Maia

Sanctuary Memories: Kat’s First Meeting With Maia

September 15, 2022

As part of our ongoing Sanctuary Memory series, Kat shares some of her experience with the first time she met Maia. Maia and Guida were kept on a farm in Brazil after being confiscated from a circus where they had been for many years. Because there was nowhere for the…...

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Guillermina Tries To Share Everyone’s Food

September 12, 2022

Around dinnertime, Pocha, Guillermina, Mara, and Rana were all eating near one another. As expected, Guillermina finished her produce quickly and began to look around to see what her friends were doing. She walked up to Rana first and the two of them shared some food together. It wasn’t aggressive…...

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Maia’s Return Brings Excitement

September 7, 2022

Lady has been showing interest in spending time in Yard 3, which has grass that she enjoys snacking on. So, to give her a change of scenery, we opened up all of the small yards for her to explore for a day or so. In the meantime, we gave Maia…...

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New Nighttime Hangouts

August 31, 2022

We’ve talked recently about how the elephants seem to be moving around in different configurations during the night, spending time in different places and with different groups than they might during the day. If we go down to the habitat in the later parts of the evenings, we check on…...

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Maia Says “No Passing Allowed”!

July 21, 2022

These days, you can see Maia evolving back into the spunky elephant she once was – perhaps just a bit wiser. She has become a regular part of the elephant herd, not always tentative and on the outside as she once was. ...

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Elephant Parade

July 19, 2022

Here, Guillermina leads some of the other ladies on a sleepy stroll. She takes a nice long moment for her closeup, and you can see just how many wrinkles her skin holds. She’s followed shortly after by Rana and Maia, who are off to see what the youngster is doing.…...

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