Oh, my heart breaks at the passing of Shirley. She was such a wonderful elephant! I remember well the LOUD reunion with Jenny and the joy expressed by both elephants! Thank you for providing her with more than 20 years of "freedom" in her retirement. She taught us all so much. RIP Shirley, never forgotten, always in our hearts!
@@ravensdotter6843 Thank you. Their story aired on It's a Miracle. th-cam.com/video/AXVwkNYxL6o/w-d-xo.html I just watched last week it but have been watching this channel for longer. I didn't fully appreciate that this was where she and Jenny re-united til I saw this video. A bit of an emotional roller-coaster for me; I just watched the Jenny one too. But yes, they are together again, again.
So sweet. Will always will remember Shirley. She came to Elephant Sanctuary from Monroe Louisiana where I live too. Used to visit her at our zoo but always felt so bad that she was all alone. Oh she was loved by all but need to be with her own kind. So glad she got to have this last part of her amazing life. Roam free forever sweet Shirley. We love you 🥰🐘
I grew up in Monroe. She was a joy to see. I’m glad she was able to spend her Golden Years at the Sanctuary and actually get to live with other elephants again.
Shirley we can almost hear your joyful trumpets up on Rainbow Bridge...all healed and restored to your youthful vitality. You are not gone Shirley, merely gone-on, patiently awaiting reunions with all the other elephants as their turn comes to journey up to Rainbow Bridge. We love you Shirley always have, and always will!
Shirley was the reason I first got involved with the Sanctuary. My husbands mom lives in Columbia not far from the sanctuary and I love what you do for all the beautiful creatures there. Thank you so much. I will miss Shirley. Used to watch her on camera every day!
I'm from Evansville IN, where Bunny spent many years in our zoo. I remember Bunny being so close to Shirley, and I'm glad she had the chance to spend the last years of her life with Shirley, Tarra, and Jenny. Shirley was a very special girl, and I'm sorry for her loss. But I know she's running free and trumpeting loudly. Thank you for taking such good care of her.
Shirley was the reason I started following your channel. I am very sad that she has died but I am so very glad that you were there to give her last years happiness and a quality that no one else ever thought to give her. *HUGS*
Just when I thought I cried all the tears I could cry over Shirley, I watched this and here I go again. Thank you for giving Shirley such a beautiful peaceful life for the past 20 years.
I remember when I saw his story in a National Geographic documentary... One of the stories that moved me the most... And his caregiver, luckily had a happy ending
I have loved Shirley for many years. I am so sad to hear she has passed. I can’t say she is gone because her large and beautiful sprit will never be gone. She is here forever 🐘❣️
It so sad to hear of the death of Shirley, however, she was in the best place, the best Sanctuary in US, or even the world. She did enjoy 22 years with you, and the love and caring she had been given by you. Adios, dear Shirley, we all will miss you.
God bless all the elephant rescues,takers and carers who gave a wonderful and a joyous life to lovely Shirley. We will miss you dear Shirley and RIP forever.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm so sad to hear she's passed away 💔 she was inspirational and wonderful. I hope she knows how loved and missed she will be. The beautiful Ms. Shirley 😭
It's so hard seeing that old footage. All the elephants like Shirley or the unluckiest ones never rescued. We've done so much wrong. Bless her strong spirit.
Your video of Shirley many years ago was the first time I saw an elephant that made me cry in joy. I am in my 60's now and even as a child would never go a circus or rodeo because of the animals. Seeing Shirley and your other rescues living a life free of pain & shackles was beyond belief. I have always loved animals and rescued chipmunk & mice, snakes & birds. Now I rescue dogs. To know that you give these sentient beings a lifetime refuge. . . Blessed be Shirley, may your next step be one of grace
So very sad...my heart is broken. She was so beautiful. Thankful she lived at The Sanctuary for so many years...y'all made her senior years so peaceful and happy!
I first knew about your sanctuary and Shirley when I saw the video of Shirley and Jenny! Condolences to all of you on your huge loss. Thank you for giving Shirley and all the other elephants such a wonderful life! Rest in peace Shirley!
I will be donating to The Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee in your honor sweet Shirley. May you live your eternity in the jungles of Heaven, never again to be separated from your family and friends. You are a very special elephant and I will miss seeing updates about you. 🐘😢❤
I only just met Shirley on her last birthday video, i'm going to go and watch all her videos, thank you for giving her all those years of care, love and kindness, RIP, sweet angel.
It breaks my heart what this beautiful creature of God endured at the hands of man. No animal should ever, ever go through what Shirley went through. A friend of mine adopted Shirley for me as a 60th birthday present a couple of years back. I will never forget that. Rest in Peace beautiful girl, you deserve that and so much more. God Bless.
I sorrow with you. Thank you for giving Shirley 21 wonderful years of love and care--and for sharing her with us. Thank you for all you do for these precious beings.
She always gave off a vibe of calmness yet with a very upbeat temperament. That leg looked painful or, at least, uncomfortable, yet it never seemed to get in the way of moving. What a truly inspiring elephant!
She was such a magnificent, truly gentle giant! And you gave her so many years in this paradise! Her reunion with Jenny is the best video ever recorded and posted on youtube! I re watch it with such big emotions! Thank you! R.I.P Shirley. You live forever in our memories!
I adopted Tarra for my granddaughter last year. She loves elephants. Since then she has come to know every elephant in the Sanctuary, their names ,their history and what they like to eat. She loved Shirley and thought her to be amazing and was so happy that she lived in such a wonderful place. We face time and watch the elecam together. Rest well Shirley.
She was a majestic pachyderm, so wonderful to watch. Im glad she had some freedom and a better life in her later years, she was so deserving. Keep up the good work.
I did not know she had passed but strangely have been thinking of her lately and looking for her videos :-( What an amazing life well lived. Will never forget her or her story. So happy she found peace and safety amongst friends. She is at peace now. Will miss her very much xo . Much love.
Sad to know we can never watch her again but happy to know she had 21 years of freedom and love.
Oh, my heart breaks at the passing of Shirley. She was such a wonderful elephant! I remember well the LOUD reunion with Jenny and the joy expressed by both elephants! Thank you for providing her with more than 20 years of "freedom" in her retirement. She taught us all so much. RIP Shirley, never forgotten, always in our hearts!
Elephants are beautiful creatures.
shirley and jenny together again. forever in the greenest grass, sunniest skies and muddiest mud! 💜 💜 💜 🕊
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I'm just learning about them. Jenny died? Wasn't she younger?
@@5d512 yes, she was a bit younger. Now they're together again. Tarra will miss her.
@@ravensdotter6843 Thank you. Their story aired on It's a Miracle. th-cam.com/video/AXVwkNYxL6o/w-d-xo.html
I just watched last week it but have been watching this channel for longer. I didn't fully appreciate that this was where she and Jenny re-united til I saw this video. A bit of an emotional roller-coaster for me; I just watched the Jenny one too. But yes, they are together again, again.
So sorry she has passed. You all are amazing & she was lucky to have such a beautiful place to live❤️
Indeed yes, Shirley and all the elephants that were brought to the sanctuary were and are lucky. The sanctuary does amazing jobs with the elephants.
What a beautiful and sweet soul, RIP Shirley.
So sweet. Will always will remember Shirley. She came to Elephant Sanctuary from Monroe Louisiana where I live too. Used to visit her at our zoo but always felt so bad that she was all alone. Oh she was loved by all but need to be with her own kind. So glad she got to have this last part of her amazing life. Roam free forever sweet Shirley. We love you 🥰🐘
I grew up in Monroe. She was a joy to see. I’m glad she was able to spend her Golden Years at the Sanctuary and actually get to live with other elephants again.
You gave her such a great life. I'm crying but happy that she had those years and is in peace. Love you Shirley - such an inspiration
She lived in comfort all the time she was at the sanctuary. RIP Shirley
21 years of love, peace, free roaming, sweet treats, tender loving care!!!💙💙💙THANK YOU ELEPHANT SANCTUARY!!! Time to rest Shirley!!!
I miss you and your grace Shirley....love you ..alwaya in MY HEART!!!
Shirley we can almost hear your joyful trumpets up on Rainbow Bridge...all healed and restored to your youthful vitality. You are not gone Shirley, merely gone-on, patiently awaiting reunions with all the other elephants as their turn comes to journey up to Rainbow Bridge. We love you Shirley always have, and always will!
Shirley was the reason I first got involved with the Sanctuary. My husbands mom lives in Columbia not far from the sanctuary and I love what you do for all the beautiful creatures there. Thank you so much. I will miss Shirley. Used to watch her on camera every day!
she was very lucky to live with you guys. thank you for your love and caring.
So glad her last years were the best years
I'm from Evansville IN, where Bunny spent many years in our zoo. I remember Bunny being so close to Shirley, and I'm glad she had the chance to spend the last years of her life with Shirley, Tarra, and Jenny. Shirley was a very special girl, and I'm sorry for her loss. But I know she's running free and trumpeting loudly. Thank you for taking such good care of her.
We will all miss you Shirley! I know I will. Run free and without pain lovely Girl.
She will be missed. She was so beautiful and loving.💜
So happy you gave her 21 years of a happiness she didn't have before. I am sure she realized all that you did for her,🥰
RIP beloved Shirley! I will miss you!
We will miss Shirley but her memory will live on in our hearts and minds for ever!
Shirley was the reason I started following your channel. I am very sad that she has died but I am so very glad that you were there to give her last years happiness and a quality that no one else ever thought to give her. *HUGS*
Beautiful girl! I cried so hard when I heard she passed.
Rest in Peace beautiful Shirley. 🐘🌹❤️🌸🌹🌸
Just when I thought I cried all the tears I could cry over Shirley, I watched this and here I go again. Thank you for giving Shirley such a beautiful peaceful life for the past 20 years.
She was truly special and made a enormous impact in this world.
Beautiful girl, so glad she found some peace and happiness in her life. Thank you to the wonderful people who cared for her.
😭😭😭 rest in peace we love you😭😭❤❤❤!!!!
I wasn't in tears when I heard that she has passed away. This video remembrance did it. I love her very much and I will miss her always! 😥😥💔
R.I.P Shirley Girl!
She's up above looking down at the Sanctuary with much Love!
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I will miss you on the elecam dearly!!
Shirley's spirit and memory will live on. Bless her beautiful soul. She's reunited once more with Jenny and joins her herd in the heavens💞🤍🌈🤍💞🐘
I have one word for Shirley - LOVED. ❤
Shirley R. I. P.❤️
#stopanimalsabuse #freetheanimals #stopcircuswithanimals #emptycages
I remember when I saw his story in a National Geographic documentary... One of the stories that moved me the most... And his caregiver, luckily had a happy ending
Beautiful tribute. RIP beautiful girl.....I hope all the other elephants and her human family are doing ok. I am crying so much watching this.....
I remember when she came to the sanctuary. I'm so glad she had such a nice long time there to enjoy time free from bondage. RIP Shirley.
I miss Shirley...I watched some of her journey...I love how you took care of her .. thank you .
Rest in peace, beautiful lady.
Thank you ALL SO much for taking care of her, and i believe she had a great memories in the sanctuary in her last moments! Thank you!
Oh no! I am devastated by this. Love you, Shirley.
She was a good elephant. I wish I could’ve met her
I cried when I heard she passed
So saddened to hear about the loss of Shirley. She will be so missed. Rest in Paradise sweet angel. This world was a better place because of you.
At least she had freedom. 😍
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Thank you for all you do
God Bless all who had a part to play in giving her over two decades worth of peacefulness. You are all amazing.
I have loved Shirley for many years. I am so sad to hear she has passed. I can’t say she is gone because her large and beautiful sprit will never be gone. She is here forever 🐘❣️
Thank you for caring for these magnificent animals.
Shirley stayed sweet and patient in spite of her troubles. Precious girl.
Lovely lovely lady
So sad to hear of her passing. RIP Shirley. Thank you to the Elephant Sanctuary for all you did for her and all of the elephants.
Awe Shirley girl ! What a fantastic elephant - may she rest in peace -
your now with Jesus pretty girl....you deserve it....god bless.
😥 Sleep in Peace Shirley, you will be missed. You will always be the Grand Dame! 🙋♀️💜🙏💜🙏💜🙏💜🙏💜
Two of my all time favourite internet clips are Christian the lion, and Shirley and Jenny's reunion. Never seen such beauty.
I am heartbroken. But I'm also thankful to the sanctuary for being the place she could call home for so many years.
Shirley was amazing.❤
Thanks for your care of this wonderful creature.❤️
It so sad to hear of the death of Shirley, however, she was in the best place, the best Sanctuary in US, or even the world. She did enjoy 22 years with you, and the love and caring she had been given by you. Adios, dear Shirley, we all will miss you.
So so sorry on the loss of Shirley. Thank you for giving her so many good years.
God bless all the elephant rescues,takers and carers who gave a wonderful and a joyous life to lovely Shirley. We will miss you dear Shirley and RIP forever.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
What a beautiful tribute to such a beautiful, magnificent being.
You gave her a wonderful life since 1999.......
I'm so sad to hear she's passed away 💔 she was inspirational and wonderful. I hope she knows how loved and missed she will be. The beautiful Ms. Shirley 😭
Misty eyed, so sorry she passed.
RIP my most beautiful girl. I will miss you.💞
Godspeed, magnificent being. 🌷
It's so hard seeing that old footage. All the elephants like Shirley or the unluckiest ones never rescued. We've done so much wrong. Bless her strong spirit.
Your video of Shirley many years ago was the first time I saw an elephant that made me cry in joy. I am in my 60's now and even as a child would never go a circus or rodeo because of the animals.
Seeing Shirley and your other rescues living a life free of pain & shackles was beyond belief.
I have always loved animals and rescued chipmunk & mice, snakes & birds.
Now I rescue dogs.
To know that you give these sentient beings a lifetime refuge. . .
Blessed be Shirley, may your next step be one of grace
What a special girl. RIP baby.
21 years of a life in paradise that the Sanctuary so lovingly provided her.
The most important thing is she finally did a chance for happiness.
I always loved news of Shirley, I'm so happy she had such a wonderful place to spend her last days.
I've been waiting for Shirley's video. She will always be one of my favorites ❤❤❤
So very sad...my heart is broken. She was so beautiful. Thankful she lived at The Sanctuary for so many years...y'all made her senior years so peaceful and happy!
I first knew about your sanctuary and Shirley when I saw the video of Shirley and Jenny! Condolences to all of you on your huge loss. Thank you for giving Shirley and all the other elephants such a wonderful life! Rest in peace Shirley!
Rest in peace, Shirley! U were an amazing, courageous, inspirational soul 💗💗💗 We will miss u!🔅🔅
May Shirley Rest In Peace 🙏♥️ Thank you for sharing her with us. She is such an inspiration!♥️🐘♥️
sad to hear shirley has passed. She had a wonderful spirit and zest for life.
My deepest sympathies to the Elephant Sanctuary, Tarra, and to Mr. Solomon James. Rest well, Shirley. Countless people adored you.
I will be donating to The Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee in your honor sweet Shirley. May you live your eternity in the jungles of Heaven, never again to be separated from your family and friends. You are a very special elephant and I will miss seeing updates about you. 🐘😢❤
Rest In Peace Shirley.
I loved her. I sponsored her. She will be missed.
RIP SHIRLEY!!🐘🐾🎂🙏🌈You are an Angel. You will never be forgotten and always love by all!!❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏
RIP beautiful girl. Your story is incredible. You were born far away and had to endure all the tough life out there because of human.
I only just met Shirley on her last birthday video, i'm going to go and watch all her videos, thank you for giving her all those years of care, love and kindness, RIP, sweet angel.
Beautiful Shirley, we will miss you.
Rest her soul. Thank you for giving her all those years at the Sanctuary. 🙏🏻🌀🙏🏻💖
It breaks my heart what this beautiful creature of God endured at the hands of man. No animal should ever, ever go through what Shirley went through. A friend of mine adopted Shirley for me as a 60th birthday present a couple of years back. I will never forget that. Rest in Peace beautiful girl, you deserve that and so much more. God Bless.
My heart is broken! Rest In Peace Shirley! You were a magnificent lady! 😢
She had a most fulfilling and happy life with the Sanctury . Be Blessed Always.🙏🌸
I sorrow with you. Thank you for giving Shirley 21 wonderful years of love and care--and for sharing her with us. Thank you for all you do for these precious beings.
She always gave off a vibe of calmness yet with a very upbeat temperament. That leg looked painful or, at least, uncomfortable, yet it never seemed to get in the way of moving. What a truly inspiring elephant!
I am so sorry Shirley has passed loved seeing her on the elmcam. RIP sweet girl.
She was such a magnificent, truly gentle giant! And you gave her so many years in this paradise! Her reunion with Jenny is the best video ever recorded and posted on youtube! I re watch it with such big emotions! Thank you! R.I.P Shirley. You live forever in our memories!
I adopted Tarra for my granddaughter last year. She loves elephants. Since then she has come to know every elephant in the Sanctuary, their names ,their history and what they like to eat. She loved Shirley and thought her to be amazing and was so happy that she lived in such a wonderful place. We face time and watch the elecam together. Rest well Shirley.
She was a majestic pachyderm, so wonderful to watch. Im glad she had some freedom and a better life in her later years, she was so deserving. Keep up the good work.
Knew I would cry. But she had a great life there. So glad she came to Tennessee. 😥😭
God Bless You Shirley, RIP we will miss you. Thank you TES for giving Sherley her freedom
Sorry to learn of Shirley’s passing but happy she had so many years enjoying paradise❤️
I did not know she had passed but strangely have been thinking of her lately and looking for her videos :-( What an amazing life well lived. Will never forget her or her story. So happy she found peace and safety amongst friends. She is at peace now. Will miss her very much xo . Much love.