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Mendoza4 Zoo Elephants Update

For some of you, this story and these elephants will be new; for others, you already know and love them, so forgive the repeats. These four lovely elephants are affectionately known as the Mendoza4. They live at the Mendoza Zoo in Argentina, but the zoo agreed to send them to…...

Mendoza Update

MENDOZA UPDATE: CARE FROM START TO FINISH It has been a little while without a Mendoza update, but as everything with sanctuary, that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything going on behind the scenes. One of the things we knew would have to happen before we could relocate any of…...

The Reality of What It Takes To Build a Sanctuary

People often ask how come things take so long. They want to know why elephants aren’t rescued already. It’s a valid question, which we understand- when elephants are waiting it always seems to take too long. But one of the biggest things people don’t seem to realize is that we…...

Mendoza4 Update: The Process of Giving Them Their Second Chance

This is Tamy, he is one of the four elephants that the Mendoza Zoo has agreed to send to Elephant Sanctuary Brazil. As you may have already picked up on from past posts, I am absolutely in love with this tired boy. Although he is labeled a ‘killer’ and is…...