by solea | Oct 31, 2022 | Elephants, MFE Actions/News
African elephants Thika (front) and Mara pay a visit to one of their favorite mud wallows. Happy Birthday to Thika who turned 42 on October 18! Putting Elephant Welfare FirstElephants are highly social beings, and it is often assumed that in captivity they naturally...
by solea | Oct 31, 2022 | Elephants, MFE Actions/News
Content Warning: The following contains references to animal abuse. A night out at the circus is meant to be a fun family event. But for animals in the Loomis Bros Circus, it is nothing short of torturous. Elephants are forced to perform on slippery grounds,...
by solea | Oct 12, 2022 | Elephants, MFE Actions/News
One thing is certain about Wendi: She always knows how to make an entrance! On the morning of Sunday, 9th October, she strolled up to the Ithumba stockades with a newborn in tow. She was clearly bursting with pride and wanted her human-elephant family to join in the...
by solea | Oct 12, 2022 | Elephants, MFE Actions/News
It is with heavy heatts that we announce this morning that Pocha passed away last evening. While we don’t yet know the cause of death, a necropsy will be done shortly to help us determine what happened – though we may not have the results right away. While...
by solea | Aug 15, 2022 | Elephants, MFE Actions/News
In spite of the international ban on commercial ivory trade, the domestic buying and selling of ivory continues, legally, in many countries, including the United States. Ivory traffickers exploit these loopholes and are well aware of the difficutly—for consumers and...
by solea | Aug 5, 2022 | Elephants, MFE Actions/News
Why is it that most people feel such empathy for elephants, even if they have never had close contact with them? Is it because of their size, their quaint characteristics, or the fact that they are so incredibly endearing as babies, tripping over little wobbly trunks...
