PRESS RELEASE – NOSEY THE ELEPHANT IS PERMANENTLY FREE OF CIRCUS OWNERS.

HUGO LIEBEL CUSTODY APPEAL DISMISSED WITH SANCTIONS.

Today, Lawrence County, Alabama Circuit Court Judge, Mark Craig, dismissed the appeal for custody by Nosey the elephant’s former owner, Hugo Tomi Liebel, and decreed that she will remain permanently free at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.  Nosey, the long suffering 37 year old African former circus elephant, was originally confiscated from a traveling circus on November 9, 2017 by Lawrence County Animal Control Officer (ACO) Kimberly Carpenter after finding Nosey in a parking lot tightly chained, exhibiting stress, without sufficient food or access to water, forced to stand in her waste, being transported in a cargo trailer and without proper shelter.  (more…)