Stephanie Figueroa 🐘
stephfig.bsky.social
Stephanie Figueroa 🐘
@stephfig.bsky.social
proud pachyderm parent | elephant advocate (african & asian)

DON’T F@#%ING RIDE ELEPHANTS
Bani was hit by a train in a forest in Northern India & suffered life-threatening injuries. Since then, dozens of other 🐘🐘 have been killed including 8 in a single accident last week in Assam. Ask Indian Railways to install #elephant protection systems! tinyurl.com/5n7a5hts
Protect Elephants From Speeding Trains!
PLEASE SIGN - Baby elephant Bani was hit by a speeding train in a forest in Northern India and suffered life-threatening injuries. Since then, dozens of other elephants have been killed including eigh...
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December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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compassionate denied his right to make his own choices as he roamed the jungle as the majestic and free bull elephant he was born to be.

RIP, dear Plai Boonsaen, our candles burn in your honor and for all you endured on earth.
#RIPPlaiBoonsaen #Vigil4Elephants #V4E
December 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Center is a tourist attraction that uses elephants for bathing and riding activities. In reality, Plai Boonsaen was forced into hard labor for most of his life and then exploited for tourism until the day he died.

This is no life for an elephant. They are autonomous, sentient, intelligent and
December 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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sold for tourism. He was forced to work at a tourist attraction for an unknown number of years before he was transferred to the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in 2022.

Several reports claim that Plai Boonsaen enjoyed a few peaceful years before his death. However, the Thai Elephant Conservation
December 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Plai Boonsaen, a male Asian elephant, died on October 8, 2025, at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center. He was born in 1964 in an unspecified area of Asia. He was among the last elephants to work in Lom Sak's logging industry in Phetchabun Province. When teak logging was banned, Plai Boosaen was
December 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Terrified #pigs are tormented & abused at horrific hog-bagging & pig-wrestling rodeos & festivals. Demand this torture end & urge community leaders to #StopTheViolence now. #AnimalRights #Vegan bit.ly/4s1BGij

— with In Defense of Animals
Stop Pig Wrestling & Hog Bagging Torture at Rodeos & Fairs
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December 24, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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On 30 September, 19-month-old Chin died at Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark, from elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV), a highly contagious disease that is particularly fatal in captive Asian elephants. In the wild, infant mortality (deaths) among Asian elephants less than five years old is estimated
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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We know your holiday season is busy, but please take just a few moments to take a photo and send it in for the year end At Home #Vigil4Elephants video compilation. Say you remember those captive elephants lost to us in 2025. Follow the instructions on the graphic below.

Thank you in advance!
December 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Such courage. Such powerlessness. “If we don’t go, they don’t have a show.” #DontBuyATicket 😭 😤 😠 😡 🤬 💔

🎥 PETA Latino @peta.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Padmavathi, a wild born female Asian Elephant, died August 14, 2025, in the Mysore Zoo, India. Her date of birth is unknown. She was estimated to be 67 (some reports claim she was 71). Padmavathi had two children while held in Mysore Zoo, a female, Gajalaxmi, born in 1980 and a male, Abhi, born in
December 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Don’t f@#%ing ride elephants.
Marisa, a female Asian elephant, died of Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus (EEHV) on May 3, 2025. She was only 2 ½ years old and was born into captivity at the Ayothaya Elephant Village in Thailand.

The Ayothaya Elephant Village is a tourist attraction connected to a marketplace. For a price,
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Inside, while the storm rages outside..

#Photography #BlueskyArtShow #Inside #B&W
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I just signed a @dolphinproject.bsky.social petition: Terminate partnerships & collaborations with captive dolphin facilities ✍️ Sign here: www.dolphinproject.com/carnival-cru...

#EmptyTheTanks
#DontBuyATicket
Petition: Ask Carnival Cruises to end all ties with captive dolphin facilities | Dolphin Project
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September 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I just signed a @dolphinproject.bsky.social petition to End Dolphin Hunting in Taiji, Japan. Sign here: www.dolphinproject.com/take-action/...
Petition: End Dolphin Hunting in Taiji | Dolphin Project
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September 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Exploitation is NOT cute. Don’t f@#%ing ride elephants. #NotOnMyBucketList
September 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
SIGN: Justice for Elephant Forced to Walk for 6 Days on Severely Injured Leg ladyfreethinker.org/sign-justice...
SIGN: Justice for Elephant Forced to Walk for 6 Days on Crippled Leg
Sign this petition to demand justice for an injured elephant who was forced to limp 36 kilometers over six days with a handler on her back.
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September 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Back the movement to transfer elephants #Protea & #Jumbo from the Zoológico Nacional in Santiago, Chile @gabrielboric.cl to @globalelephants.org ’s Elephant Sanctuary Brazil ✍️ www.change.org/p/que-vuelva...
Firma la petición
Que Vuelvan A Ser Elefantes: Protea y Jumbo al Santuario de Elefantes de Brasil
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August 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Miyako has been living on her own her whole life in Utsunomiya Zoo, Japan since she was taken from her mother in Thailand when just 6 months old. She is now aged 50 and has never had any company at all. Sign this petition to free #Miyako: zurl.co/fxbuV
Fifty years alone: the heartbreaking story of Miyako the elephant in a Japanese zoo - greenMe
Elephant Miyako was taken from her natural habitat at just six months old and has spent her days alone for 50 years.
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August 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Free the 20-y/o alligator snapping turtle from the #AlushtaAquarium. Sign the petition: chng.it/FpYGQpcPLH
Sign the Petition
Free the 20 Year Turtle from Alushta Aquarium
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August 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
August 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Mommy… They are laughing at me 😠😠😠

charging baby flumps © youtube @nikkighood
August 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Improve Living Conditions for Lakshmi the Elephant at Amritapuri Ashram chng.it/cVYXhmrP via Kody Bayman
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Improve Living Conditions for Lakshmi the Elephant at Amritapuri Ashram
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August 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM