(92 quotes found)
“We are pleased that the USDA enforced their regulations. We are also pleased that the elephants were released to the sanctuary where they can live out the remainder of their lives in a more natural setting.”
Carol Buckley
“I am so personally hurt with losses. I really am an elephant like that. I don't forget. I can still feel the pain and sting of it (last year's loss to Tennessee). So when you consider the length of the season and when you can be a little tired, I am not. I am just fueled by what could have been.”
C. Vivian Stringer
“Elephants are amazing animals. They have so much personality, and are by far the most intelligent animal I've ever been around.”
Daryl Hoffman
“It felt like six miles, ... I had to go up and down two elephants and through the windmills. It was the best putt I ever hit in my life.”
Jason Gore
“Lack of space is the reason for most of the ailments that captive elephants are suffering from.”
“The buck has to stop here - from what I've seen, the new elephant exhibit is phenomenal.”
Jack Hanna
“We expect to see the big five: lion, elephant, rhinoceros, giraffe and hippopotamus.”
R.Q. Shupe
“It is disappointing that elephants live in zoos and circuses, chained for days and months on end, forced to live in restricted spaces with no resemblance of anything natural. They simply exist to entertain the public. The Sanctuary elephants have freedom to do what they want, when they want, where they want. The decisions that are made about their lives are theirs to make.”
“That is always the elephant in the room with J&J. Everyone wants to know what is going on in M&A, and they're not saying.”
Bruce Cranna
“It is really tough. It feels like there is an elephant on your back, you feel flat, your legs feel weak, you're really tired, you have a hard time breathing and it's painful. At this altitude everything is so much more painful. If you overextend yourself just a little bit, especially when you're in a technical section and you have to put out a lot of effort just to get over something, the moment you're over it you're in trouble and it takes a very long time to recover.”
Conrad Stoltz