We are thrilled to announce that the governing districts have declared their ‘in-principle’ support – yet another critical step moving us ever closer to finalising our land acquisition. The Portuguese national and regional wildlife authorities were fully...
The land acquisition process has been incredibly challenging. Many of the standard finance options were not available as we are a UK charity purchasing land in Europe, and an agreement was needed quickly because there was competition from other prospective buyers. ...
A paper recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology explored the idea of re-introducing megaherbivores such as elephants to help restore habitats in Europe. Here is a thought-provoking article from the authors of the paper: Conservationists want to introduce...
Just a few tens of thousands of years ago – a blip in evolutionary terms – elephants roamed across the Mediterranean. Coincidentally, one of the most recent examples of fossilised tracks of the straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) was found in...
Ageing elephants Tonka, Jana and Edie, will move from the American ‘Zoo Knoxville’ to the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee in the Spring of 2023. Read the full story here African elephants Sukari and Tange in their habitat at Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary –...
