…………………….It’s a story I have told before….but well worth repeating!……..Years ago Jac and I adopted two elephants……..TARA & FLORA………….When Tara was six months old she was captured in Burma and imported to the America. For 20 years Tara traveled across the world entertaining audiences in circuses, amusement parks, zoos, television and even motion pictures….Her owner, Carol came to realize that an entertainment life style was not suitable for Tara…..Tara was the inspiration for the creation of…..THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY in TENNESSEE……..After 21 years of entertaining the public, Tara was retired and became the first resident of the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee. Tara became best friends with Bella a stray dog and they were besties staying together all the time. When coyotes killed Bella, Tara found her body, and cradled Bella back to the barn in her trunk……Tara’s elephant sisters rallied around Tara in support knowing how despondent she was….Tara has become the “social butterfly” and is the first to greet all the new elephants who have come to the sanctuary…….Jac fell in love with her….after all they were both “SHOWGIRLS”………….FLORA……was orphaned in Zimbabwe as a result of a culling [MASS KILLING] of all the adults in her family herd in order to control the wild elephant population…….Flora spent time with an elephant broker in Southern California. She spent 18 years performing under the big top and was even in PeeWee Herman’s movie “BIGTOP” ….After years of entertaining, her owner David realized Flora no longer enjoyed entertaining, and wanted her to have a better life…He researched options…..Eventually, Carol Buckley, the original owner of Tara, and the creator of the Sanctuary was contacted and Flora was sent to the Sanctuary, and was the twelfth member….where she was greeted by….TARA!……..There they remain living the good life they deserve. The Sanctuary continually expands with more elephants, and more land for them to explore, and ponds for them to swim in…..They make their money with donations which I contribute to yearly……You may consider adopting one of these beautiful elephants too!