Ingo

Ingo’s First Thoughts On Sanctuary

Now that he has arrived in Brazil and is settling into life at the sanctuary, we wanted to share with you Ingo’s initial thoughts about Elephant Sanctuary Brazil. It’s always interesting and helpful to hear how other caregivers react to being on site and working with the elephants. With that…...

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Giving Tuesday – A Message From Ingo

Ingo Schmidinger is our Director of International Relations and you may know him from his ongoing work with Pocha and Guillermina. Here, he sends a message to all of you on #GivingTuesday. Let’s offer the female African elephants #RoomToRoam! CLICK TO GIVE NOW...

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Ingo Prepares Guillermina For Travel Sounds

This video shows Ingo gently working with Guillermina, getting her used to hearing unexpected noises while also staying relaxed in the crate. In order to prepare an elephant for transport, we  do our best to simulate sounds, banging, and other unfamiliar sensations they might experience as their crates are closed,…...

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Video From Ingo: Pocha Models Crate Behavior For Guillermina

In this video from Mendoza, Ingo talks about the philosophy behind the container training process and how Pocha shows Guillermina how it’s done. The video is in Spanish, but has English subtitles. Just click the little [CC] button at the bottom of the video....

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