Artist: Addison Size: 4.0 X 4.5 Medium: Watercolor Colors: Grey rabbit with black eyes wearing a light blue jacket and an orange scarf. Brown sled is stacked with gift wrapped presents in various shades of red and green. Featuring: Bunny rabbit walking and pulling a sled full of presents at Christmas …
Artist: Addison Size: 6 X 4 Medium: Watercolor Colors: Traditional Brown vintage football with white stitching against a green and light tan background Featuring: Old Time Football displayed on wooden surface Title: Old-Timey Football, Original Watercolor by Addison: Original Sports Lovers Watercolor Painting About the artist: “Hello, my name is Addison Quirk. I like to place my art …
National Pumpkin Day has rolled around again and on this 26 October 2023 we discover that pumpkins the world over come in many shapes and colors. One sanctuary elephant in Chiang Mai, Thailand was snapped enjoying a green pumpkin as a tasty snack. And remembering our elephant Packy, who was born in …
It’s as If it were yesterday, watching Debbie and Ronnie, besties at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, twirling and dancing and squealing in delight (that’s trumpeting in elephant speak) as the rain came pouring down. What fun they had in their almost synchronized dance, pausing only to sling mud over their own backs! No taking shelter …
‘Whoops… ooommmmpppphhhh’ cried Amelia. ‘The machines are coming!’ warned Marvin. ‘I can’t move! ‘Don’t panic. I’ll help you.’ (Marvin) ‘Run, Amelia, run!’ ‘It’s okay, they’re slowing down, but we have to tell the herd!’ said Marvin (The elephant herd confronts Amelia) ‘You almost led them right to us.’ …
Host: “Toka, Thika and Iringa are three Toronto elephants. You made a very substantial offer to the City of Toronto. What was it?” BB: “Well, uh, Pat Derby called me and said that, uh, they had the three elephants, they thought they were going to be able to get them. Host: “Um hmmm” BB: “And they said …
It is not as uncommon as one would think, given that zoo elephants are randomly brought together from different locales (different countries of Africa, as in the case of the former elephants at the Toronto Zoo) and most importantly, different herds. Add to the mix captive born elephants who have never experienced even one day …
From the trauma of being captured from the wild (as his mama lay dying) to the years he spent suffering in the Islamabad zoo, our elephant Kaavan endured a life of both physical and emotional pain. Kaavan’s rescue & release to a sanctuary was the greatest gift humans could give to this elephant. It was …
Remember Me Name: Star Date of Birth: 18 September 2007 Place of Birth: village of Baan Tuek, Thailand Date of Death: 24 May 2010 Gender: Female Elephant’s Home: Boon Lott’s Elephant Sanctuary BLES Location: near the village of Baan Tuek in Sukhothai, North Thailand For information on this Baby Elephant’s Life & more photos …
She was so fragile they didn’t know she would even make it through the night, let alone bring another kind of joy into their lives at later date… This video is so beautifully produced and sweetly told Elephant Spoken Here will now defer to Dame Daphne Sheldrick and one of the selfless DSWT keepers / …
A horrific discovery in West Borneo Indonesia was recently made when two orangutan were rescued from a fire in what was their habitat, their only home. Not only were the apes, named Bara & Arang by their rescuers, International Animal Rescue traumatized by the fire but one simian had actually been shot, “a bullet still … Continue reading »
Orphaned elephants from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust , Ithumba Unit, are featured in this BBC video narrated by cameraman Gordon Buchanan as he films a short video from his “Elephant Family and Me” series. (“Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan travels to the spectacular Tsavo wilderness in Kenya to try to get closer than ever before … Continue reading »
Feisty Little Elephant Just like her mama (Galana) before her, Gawa the elephant’s “feisty spirit” drives her ambition as she contemplates her most intimidating stance in preparation for her mock charge. When you’re still a little squirt any talents one has should be used to one’s advantage. Don’t you think? See Gawa with “her enchanting … Continue reading »
A compromise was reached at the latest CITES meeting in Geneva regarding the issue of protecting African elephants , saving elephants from being captured in the wild and sold to zoos and other venues whose purpose is to hold them captive for display or human entertainment. As the governing body on “global wildlife trade,” the Convention … Continue reading »
For those of us who love elephants, and are always researching or writing about them, we have never failed to understand their intelligence or doubted their human-like qualities. So when we discovered this gem of a video, portraying the science behind an elephant’s “encephalization quotient,” explaining their memory & intelligence in such a fun way … Continue reading »
Dear Elephants: We may not have the reach or the following that other elephant websites & elephant blogs have nonetheless Elephant Spoken Here remains passionate about saving you, our elephants. We are trying and hope to be making a difference and serving as a voice for elephant conservation. Four years ago Elephant Spoken Here was … Continue reading »
As this World Elephant Day comes around again those of us who are concerned about the fate of our elephants can often become overwhelmed with the many things that still need to happen to bring our elephant populations back from the brink of extinction. Thankfully we have great elephant organizations, of which World Elephant Day … Continue reading »
With less than two days to go until World Elephant Day on 12 August 2019 Elephant Spoken Here anticipates a number of “Elevents” taking place worldwide. But Canada, as far as our elephants are concerned, continues to lag behind. Canada has yet to join the world in banning the “domestic trade of elephant … Continue reading »
One day at the market we had an opportunity to take home honeydew melon at bargain prices. Having experience choosing the sweetest watermelon using the “bee sting” method we decided to apply that logic to picking the best honeydew melon as well. So we set out selecting the melons, not by size, but by how … Continue reading »
In the past six years close to seventy Indian elephants have suffered and died after wandering onto railway tracks in areas where these pachyderms once roamed free and undisturbed from the modern encroachments of mankind. Now recognized as “elephant corridors” vulnerable elephants still instinctively follow these paths they have traveled for decades, centuries even, but … Continue reading »