Lady

Brave Lady. Patient Rana. Beaming Humans. ❤️

We wanted to touch base a bit on what happened during the time that Lady and Rana spent together in the first yard yesterday. The live video shows life at the moment, but the girls were together all morning, and a lot went into those few hours. If you didn’t…...

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Lady and Rana Watching One Another

Lady & Rana spent most of yesterday on opposite sides of the fence, watching one another. When they do this, they move around and graze, but are always aware of where the other is and what they are doing, while almost seeming to ignore each other. (Maia doesn’t have the…...

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More Baby Steps for Lady

When Lady first arrived, she wasn’t comfortable with or used to human touch. She preferred not to be touched, and, if we were touching her, she wasn’t relaxed. Captive elephants need to be comfortable with humans touching them everywhere. You never know when or where a health problem will pop…...

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Lady’s Baby Steps That Are Really Giant Leaps

Lady is starting to understand the “big picture” of target training. Simplistically, target training is the process of teaching her to touch a specific part of her body to a target. This morning, we used the “target pole” (which looks a lot like a giant q-tip) to ask for her…...

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The Lady Limit

Lady has a “Lady Limit,” which is what we have named her limit on new things and how much you can ask her to do. To her, this line is clear and set, although it shifts every day. Our job will forever be trying to figure out exactly where that…...

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Lady’s Turmeric Toes

Turmeric is known and used throughout the world in cooking and for its medicinal uses. It’s best known for its anti-inflammatory properties, but it has many other medicinal properties as well. While we have a full-time vet at the Sanctuary, we also work with other medical professionals from all over…...

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