Artist: Addison Size: 9 X 6 inches Medium: Watercolor Colors: pale blue elephant riding in red wagon; yellow haired girl with green shoes wearing green polka dot dress Featuring: little girl pulling baby elephant in wagon on the way to her … Continue reading »
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Happy 6th Birthday Elephant Spoken Here, 12 August 2021
Dear Elephants: Elephant Spoken Here was born on 12 August 2015 so that makes us 6 years old. That is about 6.86 elephant years^ so that puts ESH in our adolescence+, as you are very much like us (humans) in your lifespan.* Like us (humans) you are considered an adult at age 18. … Continue reading »
On This World Elephant Day 12 August 2021 Let US Not Forget #FreeLucy, #FreeMundi, & #FreeBilly, All Trapped in Zoos
Elephant Spoken Here wishes World Elephant Day a Happy 10th Anniversary. This is a day (August 12th *) to highlight elephant conservation, and to recognize those who devote time and energy as elephant advocates, elephant activists and elephant experts who give voice to animals who are unable to speak for themselves. And to never forget … Continue reading »
Countdown to World Elephant Day 2021 With Lucy-Centric Elevents For Our Lucy the Elephant in Canada
This year Elephant Spoken Here is devoting our efforts, during World Elephant Day & Elephant Spoken Here’s sixth birthday, both on August 12th, to help free Lucy the elephant from the Edmonton Valley Zoo in Canada. Therefore, all elevents will be Lucy-centric. 1) Aug 15th 2021 event : The World Is Watching – World Elephant … Continue reading »
Crocodiles Ain’t Pretty: A Book Review on The Last Crocodile Hunter, A Father and Son Legacy by Bob Irwin
It’s not every day that you discover a man so devoted to the conservation of wildlife, namely crocodiles, to whom so few accolades have been given. It was his son Steve Irwin who shone and took to the spotlight giving his dad a place just out of reach of the cameras, a place Bob was … Continue reading »
“Teamwork,” Surrealism by Addison: Original Watercolor Elephant Painting
Artist: Addison Size: 9 x 12 inches Medium: Watercolor Colors: seal colored seal, blue elephant , red ball, orange shirt, yellow kite, cloud streaked pale blue skies, green grass, variegated tree Featuring: seal balancing an elephant atop a ball as the elephant stretches her trunk up to hold boy up to the tree to retrieve his kite! … Continue reading »
If Not For a Baby Elephant: How a Wildlife Charity, The Born Free Foundation, Was Born
‘An elephant never forgets… and it never forgets it was born free.’ Virginia McKenna As she approached her 90th year British actress turned wildlife conservationist Virginia McKenna (born 7 June 1931) shared the story of how a sweet little elephant named Pole Pole forever changed her life and inspired a couple (she and her husband … Continue reading »
Boon Lott’s Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand; Beginnings: A Baby Elephant, the World’s First Elephant Wheelchair & A Visionary Determined to Uphold a Legacy
Behind every strong visionary is an inspiration. In this story the inspiration for elephant lover Katherine Connor to provide sanctuary for captive & abused elephants in Thailand (BLES) was a baby elephant who demonstrated such courage, as he struggled to overcome an injury, that he could only have been named Boon Lott… Katherine … Continue reading »
The Cliff Diver, Surrealism by Addison: Original Watercolor Elephant Painting
Artist: Addison Size: 6 x 9 inches Medium: Watercolor Colors: green elephant, red bathing suit on diver & blue water Featuring: elephant, head above water with girl ready to dive from elephant’s mouth Title: “The Cliff Diver,“ Surrealism by Addison: Original Watercolor Elephant Painting Featured at: ArtPal/Addison Continue reading »
What is a “Head Waggle”? Elephant Researcher Captures That Behavior on Film as Well as Other Elephant Behavior at Play!
As we look into the world of elephant behavior it is fascinating to observe these highly intelligent creatures, the way they communicate with each other and with humans, too! Dr. Joyce Poole of Elephant Voices takes us up-close with three different scenarios of elephants at play. In one instance Joyce explains that by doing a … Continue reading »