KTVU San Francisco Update: Lulu and Nicholas

We were thrilled yesterday when Tom Vacar of KTVU Channel 2 News in San Francisco visited ARK 2000 for an update on Lulu, formerly of the SF Zoo. Lulu's progress from an insecure and isolated elephant to a fully integrated member of the PAWS African group has been, as Pat says, "our biggest success story."

Click Lulu's picture to view the story.

During his visit, Tom also met Nicholas, the young Asian bull, and included an interview with Ed Stewart on the plight of captive bulls and PAWS' critical role as the only US sanctuary willing to accept them.

The story is an excellent launching point for our campaign, "A Buck for Bulls."

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Nicholas and Gypsy Update

Nicholas and Gypsy, the last of the Illinois Hawthorn elephants, have been at PAWS for almost one full year, and news of them is long overdue. In this update, Ed Stewart talks about breaking ground on the bull habitat construction at ARK 2000 and the additional requirements of keeping bulls.

Gypsy and Nic are doing well and we're delighted that their quarantine period is almost complete. The first anniversary of their arrival at PAWS will be April 1st, 2008. We want to say thanks to all of you who have supported these two very special elephants on their long journey to PAWS. We are especially grateful to Bob Barker, a true friend of animals and without whom, this chapter of Nic and Gypsy's story might well have ended differently.