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08/12/2025

Be careful Washington state murderer is assumed to be in the valley. His car was found in Calabasas.

05/17/2024

Nutella Puff Pastries 🥐 made with four prepared “ingredients“ and end up being the perfect brunch item! Use ANY chocolate spread you desire. These are a must make. ✨follow @sailor_bailey for more. Full recipe linked in my profile. . The full recipe is linked in my profile or Google 🔍 Sailor Bailey Nutella Puff Pastries” . . You can also comment “recipe” and I’ll send you the link in DMs. . . #chocolate #yummy #pastry #recipe #brunch #instafood #sweettooth

05/17/2024

What a beautiful creature you were lady❤️
Lady crossed the rainbow 🌈

We are saddened to announce that our beloved Lady passed away quietly on Wednesday evening, May 15. She was humanely euthanized after lying down and not showing any interest in getting up again. There are no records of her birth, but we believe that she was approximately 52 years old.

Before she lay down, part of her routine was receiving pain medicine 3 times per day. Someone was with her at 10pm on Monday and she was standing next to the big, beautiful tree in the first male Asian yard; she would often put her rear end against the trunk and sleep. At 6am, she was found lying down in the second male Asian yard. We checked to make sure she was alive, but she was very still and quiet and not giving any indication that she wanted to do anything other than stay where she was.

There were some signs around her body that she’d moved a little in the night, but nothing indicated that she had tried to get up. The entire time that she was lying down, she was still there mentally, but she seemed less responsive than any elephant we’ve ever seen that was down for any length of time. Normally, you would see some dusting or ear flapping – even on the ground, they remain active – but there was none of that from Lady. She would sleep, and when approached, would open her eyes and look at you, but then go right back to sleep. She was monitored all day Tuesday, continued receiving her pain medication, but there was no change in her status. On Wednesday morning, our entire veterinary team was here, including Mateus, Dr. Trish, and Dr. Luciana, the contracted equine vet who does rounds with us every two weeks. As a group of people who work with Lady all the time, we evaluated her and sadly agreed that Lady seemed like she was done fighting and was ready to go.

Six months ago, when her most recent bout of inflammation emerged, you could tell the struggle was different. She had a small rebound when we began a homeopathic remedy; she could bend her elbows and lie down again. But that upswing was short lived and it started to become evident that we might not see the rebound that we were hoping for. This past week we saw a bigger shift and those things that made her Lady were starting to slowly disappear.

One of the things we tell all of our elephants is: You fight, we fight. We will always work to help an elephant who is still pushing to live. We offered Lady water, coconut water, and Gatorade but she would just take it in her nose and spit it out. She wasn’t much interested in food, and when we gave her anything to eat, most often she’d just hold it in her mouth until she fell asleep, and then the food would just roll out. She did show some enthusiasm when she was offered Froot Loops after we took a blood sample, but it seems almost no elephant can refuse them ever.

We did not try to lift her; she hadn’t been rocking or showing interest in moving. Trying to lift an elephant, especially one who has never been lifted before, can cause great stress to the animal. But if they don’t want to stand, trying to lift them only causes more harm.. You can’t make an elephant stand in that situation.

Part of autonomy is giving each elephant the ability to decide not to go on. The only reasons not to respect what Lady seemed to be telling us would be selfish ones. As difficult as the realization is, we all knew that this problem wasn’t going away. Even if she were to magically decide to stand up, we would be in the same place with her in a week, a month, or possibly in another few hours. We consulted with experts around the world about her care and treatments, everyone from zoos to sanctuaries to human and equine facilities; we tried traditional medicine, complementary therapies like laser therapy, homeopathy, energy work, anything to find a non-harmful remedy that might provide her some relief, but always with limited success. Still, these things are what gifted her four years at sanctuary when we initially thought she wouldn’t last even one.

Given the state of her feet upon rescue, it is likely that Lady endured foot disease for at least two decades. Her strength and resolve and her need for emotional connection with her caregivers made her a great teacher for all of us. She always seemed to know what she wanted and it appeared to all of us that she was ready to be released from the pain she lived with for so long. She was unlike any elephant we’ve ever encountered and we don’t expect to see another like her in our lifetime. We plan to lay her to rest just outside the habitat fences, because Lady was always looking out to see what was just beyond the next hill or valley or grassy clearing. We want to honor the part of her that wanted a life that did not contain her. Now her body and spirit both know just that.

We will be opening a memorial space and holding a Celebration of Life on Facebook Live, Saturday, May 18th, at 11 a.m. EDT / 3 p.m. UTC. Please feel welcomed to drop in anytime to listen to music and look at photos of her. We will read her eulogy and some of your tributes at 12 p.m. EDT / 4 p.m. UTC. The link to view her eulogy and leave a tribute is here: https://globalelephants.org/in-memory-of-lady

03/15/2023

This fun and easy Easter Dirt Cups recipe features a velvety chocolate cheesecake filling, Oreo crumbs, and adorable peeps bunnies!

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