Asha the elephant has spent 26 of her 32 years suffering in solitude at a zoo cited for numerous animal abuses and deaths. We need your help to move Asha to an elephant sanctuary to live out her remaining years.

Asha was plucked from the wild in Africa at the age of 1 and sold to Natural Bridge Zoo in Virginia in 1985, where she has suffered from abhorrent living conditions. She spends frigid winter nights chained to a concrete floor in a rusty and barren barn, and she swelters in summertime in a rodent infested space too small for her with no shade, no pool, no option to graze, inadequate fencing, poor care of her feet, and contaminated food.

She has been subjected to unthinkable abuse, including the use of bullhooks to control her, being forced to give rides to zoo patrons in extreme heat, and being isolated to the point of showing signs of severe psychological stress. Though elephants are naturally very social animals, Asha has been kept in utter isolation for the last 19 years.

With your help, we can give her a home she deserves. We are asking for the Virginia Attorney General to step in and require that the owners transfer Asha to an elephant sanctuary.

The owners of Natural Bridge Zoo have refused to do the right thing. Despite citations for animal abuse, pressure from the public, and even pleas by acclaimed scientist Dr. Jane Goodall, Natural Bridge Zoo has so far refused to do what is best for Asha’s mental and physical health. It is time Virginia officials take action.

Asha needs our help. After such a hard life, she deserves to know a few good years of happiness and to be with other elephants. Join us in speaking up for Asha and help get her moved to an elephant sanctuary.