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Guille and Rana By the Pond

The hot weather at sanctuary means that the elephants are spending lots of time in the ponds and mud wallows. Here, Rana is getting in some quality pond time when Guillermina walks by. While the girls often do spend time with each other, they also take plenty of moments to…...

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From Scott: On GSE’s 10th Anniversary

We are presently in the US visiting family, friends, and a few of our longtime supporters. One of them asked how long we have been in Brazil, and we quickly realized that it had been long enough that we needed to calculate based on our 2014 arrival.  A day later,…...

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Spending Time Near the Barn

Lady has been spending time once again in the male yard, enjoying all of the palms that are at her disposal. While she was there, we thought it would be nice to open up all of the yards for the other five girls. We can’t be sure where they slept…...

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From Nicole: Bambi’s Footwork

Visiting caregiver Nicole has been recently working with Bambi to improve a little on presenting her hind feet for foot care. According to Nicole, “She was getting so close to resting her foot on the fence, but just wouldn’t bring it up the last little bit. Then one morning (caregiver)…...

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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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