Pocha and Guillermina, Elephant Rescue 101: Discover Which Elephant, Mother or Daughter, First Demonstrated Her Willingness to Explore Transport Container, During Crate Training, After She Was Spotted ‘Bum First’ Inside!
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Pocha and Guillermina, Elephant Rescue 101: Discover Which Elephant, Mother or Daughter, First Demonstrated Her Willingness to Explore Transport Container, During Crate Training, After She Was Spotted ‘Bum First’ Inside!

When in the process of an elephant rescue, crate training, or getting an elephant used to the transport container that will be their over-the-road home (for several days if traveling overland by truck), is necessary to acclimate the animal to the restricted space and unknown environment it will be placed into.     Crate training … Continue reading »

Pocha and Guillermina, Elephant Rescue 101: Watch as Mother & Daughter Zoo Elephants Demonstrate Their Intelligence When Crate Training for Their Transport to Elephant Sanctuary Brazil
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Pocha and Guillermina, Elephant Rescue 101: Watch as Mother & Daughter Zoo Elephants Demonstrate Their Intelligence When Crate Training for Their Transport to Elephant Sanctuary Brazil

When treated with kindness captive elephants have shown time and time again how willing they are to cooperate when humans have a task at hand to complete (for the benefit of the elephant, of course, such as for medical treatment or, in this case, getting the pachyderms used to a container that will be used to … Continue reading »

Animated  Elephant Video : “The Story of the Indian Elephant” : What Does the Future Hold For These Intelligent Creatures? It Is Up To Us
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Animated Elephant Video : “The Story of the Indian Elephant” : What Does the Future Hold For These Intelligent Creatures? It Is Up To Us

  This thoughtful “poetic story” animation takes us into the lives of our elephants in India and the dangers they face as they struggle to survive. Humans hold the key to a happy ending. There is a way to co-exist, for both man and beast. It is still not too late.   “Once upon a … Continue reading »

Video Moment : Baby Elephant Meets Elephant Clans  The Long Walk Home  BBC Earth  Part 6
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Video Moment : Baby Elephant Meets Elephant Clans The Long Walk Home BBC Earth Part 6

“A mother and her child walk ancestral elephant highways to meet five thousand elephants at an extraordinary meeting of elephant families.” Across the great Kalahari Desert these elephants roam as they have for generations in search of water holes and abundant grasses, trees and shrubs so that they may eat. The following is transcribed from … Continue reading »

“Why elephants never forget” :  Learn About Elephant Intelligence & Memory from a Fun Animated Video
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“Why elephants never forget” : Learn About Elephant Intelligence & Memory from a Fun Animated Video

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 »

GMFER: What We Need To Realize About Elephants  Part 2
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GMFER: What We Need To Realize About Elephants Part 2

  An Elephant’s Understanding of the Concept of Death “You’ve all heard about elephant graveyards? Of course that is a myth. But what is not a myth is the amount of attention that elephants pay to their own species.”     In the aftermath of the poaching crisis of the 1970’s Dr. Wasser arrived in … Continue reading »

GMFER: What We Need to Realize About Elephants     Part 1
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GMFER: What We Need to Realize About Elephants Part 1

“We are losing 50K elephants per year.” We have “only 470k elephants left on this planet.” “Habitat loss was traditionally the cause of dwindling wildlife populations, now poaching has overtaken this.” Illegal wildlife trafficking has become the 4th largest activity of the transnational organized crime networks, valued at $20 billion per year.   Are Elephants … Continue reading »