Guille would agree -- it's always a good time to celebrate a life at the sanctuary!
P.S. Next year's calendars are ready! Order one here: https://t.co/hfRzoaBJEZ
EleFact: Body condition scoring helps us assess elephant health. A 2016 study found 74% of zoo elephants studied were overweight or obese. At sanctuary, Baby has reached a healthy weight and gained muscle, while Sandro is slowly gaining mass. Read more: https://t.co/EKi3nkgyxH
"Hawaiสปi Supreme Court Weighs Who Is Worthy Of Freedom From Captivity"..."'They canโt be elephants,' Davis told Civil Beat before the hearing. 'You arenโt seeing elephants at the Honolulu Zoo. Youโre seeing artifacts.'" https://t.co/tsgY5Vng47
Babyโs foot care is a collaboration between elephant and caregiver. From careful assessments and trimming to specialized treatments, every detail matters. This GivingTuesday, help support lifelong care, which costs about $450 per elephant per day. https://t.co/ATUuuWDNDY
Today, one of our generous donors offered a $5,000 match for the next GivingTuesday donations to come in, with a time limit of 24 hours. Well, our sanctuary family only needed a few hours -- the match has been fully met! https://t.co/wDlDbCNQkZ
Today is Remembrance day, and this heartbreaking memorial in Exeter puts things into perspective.
Youโre looking at 19,240 hand-stitched shrouded figures, the exact number representing the British and Commonwealth soldiers killed on just the first day.
Today and always, we remember every single one ๐น
Episode 78 of our podcast, Global Rumblings, catches up with Baby and Sandro and their new lives at the sanctuary. Listen here: https://t.co/tQCEVHaLXr with our host @nadiamarzi
Award-winning wildlife photographer and conservationist Ravindralal Anthonis pioneered the practice of identifying and naming individual tuskers in Sri Lanka, and he's urging new photographers to respect elephants' lives when looking for the perfect photo. https://t.co/zf2JpxiExP
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โIf I should die, think only this of me:
That thereโs some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England.โ
โ Rupert Brooke
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Annie Spratt photography, England
#ArmisticeDay#LestWeForget