Elephant Diary

EleFact Friday: The Role of a Matriarch

May 14, 2021

Our last few EleFACT Fridays have been about male elephants, so this week we’ll be focusing on matriarchs and their leadership status within the elephant herd. It can be said that the matriarch of a herd takes on the most important role of the family structure; she is often the…...

Read more

Happy Re-Birthday to Mara!

May 13, 2021

Happy Re-Birthday, Mara!  We can hardly believe it’s been one year since this incredible, spunky, vocal squeaker made herself at home at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil. One year ago today, she walked out of her crate, dusted herself, and promptly laid down on a pile of dirt to nap. She had…...

Read more

Elephant Behavior and Human Intuition

May 11, 2021

While Bambi has settled at sanctuary in terms of the relationships with other elephants and appreciation of the land, she doesn’t have the same depth of bond yet with the humans here. Though she likes her humans, the relationship tends to be a little superficial. She sees humans as more…...

Read more

Mara’s One-Year Anniversary Celebration T-Shirt

May 10, 2021

Later this week (Thursday) is Mara’s one-year anniversary at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil, and we wanted to do something special. This week only, we have partnered with FLOAT to offer a limited-edition anniversary shirt for Mara....

Read more

Video: Lady Says Hello!

May 7, 2021

It’s Friday! We are skipping Ele-Fact Friday this week to bring you this video of Lady popping out the bushes to wish each of you a happy Friday and a lovely weekend! Lady has been in a cute mood the past few days, continually bringing a smile to our faces. We hope…...

Read more

Bambi and Rana’s Bond

May 4, 2021

Rana and Bambi’s friendship continues to deepen, as does their bond.  The morning of this video, the two couldn’t find Mara and spent a lot of time searching and calling for her. They eventually found her. Later in the day, Scott filmed this video of Bambi and Rana spending time…...

Read more

Global Sanctuary for Elephants

  • PO Box 2426
  • Brentwood, TN 37024
  • (615) 435-9523

Stay connected with our herd

MISSION: Protecting, rescuing, and providing sanctuary for elephants worldwide.

Global Sanctuary for Elephants is a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt, public charity status (EIN 46-3564818) and all contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

© Global Sanctuary for Elephants. All Rights Reserved