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We Are Asking for Your Help on May 2nd

This May 2nd we are asking for your help in taking care of Rana, Maia, and Guida. GSE is participating in The Big Payback, a 24-hour online fundraiser.  This year we will be raising money to purchase much-needed fire prevention equipment that will help protect the girls and their home…...

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Clyde Kitty Update

A little Clyde update. For those who saw the original post, Clyde was a stray that would show up at our house at night. He would hang out with our two cats before bed and get some food and be gone by the morning. One night we saw he had…...

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What Rana Has Overcome

  Rana was at the hotel for 6-8 years before coming to the sanctuary, and they were good to her there. Before that, she was a circus elephant and to get there, she was captured from the wild. We are unsure of when Rana suffered the injuries to her trunk,…...

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The Serenity of Elephant Sanctuary Brazil

Photo from last week that captures the feeling of serenity that seems ever-present here at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil. It’s easy to forget about the rest of the world when you are out in the habitat, surrounded by nothing but the sounds and smells of nature. What amuses us at points…...

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Almost Together

It’s not just hard to get all three ladies together in photos, it’s video as well. This morning the girls were nice and mellow, grazing their way deeper into the habitat. They were all very close, but one seemed out of camera shot at all times. As Maia and Rana…...

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A Day Close To Each Other

Not to be outdone (from Rana’s post yesterday), Guida decided to give herself a heavy coating of mud as well. Yesterday the girls spent a large portion of the day out by the pond again. From the house you could see Maia and Rana walking side by side, Rana leaning…...

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