Dear friend,                                                                                                     I have just finished reading an article about an african elephant named Nosey. She has been held captive for 30 years. It is a very heartbreaking story and it makes me very sad to see her treated this way.

Wow, I can not believe that this poor elephant has been abused for so many years yet nobody does anything about it. This poor elephant should be taken away from the owner and the owner should be arrested, there is no excuse for this type of behavior, she should be allowed to be free in a elephant sanctuary with other elephants, very sad.

This article just hits you right in the gut. Especially because it deals with animals. Animals are so helpless when at the hand of there human handlers. This is so unfair to this gentle giant. Treated to badly just to perform and make money. she is livign a horrible confined life of solitude. It is greatly disturbing that the givernment has the power to stop this yet has turned a blind eye. They need to take action and be an advocate for this poor animal. She deserves way better treatment then what she is getting now. How does anyone condone this or go to shows where this animal is chaned and obviously in pain and discomfort.

I love elephants so much and every time I hear about them being abused this way it hurts my heart. I hate that people can be so cruel to animals in general, but to such sweet, gentle giants? It makes me so sad. And her name is Nosey. That's not even fair, someone needs to strip that awful man of that angelic creature.

This is pretty sad for the elephant.  It obviously has no say so in this matter and that is not okay.  Elephants are very intelligent and sensitive animals.  They shouldn't be kept in captivity in these circuses and shows I do not think.  This seems inhumane and not right.  I would feel guilty going to a circus seeing elephants parade around.  Maybe at a zoo where they could be in a natural habitat it could be okay but not in a circus where they are supposed to dance around for human entertainment, that is just pitiful and sad.