The Amboseli Elephant Research Project
(various names)

“We, the undersigned, form a group of researchers working together to
study elephants and promote their conservation and welfare. Our combined
experience represents over 200 years of work with free-ranging, wild
African elephants. We are the acknowledged leading experts in the field.

It is our considered opinion that elephants should not be used in
circuses. We believe that intelligent, socially complex and long-lived
animals should be treated with respect and empathy. An elephant's place
is in the wild with its relatives and companions. The totally unnatural
existence for captive elephants in a circus is a travesty and to allow
this practice to continue is unjustified and unethical.”