Posted May 31, 2012 by Whitney Calk
Last week, I had the opportunity, no, the honor of volunteering at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, the nation’s largest natural habitat refuge for elephants who have spent their entire lives being exploited in circuses and zoos.
I spent the day clearing brush around the habitat boundaries, and I even ran into two of the girls, Misty and Dulary, while working around the edge of the Asian habitat!
All the eles who now call this sanctuary “home” are able to live out the rest of their days with the opportunity to roam and explore as they please, play with their friends, cool off in the ponds on warm days, and live as nature intended: freely.
Check out some of my pics from the day:
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367 days ago
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I WANNA GO I WANNA GO I WANNA GOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
376 days ago
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I am so jealous! I plan on doing that sometime this summer. Keep it up!
378 days ago
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What’s wrong with zoos? Don’t they care for the animals they house if it’s in a major city like LA or Calgary?
380 days ago
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i want to find animal sanctuaries near me but i don’t think there are any. how do i find out?
381 days ago
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This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen. It’s so great that the elephant sanctuary is doing this
384 days ago
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I go to zoos to picket them.
384 days ago
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Awesome!
385 days ago
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I am only seeing one picture; but it does not matter. The important is the job done for them. Keep doing it.