Target: Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana, United States
Goal: Launch a full investigation into an animal facility reportedly sterilizing endangered tigers without medical necessity and, if violations are substantiated, seek the maximum penalties and enforce corrective action.
Activists and legal filings allege that an Indiana animal facility subjected endangered tigers to non-therapeutic spay and neuter procedures, purportedly stripping them of natural behaviors and reproductive capacity. The claims further assert that such actions may amount to harm or harassment of protected wildlife. These allegations—if verified—paint a disturbing picture of big cats altered for convenience rather than care, with their “genetic heritage” reputedly dismissed as expendable.
According to these accounts, the procedures were performed as routine management rather than urgent medical need, potentially conflicting with the spirit of wildlife protection frameworks that exist to prevent unnecessary suffering and exploitation. The public is being asked to accept that animals who should be safeguarded were apparently subjected to permanent, invasive interventions that served no clear therapeutic purpose.
Endangered animals deserve rigorous, transparent, and humane care. When protected species are subjected to irreversible procedures without clear medical justification, accountability must follow. State authorities should immediately audit records, examine veterinary rationales, and, if the allegations are confirmed, impose strong penalties and mandate reforms that prioritize species-appropriate welfare. Sign below to demand a swift, thorough inquiry and, where warranted, decisive enforcement.
PETITION LETTER:
Attorney General Rokita,
The public is deeply alarmed by reports that endangered tigers at an Indiana animal facility were subjected to non-therapeutic sterilization—procedures that curtailed natural behaviors and could constitute harm or harassment of protected wildlife. These allegations suggest permanent, invasive interventions apparently undertaken without clear medical necessity.
We respectfully urge your office to open a comprehensive investigation into these claims. Please coordinate, as needed, with relevant state agencies and federal partners to audit veterinary records, surgical justifications, staff practices, and compliance with applicable animal-welfare and wildlife-protection laws. If your inquiry substantiates that protected animals were sterilized without therapeutic need, we ask that you pursue the maximum penalties allowed by law and require corrective measures, including independent veterinary oversight and strict, transparent protocols.
Indiana’s commitment to humane treatment and lawful stewardship of wildlife must be beyond question. A prompt, meticulous review—and firm action if violations are confirmed—will help ensure endangered big cats are treated with the dignity and protection they are owed.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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