(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...

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...

Rachel Mathews is an attorney and the director of the Captive Animal Law Enforcement division of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Foundation. She works in behalf of animals, particularly elephants, who are held captive in circuses and roadside...

Campaigns on behalf of elephants suffering in zoos are contributing to the public’s awareness of the inherent cruelty of caging all wild animals. In Seattle, WA, Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants’ (Friends) effort to retire Bamboo, Chai and Watoto, to PAWS...

CITES is a large world-body of an organization and stands for Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora, aimed to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Meetings...

The words “Ethical Sanctuary” are being used without merit in all parts of the world to make money - Reminds me of the term "Eco" used in many facets in the tourism industry which are not environmentally sound. All three terms used to attract people who are just...

Free the Oregon Zoo Elephants (FOZE) announces its campaign to free Chendra, the long-suffering Borneo elephant at the Oregon Zoo. The multi-level campaign publicizes Chendra’s plight on billboards, bus posters, aerial advertising, newspaper inserts and all social...

We had just finished Elephant Aid Internationals 2019 Elephant Footcare Workshop in Sauraha Nepal. EAI founder Carol Buckley, Leslie Schreiber, Lena Quenard and I were enjoying MoMos, a popular Nepalese dish at a local eatery when Carol shared that Mina, one of a few...

On January 4, 2020, World Elephant Alliance, along with 42 other groups from Australia to Zimbabwe,  participated in a commemorative service to honor all the elephants who died in captivity in 2019.  Ten cities held live vigils with hundreds of vigil goers in eight US...