Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) in United States


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Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES)


Typesanctuary
Founded1995
First elephant arrived1995
Address P. O. Box 393, 804 Darbytown Rd.
Zip-code 38462
Place Hohenwald
Region Tennessee
Country United States
Website http://www.elephants.com/
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Description

Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), located at P. O. Box 393, 804 Darbytown Rd., in Hohenwald, United States , was founded in 1995 and the first elephant arrived in 1995.

Living elephants

At the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) lives 10 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♀ Billie born 1962
  2. ♀ Debbie born 1971
  3. ♀ Flora born 1982
  4. ♀ Minnie (Packy II, Talli) born 1966
  5. ♀ Nosey (Tiny, Peanut) born 1982
  6. ♀ Ronnie (Maharani) born 1966
  7. ♀ Sissy (Gerry II) born 1968
  8. ♀ Sukari born 1984
  9. ♀ Tange born 1975
  10. ♀ Tarra (Fluffie) born 1974

Comments / pictures1995: Founded by Carol Buckley and Scott Blais.
2004-2008: Between 2004 and 2008 this sanctuary received a group of circus elephants, which had been exposed of Tuberculosis.
2009: In July 2009 during routine TB skin testing of some workers at the facility indicated exposure to TB, and Public Health personnel launched an investigation. They eventually determined that 9 of 46 people whom they were able to contact had positive TB skin tests during the 2006-2009 period.

References for records about Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2021). Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=253. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) on elephant-news.com

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