Elephants in the Anthropocene Rewilding

Elephants in the Anthropocene Rewilding

The word Anthropocene has been described as the ‘great acceleration caused by humans’ originating from the words ‘anthropo’ which in Greek translates to human, and ‘cene’ translates to new. In this new era, Earth has undeniably...
Building a Sanctuary: It Takes More Than Love

Building a Sanctuary: It Takes More Than Love

This is a guest post by Scott Blais who manages, with Kat Haselau Blais,  Global Sanctuary for Elephants in Brazil. Working with and, more importantly, for elephants is an extraordinary life, and providing them with the freedoms of sanctuary leaves us at a loss for...
Nutritious Food vs Junk in the Trunk

Nutritious Food vs Junk in the Trunk

In the wild, elephants eat mostly grass, wild fruits, twigs, shrubs, bamboo and a variety of plants. Their main food source is grass when it is available to them. Elephants will also happily eat tree bark, plant roots and even soil. Elephants are herbivores and...
Nepal Elephant Walk Sanctuary

Nepal Elephant Walk Sanctuary

(This blog post is reproduced with permission from Animal Nature Connect) Early December 2019 while in Sauraha Nepal I reached out to Sudha Dhakal by email. Sudha was listed as the contact person for a new elephant sanctuary I wished to visit – I read this sanctuary...
The Nonhuman Rights Project

The Nonhuman Rights Project

In 2016 I met Steven Wise at the historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland Oregon while screening Unlocking The Cage. This documentary follows attorney Steven Wise and his team making history by filing lawsuits on behalf of his animal clients. Steven argues his clients...