african elephants

Female African elephant Pupy walks toward the camera with a fence on her left side

Pupy’s Striking Strut

July 2, 2025

As we’ve mentioned before, Pupy is a fast mover and it can be hard to safely film her at times. We try to capture glimpses of her day, but can sometimes only get short clips. That’s the case here, but we simply have to share this video because it shows…...

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Female African elephant Kenya stands in her crate facing caregiver Marcos as they work on transport crate training

How’s Kenya Doing?

July 1, 2025

It’s been a little while since we shared a check in on Kenya, so we thought we’d offer a little glimpse of how things are going at Ecoparque Mendoza. These days, Kenya is still working on her transport crate training. Like Pupy, she’s a little uncertain about having the crate’s…...

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

Pupy Under the Stars

June 25, 2025

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…...

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male Asian elephant Tamy holds a stick over his head

In Memory of Tamy

June 24, 2025

It is with the heaviest of hearts that we must announce that Tamy, the male Asian elephant that lived at Ecoparque Mendoza, passed away last night. Tamy was over 50 years old and had been dealing with some of the physical difficulties that come with age and extreme confinement. His…...

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Female African elephant Pupy uses her feet to dig up mud at the mud wallow

Pupy’s Mud Gathering Style

June 23, 2025

The sun is getting hot here in Mato Grosso and we’ve seen Pupy spending more and more time at the mud wallow. She is a little bit of an itchy girl, which makes sense because she has a good bit of dead skin all over her body. With every tree…...

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Female African elephant Pupy sucks up mud using her trunk

Sunday Smile: Pupy From Above

June 22, 2025

This week, our Sunday Smile gives us a look at the female African habitat taken from the sanctuary water tower. You can see how far the yards stretch out as you get farther away from the barn. For her part, Pupy is playing in the mud, squishing it around with…...

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