Insights
Meet the Patients: Namfon
Namfon was disowned by her mother shortly after she was born on April 27, 2009. Soraida and her staff at FAE are trying to help her gain weight and keep her warm this winter.
Coco Hall’s “Elephant Girl”, Part 3
Coco Hall Intertwines the lives of an Asian Elephant with that of a young girl who lives a parallel life. Both kidnapped in India as children, smuggled to the United States, they find themselves prey of an unimaginably foreign world. The tale rises upon the girl’s determination to break both their chains and return to India.
Coco Hall’s “Elephant Girl”, Part 2
Author Coco Hall shares an excerpt from Elephant Girl, her graphic novel based on the life of Calle the elephant, who was euthanized by the San Francisco Zoo in 2004. (Part 2 of 3).
India Bans Elephants in Zoos, Circuses
In Defense of Animals (IDA) announced that India has banned elephants from zoos and circuses, citing the abusive treatment and confinement: San...
Coco Hall’s “Elephant Girl”, Part 1
Graphic novelist and animal activist Coco Hall shares an excerpt of her novel Elephant Girl, based on the life of Calle the elephant, who was euthanized by the San Francisco Zoo in 2004. Intertwined with her story is that of a young girl who lives a parallel life. Both kidnapped in India as children, smuggled to the United States, they find themselves prey of an unimaginably foreign world. The tale rises upon the girl’s determination to break both their chains and return to India.
SFGate covers “The Eyes of Thailand”
The San Francisco Chronicle’s response to The Eyes of Thailand clip “Trust us: You haven’t seen anything until you’ve watched an Asian Elephant in the forest take its first steps on a prosthetic leg. Jaws hit the floor.”