Faithfull [sic] Elephants, 2009
Oil on canvas
42 x 46 in (106.7 x 116.8 cm)
© Sue Coe
Inscribed 'It was cherry blossom time, and in the last phase of WW2, the bombs fell on Tokyo like rain. By the command of the army, all the animals in...
Inscribed "It was cherry blossom time, and in the last phase of WW2, the bombs fell on Tokyo like rain. By the command of the army, all the animals in Ueno Zoo were to be shot or poisoned, for there were fears the animals would escape. All the lions, tigers and bears and big snakes will killed. The three elephants, called John, Tonky, and Wanly were given poison, but they refused to eat it. Their keepers hearts were broken as they were ordered to starve the elephants. As they got thinner they would do circus tricks to get one peanut or a drop of water. John took 17 days to die. Their keepers prayed for an end to war so Tonky and Wanly could be fed. They died two weeks after John. Their tomb at Ueno zoo is covered with paper cranes, made by children," lower left
Literature
The Animals Voice Magazine, January/February 2019, coverAnimal Liberation Currents Website
Publications
Sue Coe, Zooicide: Seeing Cruelty, Demanding Abolition, 2018, p. 61-68Join our mailing list
* denotes required fields
You are receiving this message because you submitted your email address in person, in the Galerie St. Etienne’s guest book, or online, through either gseart.com or suecoe.com or by registering for a prior webinar. Your contact information will only ever be used for correspondence pertaining to Sue Coe or to the Galerie St. Etienne, and it will never be shared.