eleblog

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

“Forty-seven-year-old African elephant Ruby, who garnered enormous media attention last year when she left the Los Angeles Zoo for the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) Elephant Sanctuary near Sacramento, Calif., will celebrate her one year “retirement” anniversary on May 3, 2008.” - The Earth Times

“Winky is dead, and I digress today from the usual politics-and-government nonsense in this space to recount her life, mourn her passing and offer her a belated apology.” - The Modesto Bee

“Winky was an Asian elephant. She was euthanized early Monday at the Ark 2000 animal sanctuary operated by the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in the rolling foothills near San Andreas.” - sacbee.com

“Winky, one of two popular elephants who left the Detroit Zoo for greener pastures in 2005, was euthanized today at the California sanctuary where she has lived for three years. She was 56 and suffered from severe arthritis.” - Detroit Free Press

“Winky, one of two aging Asian elephants who left the Detroit Zoo in April 2005, was euthanized today at the Performing Animal Welfare Society sanctuary in San Andreas, Calif. She was 56 and had severe arthritis for years, according to a press release from the Detroit Zoo.” - www.hometownlife.com

“The Performing Animal Welfare Society sanctuary in northern California says muddy weather is preventing a new African elephant from being brought into the pen.” - UPI.com

“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

“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

“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

“The Alaska Zoo has announced that it will send Maggie, a 27-year-old African elephant, to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary in California. This is fantastic news for Maggie! Maggie was captured in Zimbabwe in 1981 during a cull�a killing operation intended to reduce the population of wild elephants.” - RacingWest

“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

“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

“The 13-year-old adolescent Asian elephant and his companion, Gypsy, 40, have been inseparable as they moved this month from a Richmond training facility to a temporary home in Galt, Calif. The duo share watermelon, mud baths and if Nicholas won’t get out of the way a friendly shove.” - Northwest Herald

“Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles Zoo Director John Lewis today jointly announced that, after years of helping to educate the Southern California community about elephants, Ruby the elephant will be moved to the Performing Animal Welfare Society in Northern California (PAWS). The 46-year old African elephant has led a fulfilling life at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens (LA Zoo) where she has lived for nearly 10 active and healthy years.” - Earth Times

“Bob Barker has decided that $500,000 is the right price for him to contribute toward building a foothill retirement home here for an Asian bull elephant named Nicholas. The Performing Animal Welfare Society this week announced the donation by the longtime TV game show host.” - Recordnet.com

“Well known game show host Bob Barker has pledged $500,000 for a new elephant habitat at a San Andreas sanctuary.” - MyMotherLode.com