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#BeKindToElephants promotes compassion and awareness for elephant welfare, encouraging kindness towards these majestic creatures. It highlights conservation efforts, ethical treatment, and the importance of protecting their natural habitats. Join the movement!
After spending decades in circuses, Maia and Bambi, like so many other captive elephants, arrived at the sanctuary without experiencing what it’s like to live in a herd. Many people know that it’s unhealthy for an elephant to live alone. And yet, though Maia and Bambi each lived with another elephant during at least some of their years in captivity, they likely still felt alone. The trauma of circus life, shared spaces that are too small, and stress from captivity can cause elephants who live together to have strained or hostile relationships. Many times, elephants in these situations are focused on survival, and there is no room in all of the anxiety for a friendship to exist. At the sanctuary, with enough space to finally be able to take time to themselves, heal, and feel safe, relationships begin to form naturally. Taken from the wild as babies, many captive elephants were robbed of their herds – that priceless intergenerational family who they would have spent their entire lives with. They were also robbed of the wisdom of their elders, of how to maintain relationships, and of herd social behaviors like mourning losses and welcoming births. And after decades spent either alone or with few other elephants in spaces where joy and friendship struggle to exist, they arrive here and have to let go of the memories of bad past relationships and ready themselves for something new. They forgive, move on, open their hearts and minds, and eventually create these new bonds. But, as many of our followers know, they are all still growing, healing, and learning how to create this little herd of their own. Now, Maia and Bambi are enjoying this lovely friendship as a result of their healing, and the friendship itself has nourished their growth as individuals and their understanding of what it means to be part of a herd. #Elephants #elephant #sanctuary #bekindtoelephants #animalrescue #animallovers #funnyanimals #rescueanimals #animalsoftiktok #fyp
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After spending decades in circuses, Maia and Bambi, like so many other captive elephants, arrived at the sanctuary without experiencing what it’s like to live in a herd. Many people know that it’s unhealthy for an elephant to live alone. And yet, though Maia and Bambi each lived with another elephant during at least some of their years in captivity, they likely still felt alone. The trauma of circus life, shared spaces that are too small, and stress from captivity can cause elephants who live together to have strained or hostile relationships. Many times, elephants in these situations are focused on survival, and there is no room in all of the anxiety for a friendship to exist. At the sanctuary, with enough space to finally be able to take time to themselves, heal, and feel safe, relationships begin to form naturally. Taken from the wild as babies, many captive elephants were robbed of their herds – that priceless intergenerational family who they would have spent their entire lives with. They were also robbed of the wisdom of their elders, of how to maintain relationships, and of herd social behaviors like mourning losses and welcoming births. And after decades spent either alone or with few other elephants in spaces where joy and friendship struggle to exist, they arrive here and have to let go of the memories of bad past relationships and ready themselves for something new. They forgive, move on, open their hearts and minds, and eventually create these new bonds. But, as many of our followers know, they are all still growing, healing, and learning how to create this little herd of their own. Now, Maia and Bambi are enjoying this lovely friendship as a result of their healing, and the friendship itself has nourished their growth as individuals and their understanding of what it means to be part of a herd. #Elephants #elephant #sanctuary #bekindtoelephants #animalrescue #animallovers #funnyanimals #rescueanimals #animalsoftiktok #fyp
After dinner, Bambi, Guille, and Maia were near each other, as is almost always the case at mealtime. We generally separate the elephants a little when feeding them because it prevents too much “sharing,” which we all know that Guillermina is prone to do. In this case, she was successful in finding some after-dinner scraps. Guille was making her chirps and cute noises, which got Bambi excited. Maia heard Bambi’s rumbles and made her way over. As soon as those two girls were distracted, Guille started eating their food. In other words, she got the party started and, while the other elephants played and vocalized, she used that to her advantage and took a few large bites of hay. You can see that Bambi puts her head down on the fence at one point. When elephants get really silly, they will sometimes squish their heads into the ground. What Bambi is doing here is a version of that. She’s being very light and very social, enjoying her friends and an early evening meal. P.S.: Progress continues to be made with all of the pieces that need to be in place before bringing Pupy and Kenya to sanctuary. As we’ve said before, it takes a village to move an elephant, and our team is working closely with those at the Mendoza and Buenos Aires ecoparques. There are lots of moving parts involved, and your generosity makes it all come together. If you would like to be a part of giving Kenya and Pupy a new life at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil, we invite you to make a gift today. #Elephants #elephant #sanctuary #bekindtoelephants #animalrescue #animallovers #funnyanimals #rescueanimals #animalsoftiktok #fyp #Foodie #sneaky
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After dinner, Bambi, Guille, and Maia were near each other, as is almost always the case at mealtime. We generally separate the elephants a little when feeding them because it prevents too much “sharing,” which we all know that Guillermina is prone to do. In this case, she was successful in finding some after-dinner scraps. Guille was making her chirps and cute noises, which got Bambi excited. Maia heard Bambi’s rumbles and made her way over. As soon as those two girls were distracted, Guille started eating their food. In other words, she got the party started and, while the other elephants played and vocalized, she used that to her advantage and took a few large bites of hay. You can see that Bambi puts her head down on the fence at one point. When elephants get really silly, they will sometimes squish their heads into the ground. What Bambi is doing here is a version of that. She’s being very light and very social, enjoying her friends and an early evening meal. P.S.: Progress continues to be made with all of the pieces that need to be in place before bringing Pupy and Kenya to sanctuary. As we’ve said before, it takes a village to move an elephant, and our team is working closely with those at the Mendoza and Buenos Aires ecoparques. There are lots of moving parts involved, and your generosity makes it all come together. If you would like to be a part of giving Kenya and Pupy a new life at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil, we invite you to make a gift today. #Elephants #elephant #sanctuary #bekindtoelephants #animalrescue #animallovers #funnyanimals #rescueanimals #animalsoftiktok #fyp #Foodie #sneaky
Pocha has been gone now for 2 years, but her legacy as a mother will forever be interwoven into the essence of our nonprofit. Her story is unique not only because of the extremely isolating and sterile condition of her former enclosure, but also because she carried the additional pain of witnessing her child grow up in those conditions. Pocha gave birth to Guillermina in this space that they would then share for 24 years. Aggression between calves and their mothers in the wild is not seen. But in captive situations, elephants can develop abnormal behaviors in response to the stress or to protect their minds and bodies. In our latest podcast episode, Scott and Kat give us their thoughts on how they think Guillermina walked away from that past with only relatively small behavioral consequences. It’s possible that Pocha was allowing Guille to unload her emotional and mental burden to spare her from further damage. After you listen to this snippet, check out this full episode of our podcast, Global Rumblings, anywhere you get your podcasts, on our website (link in bio), or check out a video version of this episode on our YouTube channel! Global Rumblings takes listeners behind-the-scenes through the experiences of our founders, Scott and Kat Blais, with our host Nadia. 🐘🐘 #Elephants #elephant #sanctuary #bekindtoelephants #animalrescue #animallovers #funnyanimals #rescueanimals #elephantsoftiktok #animals #storytime #fyp #sadtiktok #motherdaughter
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Pocha has been gone now for 2 years, but her legacy as a mother will forever be interwoven into the essence of our nonprofit. Her story is unique not only because of the extremely isolating and sterile condition of her former enclosure, but also because she carried the additional pain of witnessing her child grow up in those conditions. Pocha gave birth to Guillermina in this space that they would then share for 24 years. Aggression between calves and their mothers in the wild is not seen. But in captive situations, elephants can develop abnormal behaviors in response to the stress or to protect their minds and bodies. In our latest podcast episode, Scott and Kat give us their thoughts on how they think Guillermina walked away from that past with only relatively small behavioral consequences. It’s possible that Pocha was allowing Guille to unload her emotional and mental burden to spare her from further damage. After you listen to this snippet, check out this full episode of our podcast, Global Rumblings, anywhere you get your podcasts, on our website (link in bio), or check out a video version of this episode on our YouTube channel! Global Rumblings takes listeners behind-the-scenes through the experiences of our founders, Scott and Kat Blais, with our host Nadia. 🐘🐘 #Elephants #elephant #sanctuary #bekindtoelephants #animalrescue #animallovers #funnyanimals #rescueanimals #elephantsoftiktok #animals #storytime #fyp #sadtiktok #motherdaughter

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