I've watched their stories for a few years, Shirley was my favorite for what she went through. Wishing they had a better camera system. Might help their views and helping them financially. I was surprised that the elephants don't mind snow, while they have heated barns and probably prefer the warmth and the fun popcorn toys in the barn a few don't mind going outside in the snow
@@catherined5560 Go check out Elephant Refuge North America in Georgia & PAWS in California the other 2 legit sanctuaries in addition to this sanctuary in Tennessee🌈🐘🐘
I've watched many videos about the HERD Elephant Orphanage South Africa. One of the most fascinating things I saw were all the elephants had their noses touching the ground so they could hear another elephant giving commands. Apparently their feet and their trunks are very sensitive and they can pick up very small sounds.
This is misleading. These elephants got to retire from "a life of hard work" at circuses and in film but you also lumped zoos into that sentence, making it sound like elephants need rescuing from zoos. The two elephants from Oakland Zoo were moved to the sanctuary because both facilities are accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and share animals based on breeding recommendations or the animals' needs. In this case, Oakland's elephant exhibit needs to be updated if they want to continue meeting the AZA's standards for keeping elephants. And since their elephants were older, they sent them to "retire" at the sanctuary rather than at another zoo with younger breeding herds. So they weren't rescued like the video implies to make us feel all fuzzy and warm. These kinds of errors in reporting severely jeopardize the work of the very institution you were trying to spotlight.
@@archiemustachie3693 Elephants have no place being in zoos. The notion that zoos are there to protect elephants and conservation is their prime motivation is misleading. Elephants are nothing but cash cows for zoos. The Cincinnati Zoo for example boasts about its 5 acre habitat for it's many elephants. That is way too small for the number of elephants it has. Some animal rights organizations are actively protesting this zoo with petitions because they have too many elephants crammed into this 5 acre enclosure.
@@archiemustachie3693 No they don’t. More anti-zoo malarkey the general public has been spoon-fed meanwhile accredited zoos do more conservation work than any scamtuary like this combined. More elephants die at this “sanctuary” than at any accredited zoo, that’s a fact.
EMPTY ALL ZOOS & CIRCUSES AND SEND TO THIS SANCTUARY OR ELEPHANT REFUGE NORTH AMERICA IN GEORGIA❤ OR PAWS IN CALI!! ALL ELEPHANTS ARE ABUSED IN THESE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS😢
@@RitaAnne2362 Not really. This is the third casualty at this quote “sanctuary” within the last three years alone. More elephants die at this “sanctuary” than in any “prison” you call a zoo, altogether.
@@Kaikaifilu1994 The elephants come to the Sanctuary old, with injuries, diabetes, etc. The beautiful Sanctuary takes excellent care of them and lets them BE ELEPHANTS!! Zoos should be outlawed.
TODAY forgot to mention the abuse performing elephants experience on a daily basis. They also forgot to mention zoos cannot provide what an elephant needs to thrive. Please do not give circuses or zoos your business until they send their captive elephants to sanctuary.
If only the "uninformed" public would stop going to circuses, stop participating in cruel elephant rides in India and Thailand and stop going to festivals in India where elephants play a major role. Take the profit away and this problem goes away too.
Ok zoo spokesperson. NO ZOO IN NORTH AMERICA HAS PROPER SPACE AND RESOURCES to give natural setting & free choice access and breeding in captivity is painful, invasive, expensive, takes resouces from wild elephant protection. inhumane. Zoos are profit breeding centers who have "collections." These elephants are chained & prodded with bullhooks when delivering babies, most who die before 5 yrs old. Captive held eles are stressed, lack space, suffer from painful foot disease & health issues, are deprived everything innate & natural to them. More money goes to house captive elephants vs building & protecting WILD ELEPHANT HABITATS. Male babies are considered "surplus" and are sent to circuses or private owners😢 You are extremely selfish & child like to continue to justify support captive bred & imprisioned elephant. From the Detroit Zoo to Nashville, & soon to be Louisville, these zoos are retiring & closing "exhibits"... acknowledge the suffering and destitude and physical & emotional toll zoos place.
Chains and bullhooks haven't been allowed in American zoos for at least two decades. 54% of AZA-accredited zoos are nonprofit. And besides government agencies, zoos do the bulk of conservation work in the wild. Especially with elephants.
"Animal rights" websites will report that chains and bullhooks just got banned in AZA zoos in 2019 but that's when the AZA decided to officially put a ban on the books. Well-known, accredited zoos haven't used them in decades. Most baby elephants die before 5 years old because of EEHV, a virus that affects both wild and captive elephants. And zoos are the only reason we've been able to find and start testing a vaccine in Houston. As for zoos doing this all for profit, 89% of the AZA's members are nonprofit or are public institutions. Anything else I can correct for you?
@@kayelynnphelps8676 Happy and Patty are suffering in the Bronx Zoo. That is our source. Lucy is suffering in the Edmonton Zoo. That is our source. We know they are not thriving. Neither are the elephants in the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. None of these zoos provide what an elephant needs. It is documented. Check out the Non Human Rights Project. They have all the legal and scientific proof you could ever want to read.
Rest in peace, elephant sweetheart Donna. She passed away on Christmas day '24.
@@stephaniebonthde587 😢Another victim of zoos
Fantastic and hoping more elephants get a chance to retire here . ❤️🐘
How beautifal such beautifal elephants god bless them all
Merry Christmas to all carers and the beautiful elephants ❤❤ great job.
Australia 🌏🌏🦘🦘
Good take care elephants v nice g job
I've watched their stories for a few years, Shirley was my favorite for what she went through. Wishing they had a better camera system. Might help their views and helping them financially.
I was surprised that the elephants don't mind snow, while they have heated barns and probably prefer the warmth and the fun popcorn toys in the barn a few don't mind going outside in the snow
What a gift for these majestic creatures.
Thanks to Carol Buckley and Scott Blaise for their hard work and ideas for the Sanctuary
We look forward to visiting these magnificent Elephants 🐘 ❤️
Elephants are very smart and extremely compassionate.
excellent reporting/story! more of these please 🙂
@@catherined5560 Go check out Elephant Refuge North America in Georgia & PAWS in California the other 2 legit sanctuaries in addition to this sanctuary in Tennessee🌈🐘🐘
Blessings 🐘❤️
Elephants are my favorite animals since I was a little kid. ❤️ 🐘
Just heard Donna passed away very unexpectedly. RIP
Rest in peace Donna 💔
You can easily sign up on their website to make a monthly donation. That's what I do 🙂 these elephants deserve it
I'm so sad that Donna has passed away recently 😢 RIP Donna 🙏🏻
I want to retire there.❤❤❤
Letting animals just b themselves knowing there r no human or animal hunters or destruction of the land is a dream! Blessings gs!🎉❤
Hi Nosey!!♥️
I've watched many videos about the HERD Elephant Orphanage South Africa. One of the most fascinating things I saw were all the elephants had their noses touching the ground so they could hear another elephant giving commands. Apparently their feet and their trunks are very sensitive and they can pick up very small sounds.
TES IS AN AWESOME SANCTUARY
They are treated better than this country treats our senior citizens
Simple fabulous
They have a building to tour and outside displays in Hohenwald Tennessee.
Donna the Elephant died a couple of days ago .
Where?,,,,
Tennessee
This is misleading. These elephants got to retire from "a life of hard work" at circuses and in film but you also lumped zoos into that sentence, making it sound like elephants need rescuing from zoos. The two elephants from Oakland Zoo were moved to the sanctuary because both facilities are accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and share animals based on breeding recommendations or the animals' needs. In this case, Oakland's elephant exhibit needs to be updated if they want to continue meeting the AZA's standards for keeping elephants. And since their elephants were older, they sent them to "retire" at the sanctuary rather than at another zoo with younger breeding herds. So they weren't rescued like the video implies to make us feel all fuzzy and warm. These kinds of errors in reporting severely jeopardize the work of the very institution you were trying to spotlight.
Elephants have also died there after arriving.
a lot of elephants in zoos suffer, 1-2 acres is not enough space and it causes arthritis. a lot of zoos are expanding exhibits or retiring elephants
Elephants DO need rescuing from zoos
@@archiemustachie3693 Elephants have no place being in zoos. The notion that zoos are there to protect elephants and conservation is their prime motivation is misleading. Elephants are nothing but cash cows for zoos. The Cincinnati Zoo for example boasts about its 5 acre habitat for it's many elephants. That is way too small for the number of elephants it has. Some animal rights organizations are actively protesting this zoo with petitions because they have too many elephants crammed into this 5 acre enclosure.
@@archiemustachie3693 No they don’t. More anti-zoo malarkey the general public has been spoon-fed meanwhile accredited zoos do more conservation work than any scamtuary like this combined.
More elephants die at this “sanctuary” than at any accredited zoo, that’s a fact.
Aging Jumbos.
EMPTY ALL ZOOS & CIRCUSES AND SEND TO THIS SANCTUARY OR ELEPHANT REFUGE NORTH AMERICA IN GEORGIA❤ OR PAWS IN CALI!!
ALL ELEPHANTS ARE ABUSED IN THESE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS😢
But Donna died. She should have stayed in Oakland.
Exactly, but do these ARA’s care?
The most ludicrous comment ever!!
@@RitaAnne2362 Not really.
This is the third casualty at this quote “sanctuary” within the last three years alone.
More elephants die at this “sanctuary” than in any “prison” you call a zoo, altogether.
@@Kaikaifilu1994 The elephants come to the Sanctuary old, with injuries, diabetes, etc. The beautiful Sanctuary takes excellent care of them and lets them BE ELEPHANTS!! Zoos should be outlawed.
@@RitaAnne2362 And look up how many elephants died at this quote “sanctuary” within the last three years alone.
TODAY forgot to mention the abuse performing elephants experience on a daily basis. They also forgot to mention zoos cannot provide what an elephant needs to thrive. Please do not give circuses or zoos your business until they send their captive elephants to sanctuary.
Elephant not native to us😂
So we keep animals in prison (zoo) for our enjoyment until they’re old! Would you keep your dog or cat in a cage 24/7 ?
So release them back into the wild?
@ How about a zoo built like the animal’s environment, most zoo’s have 1/2 to 1 acre or less for their elephants. How big is Disney World?
If only the "uninformed" public would stop going to circuses, stop participating in cruel elephant rides in India and Thailand and stop going to festivals in India where elephants play a major role. Take the profit away and this problem goes away too.
retire all elephants from zoos & circuses now!
Ok zoo spokesperson. NO ZOO IN NORTH AMERICA HAS PROPER SPACE AND RESOURCES to give natural setting & free choice access and breeding in captivity is painful, invasive, expensive, takes resouces from wild elephant protection. inhumane.
Zoos are profit breeding centers who have "collections." These elephants are chained & prodded with bullhooks when delivering babies, most who die before 5 yrs old. Captive held eles are stressed, lack space, suffer from painful foot disease & health issues, are deprived everything innate & natural to them.
More money goes to house captive elephants vs building & protecting WILD ELEPHANT HABITATS. Male babies are considered "surplus" and are sent to circuses or private owners😢
You are extremely selfish & child like to continue to justify support captive bred & imprisioned elephant. From the Detroit Zoo to Nashville, & soon to be Louisville, these zoos are retiring & closing "exhibits"... acknowledge the suffering and destitude and physical & emotional toll zoos place.
Chains and bullhooks haven't been allowed in American zoos for at least two decades. 54% of AZA-accredited zoos are nonprofit. And besides government agencies, zoos do the bulk of conservation work in the wild. Especially with elephants.
Source?
The practices that you have stated are outdated, and have only been found in roadside zoos, rather than AZA Accredited Zoos.
"Animal rights" websites will report that chains and bullhooks just got banned in AZA zoos in 2019 but that's when the AZA decided to officially put a ban on the books. Well-known, accredited zoos haven't used them in decades. Most baby elephants die before 5 years old because of EEHV, a virus that affects both wild and captive elephants. And zoos are the only reason we've been able to find and start testing a vaccine in Houston. As for zoos doing this all for profit, 89% of the AZA's members are nonprofit or are public institutions. Anything else I can correct for you?
@@kayelynnphelps8676 Happy and Patty are suffering in the Bronx Zoo. That is our source. Lucy is suffering in the Edmonton Zoo. That is our source. We know they are not thriving. Neither are the elephants in the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. None of these zoos provide what an elephant needs. It is documented. Check out the Non Human Rights Project. They have all the legal and scientific proof you could ever want to read.