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This week’s Sunday Smile catches Maia (front) and Bambi (back) standing in small, individual beams of light, shining from a cloudy sky. They stopped to graze a little and then walked out farther into the habitat, soon ending up by the pond. This tiny moment was captured right before the…...
Relaxing by the Pool With the Three Girls
Sometimes during rainy season, the ponds literally overflow from all of the precipitation the sanctuary gets. We dug them specifically for the elephants, to ensure they are resting on a natural surface as opposed to concrete–plus, they are plumbed, so there’s water in them all year long; still, the ponds…...
Sunday Smile: Three Faces in the Barn
On mornings or afternoons when we’re doing treatment on the group of three elephant friends–Bambi, Guillermina, and Maia–they might take up residence out by the training walls, in the yards near the barn, but are also known to share barn space together. For this Sunday Smile, we caught a picture…...
Caregiver Notes: Michele on Maia
Recently, we shared some thoughts from a new caregiver, João, who talked about his first days at sanctuary and how he was beginning to understand the Elephant Sanctuary Brazil processes. We’ll be continuing to talk to the caregivers, having them describe the individual elephants in their care and their relationships…...
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