Recent News
April, 2021 Update
What a trip we had to Elephant Havens last month! I would love to tell you how hard Scott and I worked, but that just wouldn’t be true. I can honestly say I had the most relaxing trip and just enjoyed our team and...
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You did it! Here’s what we can do thanks to you.
Dear Friends of Elephant Havens, First, I’d like to thank you all for helping us reach our fundraising goal. Between the money donated and the matching grant, we can complete some big projects that have been on our...
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Introducing our newest rescue
Wonderful news again! We are only about $15,000 away from our fundraising goal of $100,000. Our generous donor who will match those funds has inspired so many of you to donate, and we are just incredibly...
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October 2020 Update
Dear Friends of Elephant Havens, I’m so excited to tell you that we are over HALFWAY to our goal of raising $100,000 by December 31st. A generous donor is matching those funds, so any amount...
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August Update
Dear Friends of Elephant Havens, Even though we can’t travel to Elephant Havens right now, the good work our team is doing is going strong. While our young elephants thrive on the natural grasses and browse that the...
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Tshepiso Update
The 1950’s and 1960’s—years marked by Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones… years marked by rock and roll. Americans twisted their hips, sang until their throats throbbed, and threw their...
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MmaMotse Update
Let’s set the scene: seemingly unaware that she is 1,700 pounds, MmaMotse tiptoes into the food storage, desperate to avert the eyes of her handler and find them. Her trunk skims cabinets, pounds on rice bags, and...
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Bonolo Update
Horton, a superstar in the elephant world, famously exclaims, “I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful one-hundred percent!” And this assertion is no farce—elephants are fiercely...
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Tsholofelo Update
2020: Global pandemic. Isolation. Quarantine. Australian bushfires. Locust swarms. Floods. Poaching. Political turmoil…. The list seemingly goes on infinitely. Yet in the midst of the unprecedented chaos 2020 has...
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Crazy times, but we have some good news to share
Hello Team Elephant Havens! I know this is a crazy time for all of us, so I want to share some happy news. We don’t have to look very hard to see the good that is happening at Elephant Havens. We have been able to...
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