#Elephant Sanctuary

[dmrwildlife]

Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand, December 14, 2022

[sorchathered]

Today was a dream. Tomorrow I cross over to the second half of my thirties and while I am nervous I am also excited to see what’s to come. 🩷

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[elefanjoyseo]

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[lakainewman]

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[elephantaday]

Day 927 of posting pictures of elephants.

Source: Global Sanctuary for Elephants

[atavist]

A woman, an elephant, and an uncommon love story spanning nearly half a century.

Issue no. 136 — “Sanctuary” by Shannon McCaffrey — is now live at The Atavist.

Here outside the small town of Attapulgus, near quail-hunting plantations and pecan groves, Buckley had built a refuge for elephants. It was the culmination of a nearly lifelong devotion to the world’s largest land animals. But at the moment, Buckley’s refuge lacked any elephants—and one elephant in particular.

There are many kinds of love stories. This one involves a woman and an elephant, and the bond between them spanning nearly 50 years. It involves devotion and betrayal. It also raises difficult questions about the relationship between humans and animals, about control and freedom, about what it means to own another living thing.

The woman in this story is Buckley. The elephant is named Tarra. They met at a tire store in California, and together followed a serpentine path from spectacle to safety: from circus rings to zoo enclosures to a first-of-its-kind sanctuary. But now their bond was being tested. For complex reasons, Buckley had lost custody of Tarra, and just before Michael struck, a jury had deadlocked on whether the two should be reunited. In a few months, the case would go to trial again. If Buckley won, she would bring Tarra home to Attapulgus. If she lost, it was possible she’d never see the elephant again.

The uncertainty was a nightmare. But the fence Buckley built for Tarra had withstood a monstrous storm. This was, she thought, a good omen.

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[dmrwildlife]

Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand, December 14, 2022

[orcinus-veterinarius]

The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee is a wonderful, amazing place but wow the comments on their social media make me uncomfortable.

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[elefanjoyseo]

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[charpnatl]

Heva the elephant, it was lovely to meet you at the elephant sanctuary in Jaipur India today.