News From Case Western Reserve University in Ohio

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TULSA – A local nonprofit group is working to keep some of the world’s most gentle giants safe from harm.

The founder and chairman of ElephantRescue.net held a fundraiser Saturday at Whole Foods on 91st and Yale.

He says elephants are amazing animals and that they deserve to be protected.

“The nature of elephants is such that they can’t bear the thought of being away from each other. A female elephant, when she has a baby, a cow has a calf, they never part. They are together for the rest of their lives, every minute.”

Because of this connection, generations of elephants stick together.

One of the main reasons elephant numbers are dwindling has been because of poachers. Thousands of elephants are killed annually for ivory.

Be Love Yoga Studio for Elephants!

Be Love Yoga

Be Love Yoga Studio has joined the cause to rescue elephants!

Every Monday during the month of October at 4 PM there will be a class offered for donations which will be given to Elephant Rescue.

Join us at the Be Love Studio located at 1310 East 6th Street (6th & Peoria) in Tulsa.

Be sure to come by on October 5th at 4 PM to hear Phillip Hathaway speak briefly about his plan to rescue elephants.

On behalf of those who can neither speak nor defend themselves, thank you for your donations!

An Elephant’s Family is Everything to Them

Elephants are many times closer to their families than humans. Some who are kidnapped from their families miss them so terribly that they literally die of a broken heart. Sometimes the babies witness their mothers and fathers being killed by the kidnappers and the trauma is too profound, also causing to loss of the will to live.

“Culling” or killing elephants for so-called “sport,” which might be more accurately described as joy killing, is not a intelligent option. Vaccines have been successfully used that prevent cows from becoming pregnant, thus easily controlling the population.