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For World Elephant Day, enjoy our lively discussion with Carol Buckley, CEO and Founder of Elephant Aid International, who will share insights from her 40 plus years of working with elephants in the United States and in Asia. Her sanctuary in Georgia, Elephant Refuge North America, is home to three elephants and two boisterous dogs. […]

Hurricane Michael crashed through southern Georgia in a fury. Winds whipping at more than 100 miles per hour sheared off rooftops and stripped cotton plants bare. Michael had fed on the tropical water of the Gulf of Mexico, gathering strength. By the time it made landfall, it was one of the most powerful hurricanes in […]

One sunny morning in 1974, when Carol Buckley was 20, her German shepherd began barking at the bay window of her rental house in suburban Simi Valley, California. Buckley looked out to see a man walking a baby elephant down the street on a rope. She blinked. Then she ran outside and chased him down. […]

Thousands of elephants live not in the wild but in captivity, enslaved by humans, used for elephant back safaris and as performers for human entertainment. They spend their lives shackled and chained. Carol Buckley, a visionary and conservationist decided to dedicate her life to changing this centuries-old culture and practice of brutalising elephants and she […]

While in Nepal for the 2019 foot trimming workshops, Elephant Aid International founder and CEO Carol Buckley spoke on elephant welfare at the 9th World Ranger Congress in Sauraha, which was hosted by the International Rangers Association and its affiliate, Protected Area Workers Association. The congress attracted 600 wildlife rangers from around the world. Hundreds […]

Host: Dr. Zohara Hieronimus, D.H.L. — Guest: Carol Buckley — Elephant Aid International, Elephant Refuge North America (ERNA) will provide an environment where captive-held elephants will recover and thrive.

In April, Carol keynoted the Free the Elephants Conference and Film Festival in Portland, Oregon, speaking on “Revolution of a Movement — Creating Real Change for Elephants.” She also introduced a screening of “Unchained” and joined a panel on how local communities in Asia can help bridge cultural divides and heal human-elephant conflict.

In April, Carol keynoted the Free the Elephants Conference and Film Festival in Portland, Oregon, speaking on “Revolution of a Movement — Creating Real Change for Elephants.” She also introduced a screening of “Unchained” and joined a panel on how local communities in Asia can help bridge cultural divides and heal human-elephant conflict.

In Nepal, most elephants living in captivity are chained for 18-19 hours per day when they’re not working. Carol Buckley of Elephant Aid International is working with elephant owners to construct chain-free corrals. The new corrals have electric fences that allow elephants to roam their yards without the risk of escaping. But the system is […]

Published in Terra Mater, Edition 04/2016, July 2016 Original German Text: Martin Zinggl English Translation: Jonathan Nyquist Hardly anyone understands elephants as well as American Carol Buckley. For over 40 years, she has worked to improve the lives of elephants in captivity. She is currently in Nepal to free animals tamed in the Asian tradition […]