Happy 4th Re-Birthday Rana!
Today marks Rana’s 4th re-birthday here at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil. Scott took a moment this morning to mark the occasion with her, as she, Mara, and Bambi were returning from…
Guille Gets Frightened By Birds
Recently we wrote about the birds that follow the girls around, eating the bugs that circle the elephants’ feet. It seems that Guillermina hasn’t yet gotten used to them being…
Maia Makes Guille’s Training Interesting
In her charming way, Maia is making training slightly more challenging by wanting to come and join in during Guille’s sessions. When Maia is there, it’s nearly impossible to get…
Sunday Smile: A Very Muddy Maia
There are things that elephants know that we, as humans, often lose track of; one of those things is the fact that sometimes it can be freeing to just get…
From Scott: Guille and the Vulnerabilities of Training
As we’ve mentioned, we’re working on training with Guillermina so that she can learn some new behaviors for foot care and refine some of her other behaviors like “lean ins,”…
