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Tag: elephant sanctuary

  • Friendship

    The Elephant Sanctuary, Tennessee

  • E is for Elephant

    Elephant    noun Oxford Dictionary definition:  Largest living land animal with trunk and ivory tusks. Our definition:  Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea.  Two species are traditionally recognised: the African elephant and the Asian elephant.  Male African elephants are the largest surviving terrestrial [land] animals and can reach a height of…

  • Storytime

    When you’re sitting quietly, we’ll begin 🙂 Inspired to help some elephants? Why not pop over to The Elephant Sanctuary and see how you can help out?

  • Bella and Tarra

    In the secrecy of the wooded back hills of rural Tennessee an unusual relationship had developed. Some speculated but no one really knew what attracted the two opposites or the length of time their enchanting relationship had gone undetected. What we do know is that on the surface it appeared that these two had little…

  • Shirley

    Shirley was captured in the wild in 1953 when she was 5 years old.  She performed for twenty-four years with the Carson and Barnes Circus, then lived at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo for another twenty-two years. Her back right leg was broken thirty years ago when she was attacked by a fellow circus elephant.…

  • Sissy

    Sissy was captured and separated from her mother and family in Thailand in 1969 when she was one year old, and then shipped to America where she became the favourite attraction at Six Flags over Texas Amusement Park petting zoo. Sissy lived alone in a zoo for many years with no friends. She had to…