Blogs

Maia and Guille Have a Food War

There have been a few meal times recently when Maia and Guille have been near each other and have eaten breakfast together. The last several times this has happened, they’ve been engaging in a lighthearted “food war.” Guille will walk away from her food to see what Maia has, then…...

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Bambi’s Nighttime Ruckus

Rana has recently been going to the area between Yards 4 and 5, near where Lady was. We decided to take the opportunity to let her and Lady share space for a little while, since they’d been together recently. We opened up Yard 5 and the connecting yards near the…...

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Sunday Smile: International Friendship Day

Today for your Sunday Smile, we want to celebrate International Friendship Day by honoring the deep relationships we see each day among our elephant herd. We all know about the connection that the “Powerpuff Girls” – Bambi, Mara, and Rana – have with each other, but the elephants are branching…...

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Mara Enjoys Her Watermelon

Watching and hearing an elephant crunch on a watermelon is one of the most satisfying sounds we can think of. Miss Mara was happy to oblige us with some dainty-but-gratifying bites when she got her post-treatment produce recently. It’s music to our ears....

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EleFact Friday: The Elephant Ethogram

For this week’s EleFact Friday, we wanted to share a resource that we often use to not only answer questions from supporters about elephant behavior, but to continue to educate ourselves about elephant communication in the wild. ...

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From Nicole: A Game of Hide and Seek

We once again have visiting caregiver Nicole here at the sanctuary. She relates here a story of driving on the 4-wheeler, trying to put eyes on all of the elephants, and finding a certain someone in the trees, perhaps being a little cheeky with her. ...

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