Once-lonely Maggie thriving in ‘elephant heaven’

“A year into her new life roaming a California sanctuary with other elephants, Alaska’s favorite expat shows every sign of enjoying it. She trumpets, knocks down trees and calls for her companions when they wander too far, say her new keepers.” - ScrippsNews

Maggie feeling the California love

“Alaskans keep asking for updates on Maggie the elephant — folks just can’t seem to get enough.” - KTUU.com

Maggie’s solo turns sociable

“It finally happened, and on Valentine’s eve: The fence came down and Alaska’s favorite ex-pat pachyderm got up close with her new circle of friends.” - Alaska News

Top 10 Stories of 2007: Maggie mania

“Maggie captured the attention and hearts of people throughout the state and the Lower 48 this year when she became ill and collapsed. The event increased the pressure on the Alaska Zoo to find Maggie a new home in a warmer climate.” - KTUU.com

Animal Radio® covers Elephant Move

“This weekend, the nationally syndicated Animal Radio® airs coverage of the very controversial African elephant move from the Anchorage Alaska Zoo to her new home at PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) near Sacramento, California.” - Best Syndication

Alaska’s elephant has new home in California

“You can see a lot of wildlife in Alaska — bears, whales, eagles, and more — but you won’t find any elephants there.” - Deseret Morning News

Maggie the elephant happy with new home

“A 25-year-old African elephant named Maggie is safe and apparently very happy to be in her new California home after traveling all the way from Alaska.” - UPI.com

Elephant finally in San Andreas

“Maggie, long the only elephant in Alaska, arrived in San Andreas on Friday to take up residence in a much warmer retirement home - the Performing Animal Welfare Society’s ARK 2000 elephant refuge.” - Recordnet.com

Maggie the flying elephant enjoys her place in the sun

“Alaska’s only elephant, Maggie, arrived at her sunny new home in California Friday and was showing no ill effects from her 16 hour journey by truck and military transport plane, officials said. “She seems to love it here,” Kim Gardner, an official at the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), told Deutsche Presse- Agentur, dpa. “She really likes that sunshine.” - US World

25 years of Maggie

“Though she originally moved to Alaska to provide companionship for another elephant, over the years Maggie blossomed into a star attraction and icon of the Alaska Zoo.” - KTUU.com

Elephant flown from Alaska to Travis

“After four decades of elephant-keeping, the Alaska Zoo prepared to hand over its beloved pachyderm Maggie to a sanctuary in California.” - sacbee.com

Elephant To Arrive In Fairfield

“The only elephant in the state of Alaska is flying to Fairfield.” - KQCA Sacramento

Air Force about to move African elephant from Alaska to Calif.

“Alaska’s only elephant is coming in from the cold. Maggie, a 25-year-old African elephant, will be flown today from The Alaska Zoo to the Performing Animal Welfare Society in balmy California.” - USATODAY.com

Air Force agrees to move elephant on C-17

“For a bunch of loadmasters, life will truly imitate art the day after Halloween, now that the Air Force has agreed to fly Maggie, a sick elephant, aboard a C-17 Globemaster from Alaska to California.” - Air Force Times

Maggie Packing Her Trunk; Heading to California

“Maggie the Elephant is one step closer to leaving Alaska. Her special crate has arrived, and we got a look at her training inside it. We’re still waiting on word from the Air Force on whether it’ll fly Maggie down south on a C-17. We expect to hear about that real soon. In the meantime, the 8,000 pound-pachyderm is getting ready for her trip.” - Alaska Superstation

Maggie the elephant: California dreamin’

“The Alaska Zoo Board of Directors chose to send its beloved elephant to a sanctuary run by the Performing Animal Welfare Society, also known as PAWS.” - KTUU.com

Out of Alaska: Zoo Seeks a Move South for Elephant

“The Performing Animal Welfare Society, or PAWS, located in Galt, Calif., has offered to take the elephant, named Maggie, and pay for her relocation costs, including air transportation, veterinary evaluations and professional training to prepare her for crate travel, zoo officials said Friday.” - New York Times

Calif. facility offers to take, pay, for Anchorage elephant, Maggie

“A proposal is on the table to get Alaska’s only elephant out of the state, and for the first time this summer, the Alaska Zoo and animal-rights groups could have something to agree on.” - Seattle Times