The Elephant Whisperer is Wondrous Beyond Words This is more than just a book it is a spiritual journey that holds your attention until the very end. It is a primer on life taught by the elephants really, as Lawrence Anthony always said it was the elephants who spoke to him, he just listened. (Prologue) …
Artist: Addison Size: 2.5 X 3.5 ACEO Medium: Watercolor Colors: Orange Featuring: BABY ELEPHANT Title: ACEO Original Watercolor Painting, Orange Baby Elephant in Water, by Addison
Elephant Spoken Here became the 2657th supporter, as an Elephant Friend, to sign The Elephant Charter today. (There are also “signatories” for Elephant Biologists and Elephant Professionals which track their own number of supporters separately.) As a reader of our elephant blog we would like to encourage you to show your support and love for elephants …
Dear Elephants: On World Wildlife Day this 3 March 2017 Elephant Spoken Here created our Facebook page. We’d like to think that this makes up for the fact that, once again, Elephant Spoken Here forgot World Wildlife Day. Oh my! We knew there had to be a reason that Elephant Spoken Here was clamoring this …
Some would say that it is the orphaned elephants, at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s Ithumba Rehabilitation Unit, who are the lucky ones to have been chosen by a man who is dedicating his entire life to protecting and raising them. But really it is a mutual admiration society when one thinks about it. For …
The population of Attapulgus, GA now stands at 449, give or take. But with the coming year that number is set to change. It will soon read 450 (counting Carol Buckley, founder of Elephant Aid International) and in good measure, a handful of elephants. Yes, elephants! After a two year search the quintessential piece of property …
Boots, sneakers, sandals, slides; all kinds of shoes ( & humans wearing them 🙂 ) turned out for the Global March For Elephants & Rhinos in Las Vegas this year. Some may even say that elephant shoes played a part in the trek down Las Vegas Boulevard. For those in the know, a silent …
Name: AMBO Date of Birth: January 2016 Age on Arrival: 4 months Gender: Male Reason For Being Orphaned: Stuck in Mud Where: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nursery Nairobi Kenya Africa Too Cute For Photos, see AMBO’s Orphan Profile & video at: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust It may have been just another rescue …
This film will break your heart and that’s the very reason you should watch it and share it and talk about it and hopefully do something, anything, to help our elephants. I didn’t remember that Lily Tomlin loved elephants. Now I can’t help but love her too. She narrates this documentary “An Apology to Elephants.” …
The Elephants The following are just a few of the 57 Elephants at the Guruvayur Temple in Kerala, southern India that need our help: Nandan is age 43, a male “tusker” who for 20 years has been shackled in a way as to restrict his ability to lie down or even reach water in a …
Enthusiastic baby elephants greeted First Lady Melania Trump on 5 October 2018 at their home in Nairobi, Kenya where the orphaned elephants are cared for by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. One baby elephant even had the honor to be bottle-fed her elephant formula by the First Lady as Executive Director Angela Sheldrick looked … Continue reading »
It had been less than 24 hours after her arrival into this world that little Lulu was escorted by her mama, lit by the soft “glow of a waning moon,” onto Lualeni‘s old stomping grounds at the DSWT “Ithumba stockade”. As other former orphaned elephants raised by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust had done before her, … Continue reading »
There will not be a Global March For Elephants & Rhinos in autumn of 2018, the time of year it is traditionally held. According to their Facebook page GMFER will be postponed “to immediately precede CITES CoP18”. “Why? We need strategic ACTION!” approximate date Saturday 13 April 2019 #GMFER2018 #Justice4Earth #Justice4All Please … Continue reading »
At Elephant Spoken Here we love elephants. Show how much you love elephants this National Elephant Appreciation Day 22 September 2018 by doing one of the following: Share your love of elephants with a friend & share this elephant website / elephant blog with your friends as well, ElephantSpokenHere.com Support elephant … Continue reading »
Name: Wassana Meaning of Name: Wassana means Fortune in Thai Gender: Female Age: not given; most likely an adult elephant Formerly: Trekking elephant & part time logging elephant Hardships Endured: Abuse by bullhook from her previous owner; injury from stepping on a land mine A perceptive pachyderm: Wassana knew that she could communicate to Katherine Connor … Continue reading »
An African baby elephant has recently been sighted with his elephant herd in Kruger National Park and it wasn’t a heartwarming moment. Sadly, the little elephant was missing his iconic trunk. Whether the maiming was caused by the attack of a predator, such as a crocodile or a lion, or by a poacher’s snare is unknown. … Continue reading »
Name: Pang Suai Meaning of Name: ‘suai’ in Thai means ‘beautiful’ Gender: Female Age: Now in her 40s (” …in her 30s” when she arrived at BLES in 2009.) Personality: “large and strong” Formerly: Logging elephant Hardships Endured: leg broken completely in two & most likely never medically attended to Where Now: Boon Lott’s Elephant … Continue reading »
Name: Pang Fai Meaning of Name: ‘fai’ in Thai is ‘light’ Gender: Female Age: “elderly, …in her 50s” Personality: “sweet, gentle and curious” Formerly: Logging elephant Former home: Baan Na Ton Chan close by to BLES Where Now: Boon Lott’s Elephant Sanctuary Location: near the village of Baan Tuek in Sukhothai, North Thailand Pang … Continue reading »
Elephants are special in every way. Share your love of elephants and help save the species on this World Elephant Day. Elephant Spoken Here celebrates our Third Anniversary on 12 August 2018. For there cannot be a world without elephants. Watch a sweet newborn elephant on video “Elephant Baby – First … Continue reading »
For this seventh annual World Elephant Day there is still time to join in on the ‘Elevents’ taking place in cities and towns and villages around the world to help save our African & Asian Elephants. And two special events are being hosted for Lucy the zoo elephant who has not been forgotten by elephant … Continue reading »