rehab and release program

Sunday Smile: Paulo Guacamole’s Release

You may remember the story of Paulo Guacamole, the wild Orange-winged Amazon Parrot who was surrendered by someone who was keeping him as a pet for a more appropriate life in the forest. Because the bird had been inside for a long time, he understandably had trouble flying when he…...

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The Return of Michelangelo

At Elephant Sanctuary Brazil, we’ve worked with multiple tortoises as part of our rehabilitation and release program. This Sunday, we’re smiling about a visit from one of them, the charming Michelangelo. We tend to see our “graduate” tortoises a couple of times a year–or maybe not at all. (You might…...

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Sassy’s Return and Ongoing Care

For a couple days in a row, the sanctuary staff saw a tapir on the property who was limping, but she ran every time someone tried to get close enough to take a video. There are estimated to be at least 20 wild tapirs who live on the property and…...

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Celebrating Healing this World Animal Day

It’s World Animal Day and, while our primary focus is on elephants, today we want to highlight the work our incredible team does with assisting native animals. We have a thriving rehabilitation and release program that works with wildlife who live in the region and are in need of medical…...

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Releasing Mom and Aninha

As part of our animal rehabilitation and release program, we’ve been working with several tamanduas (or giant anteaters) that came to us a few months ago. We previously released Antony and Junior, leaving us with Mom and Aninha....

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Biscoito’s Journey

We recently welcomed a young tapir (or anta, as they’re called in Brazil) to the sanctuary wildlife rehabilitation and release program. The local community authorities brought the little guy, who has been named Biscoito by the staff, but we’re not sure of his back story. When he arrived, he preferred…...

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