Lady

Lady and Rana Watching One Another

Lady & Rana spent most of yesterday on opposite sides of the fence, watching one another. When they do this, they move around and graze, but are always aware of where the other is and what they are doing, while almost seeming to ignore each other. (Maia doesn’t have the…...

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Rana and Lady This Morning

This morning, after Lady’s treatment, she headed into Stall 2. Meanwhile, Rana was near the barn so we opened up Stall 1 for her while we prepped the chute for her treatment.  Rana, always excited for treats, headed immediately into Stall 1. Lady (still in Stall 2) seemed a little…...

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It Sounded Like An Elephant Noise, But…

This story begins like all good stories – with the announcement, everybody is okay. ? Kat & Scott live on sanctuary grounds at an overlook. With the location of their house and the way that sound travels out of the valleys, they can hear many sounds in the habitat. This was…...

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More Baby Steps for Lady

When Lady first arrived, she wasn’t comfortable with or used to human touch. She preferred not to be touched, and, if we were touching her, she wasn’t relaxed. Captive elephants need to be comfortable with humans touching them everywhere. You never know when or where a health problem will pop…...

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Lady and Maia’s Regular Dinner Dates

Lady and Maia have regular “dinner dates.” They both seem happy eating dinner near each other frequently – through the fence, of course. They observe each other and seem to be comfortable around each other. Supporters periodically express concern that Lady could be lonely since she hasn’t made friends yet…...

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Lady’s Baby Steps That Are Really Giant Leaps

Lady is starting to understand the “big picture” of target training. Simplistically, target training is the process of teaching her to touch a specific part of her body to a target. This morning, we used the “target pole” (which looks a lot like a giant q-tip) to ask for her…...

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