The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, founded in 1995, is the nation's largest natural-habitat refuge developed specifically for African and Asian elephants.
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There are two sanctuaries in the United States that offer exceptional homes for elephants: The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) (www.pawsweb.org) in Northern California, and The Elephant Sanctuary (www.elephants.com) in Hohenwald, Tennessee.
At Two Tails Ranch (All About Elephants) we offer a guided tour where we will talk about the animals and answer questions. We will also have demonstrations as well as a visit to our museum and gift shop. During the tour you will also get a chance to ride the elephants and feed them!
Around 393 elephants are currently imprisoned in North American zoos, circuses, and private properties, including those kidnapped from the wild or born in captivity. Some elephants have been held in solitary confinement, without any other elephants to keep them company, for decades.
You can visit for the day, or stay over in their traditional accommodation, but elephant welfare always come first. You'll have no actual contact with the elephants, but follow them down to the river where you can watch safely from an observation tower as they bathe.
Punnathur Kotta(Punnathur Fort), World's biggest Elephant Sanctuary in Guruvayur. Entrance fee to the Anakotta(Elephant Fort) is Rs 25 with extra charges for video recording and camera.
At Two Tails Ranch (All About Elephants) we offer a guided tour where we will talk about the animals and answer questions. We will also have demonstrations as well as a visit to our museum and gift shop. During the tour you will also get a chance to ride the elephants and feed them!
Elephants in circuses and roadside zoos are denied everything that gives their life meaning. Many become neurotic, unhealthy, depressed, and aggressive as a result of the inhumane conditions in which they're kept.
The Philadelphia Zoo's two female African elephants have traded their cramped West Philadelphia home for new digs at a sprawling southwestern Pennsylvania sanctuary run by the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.