All posts tagged Carol Buckley

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…

Carol Buckley–Co-founder and executive director of The Elephant Sanctuary

By | August 30, 2004 | Elephants, Sanctuaries | No comments

Co-founder and executive director of The Elephant Sanctuary, Carol Buckley discusses her nearly 30 years with Tarra (the Asian elephant she started working with as a college student) and how those experiences & stages of development with Tarra–while traveling extensively, working in circuses, zoos & elsewhere, etc.–led to realizing that Tarra & others like her really shouldn’t live that life, but should live like elephants, as they now do at the 2700-acre Elephant Sanctuary, located not far from Nashville.  [www.elephants.org] Read more…