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globalelephants.org
US based 501c3 that exists to help create sanctuaries for captive elephants. Our pilot project is Elephant Sanctuary Brazil. 2,800 acres of beautiful land to provide elephants with the space and freedom needed to recover from a lifetime of captivity.
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Happy EleFact Friday. We’ve previously looked at the tushes that the female Asian elephants have, and today we’re going to dive a little further into the anatomy of the tusks of African elephants. Tusks are anatomically composed similarly to teeth; they’re essentially just

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Look at her go! Last week, we showed a video of Pupy enjoying the mud wallow for the first time. It was a special moment, since so many of us were looking forward to watching when she finally stepped into the soft and squishy mud. Since then, she has spent more time there, but never

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Ecologist Dr. Farina Othman, who has dedicated herself to saving the last 1,000 Bornean #elephants left in the wild, was awarded the 2025 Whitley Award, which celebrates grassroots conservation leaders. #Heros Read more about her work here: www.cnn.com/world/asia/w...

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As the days go by, Pupy is becoming more at home at sanctuary. We’ve watched her step further and further into the mud wallow, but she hasn’t fully gone in yet. She is playing there more and roughing up some of the clay at the bottom. This morning, Kat discovered a little trail where it looks as

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"And it’s not just circuses. Even the best-intentioned zoos can’t provide the vast acreage these wide-ranging animals need." Read "How the United States Is Failing Elephants—and What You Can Do", here www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/29/h... by @delcianna.bsky.social #elephants #animalwelfare

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Scott did a live update with Pupy this afternoon. Watch here: youtu.be/VV6XZXgtBiM Thank you to everyone who has welcomed Pupy into sanctuary life by sending her the fresh food that nourishes her and brings her joy! 🍉🍏🍍 If you'd like to send Pupy some love, you can...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

The other elephants haven’t shown much of a reaction to Pupy from what we humans can see, but we feel it’s incredibly likely that they’ve been “talking.” Here's a peek at what the girls have been up to while Pupy was getting settled in: globalelephants.org/a-meeting-at... Mara + Rana 👇

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Have you seen the end of an African elephant's trunk? 😮 Adding Pupy to the mix of our daily routines has brought an interesting new energy to the sanctuary, one that will continue to evolve as Pupy gets more comfortable. She’s relaxing into sanctuary and we love seeing her “firsts,”

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Do you get the “Sunday Scaries”? We’re here to help with another Sunday Smile. Like all of the other elephants, Pupy loves watermelon. It’s a near-universal thing among elephants; we’ve almost never met one that didn’t love it. When she was working up the confidence to

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Pupy is showing off her adventurous side as she stands with Scott at the back of yard 3. In this particular place, a gate has been created that will one day open to allow her into yard 4. Our supporters have helped us raise enough funds to finish building yards 4 and 5 and

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

We’ve talked in the past about how elephants seem to know what is and is not okay for them to eat. While we’d never grow things in the habitat that could potentially be harmful for them, they have an innate sense of what is good for them and might provide nutrients. There are

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

It's been one week since Pupy took her first steps at the sanctuary. What's been your favorite moment of her journey so far?

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Pupy’s explorations of her habitat are currently never ending, since she keeps finding new things to see, play with, and eat. She’s very curious about her new space, which is encouraging her brain to work in ways that it has not in a very long time. When in a sterile captive environment,

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Many of you have been asking if Pupy had been cooling off in the mud wallow and, until now, she hadn’t ventured in. She had walked near it but hadn’t actually put her feet in or splashed herself. You can see that that has now changed. Around dinner time, we went to look for her to show

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments