Our toolkit has a diverse list of 10 actions (14 if you’re a New Jersey resident!) you can take to help us win this campaign.
Our campaign to free Joyce the elephant from Six Flags Great Adventure just got another boost with the launch of our activist toolkit. To free Joyce and the other elephants held captive at the amusement park, we need a people-powered campaign to convince Six Flags to permanently shutter its elephant enclosure and send the elephants to a sanctuary where they can live the rest of their lives in peace. That’s where you come in!
We put together a list of 10 actions (14 if you’re a New Jersey resident) that you can do to put pressure on Six Flags. The good news is you can take these actions on your own time. We also encourage you to choose the actions that resonate with you the most.
Here are just some of the actions you can take:
Submit a Customer Request to Six Flags
Submit a customer complaint and request the park permanently close its elephant enclosure. Here are the steps:
- Go to Six Flag’s Contact Us page.
- Scroll down to Send Us a Note (Electronically)
- Click Ride, Shows, and Events
- Click Ride Comment/Complaint
- Fill out the form and click submit. Sample message below:
Hi, I am writing to urge Six Flags to release Joyce the elephant from your Wildlife Safari to a sanctuary where she can live the rest of her life in peace. She is not a commodity to be used for entertainment and she definitely does not belong at an amusement park. Please work with World Animal Protection to release her. Until then, I am boycotting Six Flags and telling all my friends and family to do the same.
Sign Our Petition
Add your name to our petition to free Joyce–our goal is 100,000!
New Jersey Residents: Submit a News Tip to a Local NJ TV News Station
Many news stations allow you to share requests for a story—request that they share Joyce’s. You can reach out to News 12 New Jersey and ask the network to air a story about the Joyce campaign. Send the network an email and include your full name, phone number, and all relevant information, including photos or videos (like the link to the documentary!).
Sample Message:
I’m reaching out to bring your attention to a deeply concerning story about elephants in captivity at Six Flags Wild Safari Adventure in New Jersey—one that I hope you will consider covering. Elephants are not amusement attractions. One elephant in particular, Joyce, has been suffering in captivity at the park for over a decade after a tragic life as a circus performer, deprived of the space and care she needs. World Animal Protection, a global nonprofit dedicated to animal advocacy, has been working to secure Joyce’s immediate release to a sanctuary where she can live in a more natural environment. I encourage you to reach out to World Animal Protection to learn more about Joyce’s plight and the organization’s campaign to free her. You can contact Jeanne Turkheimer, Communications and Influencer Relations Manager, at JeanneTurkheimer@worldanimalprotection.us.
Those are just three actions you can take, but there are many more in the toolkit! You can also watch a recording of our webinar where we talk more about Joyce and introduce the toolkit.
If you have any questions, email us and a member of our team will get back to you.