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Identifying the Elephants: Learning About Rana

February 27, 2023

For this week’s final entry of the series on how to identify each elephant, we’re going to talk about Rana, the lovely elephant with beautiful smooth skin and small, dark brown eyes. ...

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Sunday Smile: An Encouraging Slice of Watermelon

February 26, 2023

This week, we opened up the Asian male habitat to Lady so that she could explore and enjoy the luscious grass and trees growing throughout. Because it was a new place for her, we encouraged her to move into the fresh, green space with a slice of everyone’s favorite: watermelon.…...

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Sleepy Maia in the Morning

February 25, 2023

At breakfast time, sometimes we encourage the elephants to shift into a different area in the yard so that we can clean the habitat or do any necessary checkups. Many mornings, Maia and Guillermina are together and when we ask them to walk in a particular direction, Guille follows right…...

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EleFact Friday: The Elephant Walk

February 24, 2023

When sharing videos of the sanctuary residents, we often receive questions about their gaits, particularly about Rana and Mara. You may have noticed that Mara has an old permanent injury to her right front wrist, affecting her walk, and Rana has a fused elbow from a childhood injury which makes…...

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Maia and Guille Explore Yard 5

February 23, 2023

Once we decided to open up the male Asian habitat for Lady, it made sense to allow the other girls to have access to Yard 5, which they rarely get the opportunity to explore. Maia is among the most familiar elephants of this area – with the exception of Lady…...

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Guille Joins the Powerpuff Girls

February 22, 2023

As always, the relationships among the elephants here at sanctuary are evolving in interesting ways. This week, after Rana and Bambi had spent some time in the annex, they went out into Yard 4 where Guille was spending time. Rana, Bambi, and Mara all walked into the habitat and the…...

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