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Maggie feeling the California love

Kim — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:11:27 +0000

“Alaskans keep asking for updates on Maggie the elephant — folks just can’t seem to get enough.” – KTUU.com

Muddy weather soils elephant plans

Kim — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:11:43 +0000

“The Performing Animal Welfare Society sanctuary in northern California says muddy weather is preventing a new African elephant from being brought into the pen.” – UPI.com

Animal Radio? covers Elephant Move

Kim — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:50:46 +0000

“This weekend, the nationally syndicated Animal Radio? airs coverage of the very controversial African elephant move from the Anchorage Alaska Zoo to her new home at PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) near Sacramento, California.” – Best Syndication

Alaska’s elephant has new home in California

Kim — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:05:02 +0000

“You can see a lot of wildlife in Alaska ? bears, whales, eagles, and more ? but you won’t find any elephants there.” – Deseret Morning News

Maggie the Elephant

Kim — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:44:17 +0000

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Maggie the elephant happy with new home

Kim — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:21:15 +0000

“A 25-year-old African elephant named Maggie is safe and apparently very happy to be in her new California home after traveling all the way from Alaska.” – UPI.com

Elephant finally in San Andreas

Kim — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:42:54 +0000

“Maggie, long the only elephant in Alaska, arrived in San Andreas on Friday to take up residence in a much warmer retirement home – the Performing Animal Welfare Society’s ARK 2000 elephant refuge.” – Recordnet.com

Maggie the flying elephant enjoys her place in the sun

Kim — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:15:55 +0000

“Alaska’s only elephant, Maggie, arrived at her sunny new home in California Friday and was showing no ill effects from her 16 hour journey by truck and military transport plane, officials said. “She seems to love it here,” Kim Gardner, an official at the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), told Deutsche Presse- Agentur, dpa. “She really likes that sunshine.” – US World

25 years of Maggie

Kim — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:14:06 +0000

“Though she originally moved to Alaska to provide companionship for another elephant, over the years Maggie blossomed into a star attraction and icon of the Alaska Zoo.” – KTUU.com

Elephant To Arrive In Fairfield

Kim — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:06:20 +0000

“The only elephant in the state of Alaska is flying to Fairfield.” – KQCA Sacramento

Air Force about to move African elephant from Alaska to Calif.

Kim — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:04:05 +0000

“Alaska’s only elephant is coming in from the cold. Maggie, a 25-year-old African elephant, will be flown today from The Alaska Zoo to the Performing Animal Welfare Society in balmy California.” – USATODAY.com

Air Force agrees to move elephant on C-17

Kim — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:12:45 +0000

“For a bunch of loadmasters, life will truly imitate art the day after Halloween, now that the Air Force has agreed to fly Maggie, a sick elephant, aboard a C-17 Globemaster from Alaska to California.” – Air Force Times

Maggie Packing Her Trunk; Heading to California

Kim — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:55:15 +0000

“Maggie the Elephant is one step closer to leaving Alaska. Her special crate has arrived, and we got a look at her training inside it. We’re still waiting on word from the Air Force on whether it’ll fly Maggie down south on a C-17. We expect to hear about that real soon. In the meantime, the 8,000 pound-pachyderm is getting ready for her trip.” – Alaska Superstation

Likely Happy Ending for Maggie the Elephant

Kim — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:15:54 +0000

“The Alaska Zoo has announced that it will send Maggie, a 27-year-old African elephant, to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary in California. This is fantastic news for Maggie! Maggie was captured in Zimbabwe in 1981 during a cull?a killing operation intended to reduce the population of wild elephants.” – RacingWest

Maggie the elephant: California dreamin’

Kim — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:44:54 +0000

“The Alaska Zoo Board of Directors chose to send its beloved elephant to a sanctuary run by the Performing Animal Welfare Society, also known as PAWS.” – KTUU.com

Out of Alaska: Zoo Seeks a Move South for Elephant

Kim — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:20:58 +0000

“The Performing Animal Welfare Society, or PAWS, located in Galt, Calif., has offered to take the elephant, named Maggie, and pay for her relocation costs, including air transportation, veterinary evaluations and professional training to prepare her for crate travel, zoo officials said Friday.” – New York Times

Calif. facility offers to take, pay, for Anchorage elephant, Maggie

Kim — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:20:10 +0000

“A proposal is on the table to get Alaska’s only elephant out of the state, and for the first time this summer, the Alaska Zoo and animal-rights groups could have something to agree on.” – Seattle Times