PETA Asks ALICE IN CHAINS To Change Their Name To Raise Awareness For An Abused Elephant

PETA is at present making an attempt to rescue Betty, the 56-year-old disabled elephant who’s being compelled to carry out in roughly 300 circus exhibits annually.

To lift consciousness, PETA has requested Alice In Chains change their identify throughout social media for a month to Betty In Chains to “flip up the amount on the plight of the aged elephant, who has actually spent her life in chains.” Whereas I am undecided that’ll occur, it might be actually cool for PETA and Alice In Chains to staff up for some profit merchandise, proper?

“By the point grunge swept Seattle, Betty had already spent practically twenty years struggling as a circus prop, and daily that passes along with her being hauled from city to city and compelled to carry out brings her nearer to the brink of dying,” says PETA Senior Vice President of Communications Lisa Lange. “PETA is encouraging Alice in Chains to get loud for Betty with a short lived identify change that reminds everybody to Keep Away from animal-abusing circuses.”

PETA’s letter to Alice in Chains follows: “Expensive Jerry, Sean, Mike, and William, coming to you with a splendidly unusual request from us at PETA. Would Alice in Chains be prepared to go by Betty in Chains throughout social media — for a month — to highlight an expensive elephant who actually spends her life in chains?

“In a nutshell, we’re turning up the amount on our efforts to rescue an aged, disabled elephant named Betty, who’s being compelled to carry out in roughly 300 circuses annually. Betty‘s over 56 years outdated, was taken as a child from Thailand, and has been utilized in circuses for greater than 5 many years. An elephant knowledgeable who just lately examined Betty warns that she faces a deadly collapse if not instantly retired to a good sanctuary.

“By lending (a model of) your iconic identify, you possibly can set the stage for freedom, amplify her story to hundreds of thousands, and alter the course of historical past for all animals utilized in circuses. Will you assist us present the world that Betty‘s not combating this battle alone? Let’s make some noise, Folks for the Moral Therapy of Animals (PETA)”