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Pupy Under the Stars

June 25, 2025

Nighttime view of female African habitat. Pupy, a female African elephant, stands under the stars.

We’ve mentioned that Pupy likes to make her way deeper into the habitat at night. It makes for a peaceful scene with the owls hooting and the natural world coming alive in a new way. As usual, the caregivers drove around looking for Pupy, but once again she was nowhere in sight.

They made some noises at the barn to try and tempt her to come eat her dinner, but she still didn’t appear, so they started to drive slowly around again–and she popped up at the back of Yard 1, ready for a late night snack. They captured this snapshot of Pupy under the stars, giving you a small glimpse of what it’s like to experience an elephant walking through the habitat in the evening.

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    Tammy says
    June 25, 2025 at 2:29 pm

    What a beautiful picture of a gorgeous girl! Pupy is making the most of her time all hours of the day and night it’s her choice and she’s taking full advantage gotta love that its what Sanctuary life is all about 💞🐘🦋

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    Barbara L Smith says
    June 25, 2025 at 2:31 pm

    Pupy’s freedom to walk on soft earth under a starry night. How wonderful she must feel. Thank you.❤️

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    Sue says
    June 25, 2025 at 2:34 pm

    Just beautiful, thank you for the lovely photo. I imagine Tamy looking down on her and letting her know he is ok 🙂❤️🐘❤️😇

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    Suzanne Eaton says
    June 25, 2025 at 3:47 pm

    That makes my heart soar ! Wish I could be out there with her. Thank you for searching her out snd capturing this glorious photo of our beautiful girl. ❤️❤️❤️🐘🐘🐘

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    Doe Fowler says
    June 25, 2025 at 6:34 pm

    Magical! Little Miss Independent seems to be loving liberty. Blessings to all in the GSE community for making this reality. Let’s stick together! We need each other… freedom for all! ✌🏻❤️🐘

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    Terry says
    June 25, 2025 at 7:09 pm

    Pupy Power!!!

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    Patricia says
    June 25, 2025 at 11:26 pm

    Pupy by starlight! So romantic! 😘🐘😘

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    Sandra says
    June 26, 2025 at 12:46 am

    Looking forward to seeing Pupy and Kenya meet

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    Julie says
    June 26, 2025 at 1:25 pm

    Pupy looks like she’s in the wild. I hope she’s imagining herself on the African Savannah!

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    Johnny says
    June 26, 2025 at 1:57 pm

    For a moment I had this thought, “wouldn’t it be fantastic if the sanctuary attached a tiny little camera to her and we could see exactly what Pupy does and sees throughout the day and night.” My next thought was, “but that’s not what this sanctuary is all about.” Thank God for that.

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