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Lady and the Importance of Listening to Elephants

January 13, 2022

Lady has become much more comfortable with her caregivers, and they’ve become more attuned to what she needs when receiving treatment. Still, we know that there are times when an elephant prefers one caregiver over another. For this reason, Kat has stepped back a bit to allow Lady to adjust…...

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Lady’s Feet – Back to Normal After a Little Soreness

August 7, 2021

Lady has been making some trips back and forth from the yards near the barn, back to her favorite spots in the deeper parts of Yard 5. For a brief time when she was closer to the barn, we saw her doing things like putting rocks underneath her feet, which…...

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Mara Says: That Chute Is Mine!

April 27, 2021

One recent morning, Rana, Mara, and Bambi were all near the barn. Rana has an uneven gait due to her fused elbow, so her feet tend to wear unevenly. This uneven wearing, as well as some nail issues she arrived with, means she generally needs a moderate amount of footwork…...

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Being Maia is (Never) Boring

February 21, 2021

We haven’t shared much about Maia lately, and that’s because she’s been wonderfully, blissfully boring. She continues to spend her time in Yard 5, alternating between grazing in the back pastures and being a pond blob....

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Lady’s Rainy Season Feet

February 1, 2021

As the weather shifts each year from the dry season to the rainy season and then back to the dry season, our footwork on the elephants also shifts....

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Lady Showing What She Is Capable Of

July 4, 2020

As we have mentioned, Lady’s comfort level is cyclical – and some days are better than others. We work on her feet most days, with a foot soak and topicals in the morning, and scrubs and topicals in the afternoons. The other day, while doing her afternoon treatment at the…...

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