Ramba

Video: First Steps to Freedom

July 4, 2021

The story of each elephant here at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil is unique and, when we stop to look back, the work that each individual has done to heal is awe-inspiring. Elephants are remarkable in their power to overcome past challenges and understand the opportunities their new lives hold for them.…...

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New Ramba Documentary

January 19, 2021

This eleven-minute documentary on Ramba was recently released by Estilo Animal, and we wanted to share. Here is the link – https://youtu.be/rQB8to9BdpI The video is in Spanish, but there are English subtitles.  If the subtitles don’t appear automatically, you can select the “CC” in the upper corner of the video. For those…...

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Rana and Mara

Age-Related Changes in Elephants

November 6, 2020

The average lifespan of captive Asian elephants is 48 years (per Wikipedia). Maia, our youngest elephant, is 47. Our other residents are all older – Rana is 62, Lady is 49, Mara is 55, and Bambi is 58. With elephants, like all other animals, everyone ages a little differently and…...

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Asian habitat

This Morning at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil

May 27, 2020

We filmed this footage this morning with our drone, named Wall-E. We don’t use Wall-E every day, but when we do want an unobtrusive check-in with the girls, we are grateful to have it. There are a few areas (and elephants!) identified with captions in the video. We wanted to…...

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Rana

A Day Spent Grazing Near Her Old Friend

April 2, 2020

Rana spent all of yesterday grazing near Ramba’s grave in Yard 4. The office is on a hill with a bit of an overlook, and from the porch (Scott’s favorite place for morning coffee), you can see Ramba’s grave. We aren’t sure when Rana headed that way, but she was…...

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Rana

Have a Treat for Me?

March 19, 2020

The rainy season is starting to come to a close, so we are in the magical time of year when everything is still super lush and green, but the skies are bright blue. It’s unbelievably gorgeous.  Rather than seeking out shade, Rana has been spending a lot of time in…...

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