Sign: Save Sunny the elephant from a life of pain and sorrow!

Free Sunny the elephant from the concrete cell where she has been imprisoned alone for 29 years.

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Dear friends, For the past 29 years, Sunny has constantly run her trunk along the walls of her tiny cell at the Nomi Ishikawa Zoo in order to cope with her boredom and loneliness. As a result, the walls are covered in dark marks. The writing is literally on the wall — Sunny is in distress. And unless Japanese authorities do something right now, we could lose Sunny to captivity-related illness just like we lost Hanako two years ago. Sign this Care2 petition demanding that the Japanese government make it illegal to keep elephants isolated and without adequate housing and care. When it is cold and snowy outside, the zoo keeps Sunny locked in her concrete indoor enclosure where she barely has room to turn around. Elephants need to roam for miles on soft ground every day in order to avoid life-threatening foot and joint ailments. Keeping Sunny in such a small space is endangering her health. In the wild, elephants spend their entire lives in tight-knit family groups. They are incredibly social creatures. Keeping Sunny isolated from other elephants for 29 years is similar to keeping a person locked in solitary confinement for 29 years. It's torture. Our efforts to free Hanako were unfortunately too late, but Sunny is still a relatively young elephant. We have time to make her life more comfortable and to ensure that her story does not end in tragedy. So sign the petition now to save Sunny. Thank you,   Lacey K. The Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Two organizations, Elephants in Japan and Zoocheck, are working tirelessly to help Sunny and other captive solitary elephants in Japan. Sign their petition to save Sunny and other elephants like her.