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The Birth of The Elephant Sanctuary. The Elephant Sanctuary’s story officially began in 1995 with a single elephant named Tarra. An Asian elephant who spent much of her life performing in a ...
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee in Hohenwald, Tennessee, is a non-profit organization licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), and a member of both the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS).
PAWS maintains three sanctuaries for captive wildlife—a 30 acre sanctuary in Galt, California, the 100-acre (0.40 km 2) Amanda Blake Wildlife Refuge in Herald, California and a third, Ark 2000, which comprises 2,300 acres (9.3 km 2) in San Andreas, California. The Galt sanctuary was the first in the United States equipped to care for elephants.
Carol Buckley (born May 18, 1954) is an American elephant caregiver, specializing in the trauma recovery and on-going physical care of captive elephants. [1]In 1995, Buckley realized a decades long dream and retired her elephant, Tarra, to their private farm in Hohenwald, Tennessee, which later became The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.
Osh, the Oakland Zoo's last African elephant was recently moved from California to an Tennessee's Elephant Sanctuary. How the 15,000-pound animal made the 2,250-mile journey.
Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries, where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.
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Performing Animal Welfare Society, Galt; Project Survival Cat Haven, Dunlap; Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento; Safari West, Santa Rosa; San Diego Animal Sanctuary and Farm, Alpine; San Diego Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center, Ramona; San Diego Zoo, San Diego; San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Escondido; San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco; Santa Ana Zoo ...