act “to ensure that those who abuse animals don’t get the chance to do so again.
🙏support!
@SecVilsack @USDA_APHIS @RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan
#CaptivityKills #BanRoadZoos
twitter.com/CongressmanRaja/status/1394353310870786051?s=20
Click ➡️ https://ctt.ac/Lc1lZ
Tags
@SecVilsack @USDA_APHIS @RepBlumenauer @VernBuchanan @RepDustyJohnson
@RepDustyJohnson @CongressmanRaja @EPWCmte @SenatorCarper @GovernorVa @POTUS @RepDustyJohnson @VP
#BreakTheChain #FreeAsha #CaptivityKills #BanRoadZoos