Maia

Female Asian elephants Bambi (left) and Maia (right) stand behind a steel fence lifting their trunks

Maia and Bambi Notice Baby

June 23, 2026

Many of you have been asking about whether the long-term elephant residents at sanctuary have interacted with Baby since she arrived. It’s hard to say if they’ve been intending to communicate audibly with Baby these past days, but they have vocalized every night since she’s been here. We believe that…...

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Female Asian elephant Rana stands on a dirt path. Female Asian elephant Mara stands in the background

All Five Along the Fence Line

June 17, 2026

Around dinner time, Mara and Rana moved to the fence line to meet their caregivers and get their evening meal. From the opposite side of the fence, Guillermina walked right up to the area across from them and stood there facing them. After a couple of minutes, she moved even…...

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An elephant trunk is curled up with the nose upward. A blue hose fills the holes in the nose with water

Sunday Smile: Maia’s Turn for a Drink

June 14, 2026

SOUND ON for gulping noises! Drinks from the hose have been popular lately, and both Bambi and Guillermina have shown lots of enthusiasm for some cold water from the caregivers. For this week’s Sunday Smile, Maia takes her turn at filling up her nose and spraying the water into her…...

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Two female Asian elephants stand in the grass facing right. There is a mountain and blue cloudy skies in the background

Following Your Friends

June 10, 2026

Maia, Guillermina, and Bambi have spent much of their time recently in Yard 5, but one afternoon when Rana and Mara were in the yards near the barn, we gave the three elephants the chance to move into Yard 4, since it’d been a while since they roamed that space–and…...

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Female Asian elephants Guillermina and Bambi stand adjacent to a mud wallow. Behind them, another female Asian elephant Maia faces the opposite direction

Bambi’s In a Sharing Mood

June 8, 2026

On a recent morning, Bambi, Maia, and Guillermina all came to the barn at breakfast, and we opened up so they could have the chance to eat inside as a group. The girls were caked with dirt and being very silly, so we’re guessing they’d been in the mud wallow.…...

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Two female Asian elephants stand behind a fence. Bambi is on the left and Guille is on the right.

Sunday Smile: Guille Eats Her Hay in the Trees

May 31, 2026

For this week’s Sunday Smile, we’re highlighting the three elephants–Maia (left), Bambi (middle), and Guillermina (right) while they enjoy their morning hay. All of them came together as breakfast was being served and began to vocalize, though they stopped when the camera was turned on. Guillermina decided to take an…...

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