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EleFact Friday: How Essential Are Trunks?

In last week’s EleFact, we spent time looking at the incredible capabilities of elephant trunks and received an interesting question: in situations where elephants unfortunately lose their trunks or their abilities to use them properly, how do they adapt? Today we’ll be tackling this and taking a closer look. ...

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The Powerpuff Girls in the Rain

Lady was recently showing some interest in moving around the habitat a little bit, so we opened up access to the yards by the barn for her; that gave her some new territory to explore and she could be near the barn for foot soaks and treatments. ...

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Three Elephants Enjoying Time Together

Now that we’ve had some rain, the elephants have livened up quite a bit. They seem to be having more and more random parties for small reasons – or reasons we aren’t privy to. Either way, there are happy gatherings and vocalizations which we can hear all the way up…...

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Pachyderm Pumpkin Voting Now!

It’s Halloween and not only does that mean extra pumpkins for the elephants but it also means today is the day to vote for your favorite Pachyderm Pumpkin! Our pumpkin project donors each received carving patterns that they could use to decorate their festive decor with elephant graphics. We’re posting…...

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Lady and Her Jackfruit

It’s mango and jackfruit season at the sanctuary and, as we’ve shown in years before, the mangoes fall from the trees and are absolutely everywhere. Recently, we had a storm that knocked most of the mangoes from the trees, so we’re collecting them as quickly as we can to distribute…...

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Sunday Smile: Guillermina Wants Your Attention

We’ve mentioned before that Guillermina and Bambi often hang out near each other during foot care. Bambi has gotten better at focusing on what she needs to do in those moments rather than watch Guille, but she does seem to enjoy Guille’s presence. With this Sunday Smile, you can see…...

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