At the Djuma Private Game Reserve in South Africa’s Kruger National Park a precious gift arrived on 12 October 2016 in the form of a tiny newborn elephant calf. Although the actual birth was not caught on camera safari guides Brent and Jamie were able to witness the miracle just hours after it happened. Watch … Continue reading »
In America, cartoonist Charles M. Schulz first made pumpkins notable by introducing children to “The Great Pumpkin“. It was Linus Van Pelt, who in all of his wisdom, never failed to believe that this “holiday figure” would appear, as he just knew. And Linus would dutifully sit in the pumpkin patch, anxiously awaiting “the Great … Continue reading »
It was only a year ago when a photograph was circulating around the world wide web; that of an elephant standing in the wild sporting bright pink tusks. This stirred the senses, of course, and required a double take. It also begged the question; was this really happening as an elephant conservation effort? Was this … Continue reading »
Mohan is now experiencing a freedom unlike he has ever known before. He surrounded by the love and kindness from the humans who rescued him, “Mohan’s FREEDOM Team,” at the Elephant Care & Conservation Center . And he knows that, in time, when he has started to heal (he is physically quite fragile & of … Continue reading »
A PROPER GREETING The welcoming committee could not have been more enthusiastic, or intuitive, when “one of the girls” had taken it upon her elephant self to wave a banner, one of the many that had been placed along a fence, upon which the word ‘freedom’ was so prominently displayed. And while it is unknown exactly … Continue reading »
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 … Continue reading »
What Would We Do Without Elephants? As we honor our pachyderms on this day, National Elephant Appreciation Day, we must remain steadfast in our efforts to save elephants from extinction. We must remain steadfast in our efforts to put an end to the abuse inflicted on our elephants held in captivity. … Continue reading »
Let the march begin! Help save our elephants from extinction by joining a GMFER (Global March For Elephants And Rhinos) in a city near you this week. This year’s GMFER was planned to coincide with the CITES CoP17 2016 World Wildlife Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. “Around 100 elephants and 3 rhinos are killed … Continue reading »
Sarah, The Duchess of York recently attended a “fully booked” “glitzy charity ball” for the sole purpose of helping to save endangered Asian elephants. The Elephant Ball 2016 was held in Gothenburg, Sweden and it is there that Sarah Ferguson also made an appearance on the TV talk show Skavlan earlier that same afternoon. “The Elephant Ball is a charity … Continue reading »
For those of us who have been a part of the Elephant Family family, and receiving their “e-news” letters, one can only reveal that a recent email shocked us to the core. Asian elephants in the country of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) are now not only the target of poachers for their ivory. Asian … Continue reading »