Lady

Morning Footwork With Lady and Shirlei

After Lady’s breakfast in the back of Yard 5, Scott and Shirlei met Lady at the training wall to do some footwork. Shirlei has been building a bond with Lady for a while now and Scott thought it would be a nice afternoon to join the two and see how…...

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Lady’s After Dinner Scratch

All of the elephants enjoy a good mud bath, and Lady is no exception. On this particular afternoon, she found time to relax and soothe her feet in the pond. After her dinner near the barn, she found a nearby itchy scratchy tree and gave herself an exfoliation treatment, making…...

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Lady Crossing the Creek

  When it’s time for dinner, Lady is always ready for her meal. As we’ve mentioned, the elephants are very familiar with the sound of the 4-wheeler and what that might mean: food. Here, Lady is headed toward the noise from the motor since she knows it means supper is…...

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Lady’s Party of One

Some people often wonder if, because Lady chooses not to share space with the other elephants, she gets sad or lonely. Our sense is that this isn’t the case. We feel certain that she communicates with her herd mates in her own unique manner and she most definitely has ways…...

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Lady’s Feet Are On an Upswing

As you may know, Lady’s feet tend to go through cyclical phases where some weeks she’s doing well and other weeks she seems to have more discomfort. At the moment, her feet are on the upswing. We adjust our treatments accordingly, based on what we can observe, since her illness…...

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Lady and Blue Skies

Some days, the sky at the sanctuary can be unbelievably blue and, now that the grass is getting greener by the day, the contrast in colors is stunning. Here, Lady is the perfect model for an ideal day with a picturesque background. Moments like these remind us that the vast…...

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