Recent Programs - Elephant Sancturary

The Elephant Sanctuary

January 5 ,2007 Program

by Bob Augustin Jr.

Rosanne Sietens with The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee presented the program to the Lawrenceburg Rotary Club at their January  5, 2007 meeting.  Ms. Sietens is a Human Resources Consultant with TVA, but her passion is The Elephant Sanctuary.  She is a member of the Executive Council of The Elephant Sanctuary

The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, founded in 1995, is the nation’s largest natural-habitat refuge developed specifically for endangered elephants.  It operates on 2,700 acres in Hohenwald, Tennessee. 

The Elephant Sanctuary exists for two reasons:

• To provide a haven for old, sick, or needy elephants in a setting of green pastures, hardwood forests, spring-fed ponds, and a heated barn for cold winter nights.
• To provide education about the crisis facing these social, sensitive, passionately intense, playful, complex, exceedingly intelligent, and endangered creatures.

To learn more about The Elephant Sanctuary and all of the resident elephants, visit their web site at www.elephants.com .

Pictured left to right are:  Neal Beard, Rosanne Sietens & J.W. Durham