All posts tagged captive elephants

Carol Buckley, longtime expert in the care of captive elephants

By | October 20, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Captive, Elephants, General, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Sanctuaries | 1 Comment

Carol Buckley—a longtime expert in the care of captive elephants, who co-founded The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, moving on to found Elephant Aid International, a nonprofit organization “that creates innovative approaches to the care and management of captive elephants”—seeks to address, 47 years into working with these animals, what exactly it is about elephants that stole her heart, and keep stealing it. Read more…

Catherine Doyle, Director of Science, Research and Advocacy for PAWS

By | September 16, 2015 | Advocates, Captive, Elephants, Legislation, Sanctuaries | No comments

Catherine Doyle–Director of Science, Research and Advocacy for the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), and a noted, veteran elephant advocate —explains what’s behind her longtime passion for working to improve the welfare of captive elephants, while noting, interestingly, that in her formative years in Chicago, she was a regular zoo visitor yet has no particular elephant recollection. Read more…

Scott Blais, elephant expert & ambassador

By | October 30, 2013 | Advocates, Captive, Elephants, Sanctuaries | 1 Comment

 

Scott Blais—CEO and Board President of the newly-formed Global Sanctuary for Elephants—discusses his more than 20 years experience working with elephants, including co-founding, in 1995, The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Read more…

Pat Derby–co-founder of The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)

By | September 10, 2008 | Elephants, Sanctuaries | No comments

Pat Derby–co-founder of The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), which operates three animal sanctuaries in Northern California, among them the 2300-acre ARK 2000, where upwards of a dozen elephants live–discusses the needs of and challenges faced by captive elephants; indicates that her view of elephants in zoos isn’t inherently one of opposition but involves a case-by-case examination of that particular zoo, Read more…