Elephant Diary

The elephants all have favorite places to dust. Dusting usually starts in their first moments at sanctuary, when they find the tower of dirt prepared for them in the barn.…

There are ways that you can tell an elephant is truly relaxing into sanctuary, and when you witness one beginning to “redecorate,” you know they are starting to come out…

There are times when Sandro gets fairly high energy, which we notice when he’s out wandering and playing in the mud. As he heads back near the barn for breakfast,…

Baby has reached another milestone in her journey to build relationships at sanctuary: she’s spent the night in the same yard as Mara and Rana. After Sandro’s night feed, Scott…

Sandro has a new hobby of making mud from the dirt around the water troughs. He likes splashing in the wallow and the pond, but he seems to find simple…