Mara

Maia and the Three At the Pond

On a recent day, Maia, Bambi, Mara, and Rana were all in Yard 5. Maia was sleeping by the pond – a favorite activity of hers – and the other three girls came by, which woke her up. She walked away from them, but didn’t go far.  About an hour…...

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Mischief at the New Waterer

The team here just installed the first new test waterer for the elephants in Yard 4. They are sturdy and stainless steel, with float valves that tell the apparatus when to automatically refill the container. It will be handy to have two different water sources – one where the girls…...

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Maia’s Emotional Path

It is both promising and fascinating to see Maia approaching Bambi, Mara, and Rana lately and how she has chosen to go about the possibility of building relationships. The dynamics between each individual elephant here at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil are complex and those intertwined relationships impact how the herd functions…...

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Sunset at the Sanctuary

“When you look away from the sun, everything else is illuminated.”       – Derek DelGaudio, In and Of Itself We just wanted to share a pure, honest moment of life at sanctuary. Here, Mara and Bambi had come to the barn for dinner and a check-up and were…...

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A Very Welcome Rainstorm

We are currently ending the hottest part of the year in Brazil. Temperatures are topping out and  humidity is increasing. We have now had a couple of nice, beautiful rainstorms, which is a sign of things to come. Those storms cooled things off fairly quickly which, in Brazil, can mean…...

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Mara and Bambi Walk Back From Dinner

 Sometimes after dinner at the barn, Mara, Bambi, and Rana will lazily stay around or search for leftover scraps; depending on their mood, they might also head back into the habitat right away because they know there are nice piles of food scattered around for them to find. ...

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