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The Elephant Sanctuary
http://www.elephants.com
Contact: Carol Buckley
931.796.6500
'The Elephant Sanctuary located in Hohenwald, Tennessee was founded in 1995. This non-profit organization, licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, is the nation's first habitat refuge developed for endangered Asian elephants. The sanctuary exits to provide protection at the habitat and to help a herd of these intelligent animals. The sanctuary also serves to provide education about the crisis facing these endangered creatures.
Teleconferencing technology is an education tool. Utilizing ISDN telephone lines in their classroom, students can take an electronic "field trip" to the Sanctuary. Images and sound are transported live, allowing students to view an elephant's daily life without causing any intrusion.
Sanctuary staff conduct the "visits," which can originate from anywhere around the world. Students learn about this free-ranging group of endangered elephants living at the nation's only natural habitat for Asian elephants.
Distance Learning visits are scheduled seven days per week, year round, between the hours of 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pre-scheduling is mandatory to ensure that an educator is available for your electronic field trip.
Program
Each program begins with a visit to the Sanctuary's on-site office.
For the first time visitor we suggest viewing our introductory video
The Asian Elephant. This 7-minute video is a valuable
teaching tool for students with limited exposure to this endangered
species. The video is transmitted over the teleconference system. If
your time is limited, or if you are a repeat visitor, we can omit
the video viewing.
Through an additional camera in our elephants' habitat, students are privy to the private lives of the elephants residing at the Sanctuary. This non-intrusive observation allows viewers to experience natural elephant behavior in a wild setting, and enables them to become familiar with each elephant - her history, habits, and how moving to the sanctuary has changed her life. These elephants represent a new age of captive elephant management; what they are teaching us is invaluable.
The program is flexible and can run as long as 45 minutes. The program fee is $100.00. First time visitors are required to conduct a systems test call prior to their teleconference visit. The test call is included in the fee