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Julie and Dillon Forbes have been named the Elephant Aid International (EAI) Special Projects Volunteers of the Year for 2021, the organization announced Saturday.

Elephants are retiring in Georgia at a special place designed just for them. They may not have chosen it for themselves, but the woman who designed it is giving them everything they need to live out the rest of their days.

Tarra the elephant is reunited with longtime trainer and owner, Carol Buckley
Attapulgus is a small town in southern Georgia, close to the Florida border; it is also home to two Asian elephants, Bo and Tarra.

Elephant Aid International, an education and advocacy organization that focuses on improving the lives of elephants around the world, has announced its first-ever essay contest for students.

In September, WCTV brought you the story of the arrival of Bo the elephant. Now, he has a new friend. Last month, Tarra became the second elephant to call the sanctuary in South Georgia home.

After a more than 11-year legal battle, Carol Buckley and Tarra, a 47-year-old Asian elephant who Buckley calls her best friend, were reunited at a Georgia elephant refuge last month.

Bo the Elephant has a new friend at Elephant Refuge North America in Attapulgus, Georgia. The new elephant’s name is Tarra and she is 47 years old.

Just months after welcoming its first elephant, Bo is getting a new neighbor at his South Georgia refuge. Tarra joins Bo as the second elephant at the refuge. Carol Buckley, CEO and President of Elephant Aid International has known Tarra since the 1970s.

As a young woman, Carol Buckley bought baby elephant Tarra out of a neglectful situation, then trained her to be a star, eventually founding a sanctuary to house the animal after retirement

An 11-year custody battle for an elephant named Tarra recently ended at the Tennessee Supreme Court. Tarra is back with Carol Buckley, the animal’s original caretaker and owner, who first met Tarra in 1974 when the elephant was an 800-pound baby.

Carol Buckley has moved her elephant Tarra to Elephant Refuge North America (ERNA), an 850-acre natural habitat refuge in Attapulgus, GA. Tarra joins Bo, a 34-year-old castrated male elephant who arrived at the Refuge in September.

The longtime inhabitant of Hohenwald’s The Elephant Sanctuary has headed south to Elephant Refuge North America