Category — The Elephant Sanctuary

“Award winning actress Lily Tomlin has recorded two television commercials urging the Dallas Zoo and Dallas City Hall to retire Jenny the elephant to a private sanctuary in Tennessee. ” – WFAA.com

“The Dallas Zoo announced yesterday that the roughly 10,000-pound pachyderm will remain at her home of 22 years and will eventually get a new companion.” – Fredericksburg.com

“Jenny, the elephant, has made national headlines, and a woman at the heart of her story is coming home to Lawton. The 32-year-old elephant currently lives at the Dallas Zoo and is ready to retire. However, people are in disagreement about where she should live in her remaining years.” – KSWO

“Jenny the Elephant, an aging and emotionally troubled Pachyderm, is the focal point of a debate between experts, activists, and zoos. Jenny, a five-ton African elephant and a favorite at the Dallas Zoo for 22 years, is moving on.” – The Post Chronicle

“Jenny’s supporters are again on a rampage. A number of them are speaking before the Dallas City Council in what’s become a sort of weekly political effort before the city’s elected representatives” – The Dallas Morning News

“Representatives from a Mexican animal welfare group joined the debate on the future of Jenny the elephant at City Hall today, arguing for the aging star of the Dallas Zoo to stay in the United States. ” – allas Morning News

“Mayor Tom Leppert told News 8 the city is now considering a number of other options on where to send its only elephant, 32-year-old Jenny, besides the Africam Safari Park in Puebla, Mexico.” – WFAA.com

“A big name in Hollywood just joined the fight to send the Dallas Zoo’s last surviving elephant to a sanctuary in Tennessee. ” – Dallas Morning News

“After the recent death of her longtime companion, officials at the Dallas Zoo are wondering what to do with Jenny the elephant.” – KXAS

“Why, it’s Jenny the elephant! (Who also happens to be todays (belated) topic of the day!)” – The Dallas Morning News

“The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee is the nation’s first natural-habitat refuge specifically developed to provide a haven for endangered African and Asian elephants. There are currently sixteen Asian and three African elephant residents. It is a non-profit organization, licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. It is the only sanctuary in America to offer the setting, climate, and native vegetation that parallels habitat in the elephants’ native wetlands. We provide sanctuary for captive elephants that are old, sick or needy. Our primary objective is to provide a spacious and rich environment in which elephants can freely exercise their sensitive, intense socially gregarious, complex, and remarkably intelligent natures. We believe that all elephants should be treated with respect and minimal intrusion. Utilizing more than 2700 acres, The Elephant Sanctuary provides three separate multi-hundred acre protected, natural habitat environments for Asian and African elephants. Phil Snyder, regional director emeritus of the Humane Society of the United States has stated, “The Elephant Sanctuary” represents the future of enlightened captive elephant management.” – Zoo and Aquarium Visitor
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“Mayor Stephen Mandel was given a stuffed elephant today from an activist who wants city council to give the Valley Zoo’s biggest resident a present in return – a new home in Tennessee.” – Edmonton Journal

“Lecture to offer behind-the-scenes look at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, where once captive animals roam free from circus chains or cramped zoo habitats” – Decatur Daily

“Dulary lived in Philadelphia, where she put in 43 years at the zoo employed as an exhibit, never missing a day, but was laid off this year. There was a retirement party where her friends came to say their goodbyes. ” – CBS News

“The Elephant Sanctuary founded in 1995 in Hohenwald, Tennessee, is the nation’s largest natural-habitat refuge developed specifically to meet the needs of endangered elephants. It is a non-profit organization, licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. It is designed specifically for old, sick or needy African and Asian elephants who have been retired from zoos and circuses.” – Horizon Solutions Site

“One year ago, eight elephant veterans of the circus, Minnie, Lottie, Queenie, Debbie, Ronnie, Frieda, Billie and Liz were chained in a dark windowless barn. They had been that way for nearly two years. Today they spend their days roaming over 200 acres in middle Tennessee at The Elephant Sanctuary, enjoying the best life a captive elephant can have.” – Business Wire

“Transporting elephants 650 miles can be a complicated process But that is exactly what eight elephants have done. Relocating from the Hawthorn Corporation in Richmond, Ill. to The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., the elephants paired up two at a time and embarked on the 12-hour journey in a special chain free semi-trailer.” – Happy News

“After months of government negotiations to resolve charges of animal mistreatment, nine elephants from Illinois will pack their trunks and move to Tennessee.” – USATODAY.com