A great ending to a terrible story. Very surprised to see that the
“The elephants came to the sanctuary from circus supplier Hawthorn Corp.,
which settled
send them away.”
More on the sanctuary – the Elephant Sanctuary at
A great place. Support them if you can.
Unchained elephants explore new sanctuary
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/
02/01/elephant.sanctuary.reut/index.html
sanctuary free of chains on Tuesday, the first of four pairs to arrive as
part of an ambitious relocation effort mounted for abused pachyderms,
organizers said.
Minnie and Lottie were the first of eight female Asian and African
elephants to make the 12-hour trip from northern
custom-built truck trailer to their rural refuge, the Elephant Sanctuary
50 miles southwest of
The elephants came to the sanctuary from circus supplier Hawthorn Corp.,
which settled
send them away.
Hawthorn has denied mistreating any animals. The elephants were chained at
Hawthorn and at various circuses when they weren't performing.
Some of the sanctuary newcomers will have to be quarantined for up to a
year because of exposure to tuberculosis, sanctuary founder Carol Buckley
said. All were deemed healthy enough to travel, though one elephant died
last month.
One of the freshly unloaded elephants, which has spent much of its life
chained or confined, was startled when a sapling it grabbed with its trunk
snapped back.
The eight newcomers will eventually join 11 other rescued elephants --
including two originally from Hawthorn -- who live on the sanctuary's
secluded 2,700 acres near the town of
Buckley, who founded the preserve a decade ago after adopting a baby
elephant torn from its mother, said the relocated elephants will enjoy "a
glorious reunion ... as a family to live out their lives in freedom."
"We had to build a new barn and new fencing and be ready to house and feed
guests who eat an awful lot and are coming to stay," Buckley said.
The sanctuary raised $3 million for a new barn for the elephants and
estimates it needs $2 million a year to look after the eight.
Find this article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/02/01/elephant.sanctuary.reut/index.html
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