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The existing herd of Asian elephants was relocated to a new 2,200 acres (9 km 2) habitat to accommodate eight incoming elephants who needed to be quarantined in 2005. This new area includes a 22,000 sq ft (2,000 m 2 ) barn and 20,000 sq ft (2,000 m 2 ) hay barn which is able to hold up to 35,000 bales of hay.
They actively work to protect elephants in the Sanctuary and their natural habitats and educate the public about ongoing threats like poaching, habitat loss, and human-wildlife conflict.
In 1923, a Birthday Fund initiative was started by a local newspaper to start a park for underprivileged children. After slow progress, the Birthday Park was established in 1935 with help from the city of Knoxville and the New Deal. The park included a stone shelter, small playground, and a wading pool on a hillside in Chilhowee Park ...
Elephants average 3–4 hours of sleep per day. [87] Both males and family groups typically move no more than 20 km (12 mi) a day, but distances as far as 180 km (112 mi) have been recorded in the Etosha region of Namibia. [88] Elephants go on seasonal migrations in response to changes in environmental conditions. [89]
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The little elephant “touched the hearts of our members, patrons and our entire community, inspiring a profound appreciation for elephants and their conservation,” the zoo director said.
Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals which includes the living elephants (belonging to the genera Elephas and Loxodonta), as well as a number of extinct genera like Mammuthus (mammoths) and Palaeoloxodon. They are large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk and teeth modified into tusks.
Louisville Waterfront Park, once an industrial wasteland, Louisville's reclaimed waterfront now features trees and walking paths. Auburn Park (Jeffersontown) Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve; Blackacre Nature Preserve and Historic Homestead; Bowling Park (St. Matthews) Brown Park (St. Matthews) Dayton Avenue Park (St. Matthews)