PAWS ARK 2000 in United States

PAWS ARK 2000
Type	sanctuary

Owner
Founded	2000
First elephant arrived	2002
Place	San Andreas
Region	California
Country	United States
Website	Website

Directors

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Elephant management	Protected Contact, since

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	2024-04-11: 2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2025-03-17 19:21:31
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Description

PAWS ARK 2000, in San Andreas, United States , was founded in 2000 and the first elephant arrived in 2002

PAWS ARK 2000 elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since

Living elephants

At the PAWS ARK 2000 lives 6 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♀ Gypsy (Matsho, Hope) born 1967
♀ Mara born 1982
♂ Nicholas (Nickolaus) born 1993-12-15
♂ Prince (Chang Dee) born 1987-05-24
♀ Thika born 1980-10-18
♀ Toka born 1970

Comments / picturesFounded by Pat Derby and Ed Stewart in 1984, the 30 acre PAWS Galt facility housed Asian and African elephants, lions, bears, wolves, tigers, leopards. Eventually, all the surviving elephants would be transferred to a new 2300 acre compound near San Andreas known as ARK 2000. A $2.5 million budget funded by corporate donors and private individuals keeps the location operating.

Tuberculosis infected location

2012: In the summer, the Star reported that a lab test showed a PAWS elephant tested positive for TB. That animal had already been in quarantine for more than three years, PAWS co-owner Pat Derby said at the time. The U.S. Department of Agriculture also found that two other elephants that died at PAWS within the past two years also tested positive for TB, according to Necropsy reports. PAWS says the cause of death in both cases was not TB, but Arthritis. Toronto Star, September 24, 2012

More about Pat Derby on my blog

References for records about PAWS ARK 2000

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). PAWS ARK 2000, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1425. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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