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The Elephant Sanctuary

The Elephant Sanctuary

The Elephant Sanctuary : Hohenwald Tennessee A natural refuge where sick, old and needy elephants can once again walk the earth in peace and dignity. Our Mission The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, founded in 1995, is the nation's largest natural habitat refuge developed specifically for endangered African and Asian elephants. The Sanctuary operates on 2,700 acres in Hohenwald, Tennessee — 85 miles southwest of Nashville. The Elephant Sanctuary exists for two reasons: To provide a haven for old, sick or needy elephants in a setting of green pastures, dense forests, spring-fed ponds and heated barns for cold winter nights. The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA)

The Circus Elephant Retirement Home This is a complicated issue. The Elephant Sanctuary and the Performing Animal Welfare Society are great facilities and do the best they can for their elephants. But so do many zoos. Like the one I work at. I get really frustrated when my facility gets lumped in with circuses because we have completely different organizational goals. We don't 'retire' our animals because they don't 'earn their keep.' Yes, some zoos do fail and some do not give adequate care or are in harsh climates for the animals selected. But don't blame us as a group. To fund themselves the sanctuaries have pitted themselves against zoos as an either/or battle. My only snide thing to say about TES is how it says it's not open to the public.

The Elephant Sanctuary : Hohenwald Tennessee Group Seeks Move of Elephants to Sanctuary 2012-01-13 By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL "A retirement retreat for tired elephant feet." Nearly two years after the Topeka City Council in a 7-1 vote squashed a proposal to move Topeka Zoo elephants Sunda and Tembo to a Tennessee sanctuary, Animal Outreach of Kansas is leading another charge to convince the city to take that step. But zoo director Brendan Wiley spoke against the proposed move Wednesday, saying the zoo takes great pride in the care it provides for the elephants. Animal Outreach of Kansas, a nonprofit organization, announced Wednesday it had put up two billboards along S.W. The billboards are located near Gage’s intersections with Interstate 70 and S.W. 20th Street. "AOK is drawing attention to retiring the elephants as a way to help the elephants and the zoo," said AOK co-founder Judy Carman. The release said the sanctuary has agreed to transport and provide lifelong care to Tembo and Sunda at no cost to the zoo or the city.

The Topeka Zoo | Friends of the Topeka Zoo The Elephant Sanctuary : Hohenwald Tennessee Protected Contact The Elephant Sanctuary was founded on the ideology of Passive Control—our elephants are never chained or forced to do our bidding but instead have the freedom to just be elephants as much as possible. While positive interactions have always been the basis of the Sanctuary’s relations with our elephants, the Sanctuary has also become the guardian of elephants who were treated severely in their past. To address the challenging medical and psychological needs of these and all of our elephants, in early 2011, the Sanctuary began working with Active Environments (AE). The trainers gain the elephant’s voluntary cooperation in husbandry behaviors and medical procedures and improve their physical and psychological well-being.

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