A Look Back at DSWT’s Wass, Pea and Pod: Wildlife Rescues Don’t Always Have a Happy Ending
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A Look Back at DSWT’s Wass, Pea and Pod: Wildlife Rescues Don’t Always Have a Happy Ending

With each and every wildlife rescue hopes are high for a happy ending for the animals in terms of their successful release back into the wild.  Such was the case when a little elephant, soon to be named Wass*, was loaded aboard a small plane with two tiny ostrich chicks who became Pea and Pod, … Continue reading »

JABULANI: Elephant of the Week at HERD Elephant Orphanage South Africa: Bull Elephant
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JABULANI: Elephant of the Week at HERD Elephant Orphanage South Africa: Bull Elephant

Name: Jabulani Meaning of Name: ‘Happiness or Rejoice in Zulu language’ (1) Born: 1997 Gender: Male (Bull Elephant)   Age When Rescued: four months old (1) Elephant’s Home:  HERD (Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development, South Africa) Location: ‘in the Kapama Private Game Reserve in South Africa’ (5)     For more information on this Sweet … Continue reading »

Video Moment, A Look Back: Singing, and Dancing, in the Rain; Two Bestie Sanctuary Elephants Twirl & Squeal in Delight in Afternoon Thunderstorm!
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Video Moment, A Look Back: Singing, and Dancing, in the Rain; Two Bestie Sanctuary Elephants Twirl & Squeal in Delight in Afternoon Thunderstorm!

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 … Continue reading »

Team Elephant Spoken Here So Enjoyed Their Experience With the #RetetiRun & the Certificates of Participation Are a Cool Reminder of That Special Day, in the USA!
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Team Elephant Spoken Here So Enjoyed Their Experience With the #RetetiRun & the Certificates of Participation Are a Cool Reminder of That Special Day, in the USA!

Reteti Elephant Sanctuary Rocks! Just loved their laid-back approach to their #RetetiRun inaugural event. Sign-up was easy and communication with Reteti Elephant Sanctuary was effortless as well. Received the #RetetiRun race bibs and certificates of participation pronto, via email as promised.  Old and young alike were invited to take part in the walk/run and did! … Continue reading »

Walking For Elephants!: Team Elephant Spoken Here Completes Their #RetetiRun
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Walking For Elephants!: Team Elephant Spoken Here Completes Their #RetetiRun

There is still time to take part in the #RetetiRun and to show your support for our elephants. The #RetetiRun runs through Sunday 11 June 2023. Assemble your herd (team!) and join in the fun. You will feel so good inside.  You don’t have to go far. It’s your spirit that counts. Team Elephant Spoken … Continue reading »

Show Your Support for Our Elephants!: Reteti Elephant Sanctuary Launches #RetetiRun & You Can Walk or Run Anywhere June 5- 11 2023
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Show Your Support for Our Elephants!: Reteti Elephant Sanctuary Launches #RetetiRun & You Can Walk or Run Anywhere June 5- 11 2023

Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in Kenya, Africa is launching a “global, virtual walk and run” event to mirror the cherished walks that Reteti keepers take “through the bush as a herd” with their orphaned elephants each day. Share your “love for our planet,” and for our Earth’s Elephants, by taking part with your own ‘herd’ this … Continue reading »

Packy Will Never Be Forgotten: Elephant Born in Oregon Zoo 14 April 1962 Never Got to Live as an Elephant
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Packy Will Never Be Forgotten: Elephant Born in Oregon Zoo 14 April 1962 Never Got to Live as an Elephant

Dear Packy: Today would have been your 61st birthday (14 April 1962).  As with all elephants born in captivity you never knew the life that you so deserved to have.        You could have experienced the freedom of roaming the massive grounds of a sanctuary at any point in your captive life (the … Continue reading »

Journey With Ginger the Elephant Through a Day in Her Life at Wildlife SOS
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Journey With Ginger the Elephant Through a Day in Her Life at Wildlife SOS

Ginger the elephant has come far from her days as a begging elephant on the streets of India before her 2021 rescue by Wildlife SOS. Despite her blindness and other frailties that come with years of abuse, Ginger is finding her way and embracing her new life as an elephant, as should be. Journey with … Continue reading »

Video Moment: Sleeping ‘Like Babies’ Through the Night Wildlife SOS’ Rescued Elephants Prove That Their Snoring Means Contentment, at Last
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Video Moment: Sleeping ‘Like Babies’ Through the Night Wildlife SOS’ Rescued Elephants Prove That Their Snoring Means Contentment, at Last

They say that #SanctuaryHeals and by the snores of these peaceful elephants at slumber one can surely attest to that. Especially coming from former performing (i.e. traumatized) elephants rescued from the streets of India. Now that they are safe and secure in their elephant sanctuary home at Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care Center, India, … Continue reading »

HERD Elephant Orphanage Manager Delivers Impassioned Message to #StopSnaring as the Devastating Effects Not Only Impact Our African Elephants But the Ecosystem as Well
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HERD Elephant Orphanage Manager Delivers Impassioned Message to #StopSnaring as the Devastating Effects Not Only Impact Our African Elephants But the Ecosystem as Well

To witness an injured or dying baby elephant at the hands of poachers can turn ones life around. Their work at HERD, Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development Elephant Orphanage, is meant to save the lives of elephants not watch them slowly fade away. But sometimes the little elephants are too badly hurt and they are … Continue reading »