The Arrival of Prince

PAWS third Asian bull elephant, Prince, arrived at our ARK 2000 sanctuary in San Andreas, CA, on the evening of July 21, 2011. Prince has been retired from the circus to our sanctuary.

After being unloaded from his transport truck into his new barn, Prince threw dirt for two hours, ate like a fiend, had a drink, then laid on his dirt pile and went to sleep.

Welcome Prince!

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Asian Elephant
• elephant sanctuary
• indian elephant
• bull elephant
• pat derby
• prince the elephant
• PAWS
• circus elephant
• zoo elephant

[maryea46]

Welcome to Paradise sweet Prince. Bless you. You are indeed a very gorgeous boy and I look forward to seeing many more videos of your happy life at PAWS.

Pat and Ed thank you so much for giving this darling boy a whole new life, where he can just be an elephant and flick dirt over himself to his dear heart's content if he so wants to.

Are the three boys, Nic, Sabu and Prince half brothers and if so, what are their ages please? Thank you.

Cheers from NZ

[PAWSWEB]

@maryea46 We LOVE having friends in New Zealand. Greetings from Northern California! Prince (24) born 5/24/87; father Hugo, mother Me-Tu. Nicholas (17) born 12/15/93; mother Ronnie, father Tunga. Sabu (28) born 10/1/82; mother Hanako, father Tunga. Nicholas and Sabu are half brothers.

[Ulysses61]

Can't wait to sweet dear Prince in his pool. I loved the film of Nic splashing in there.

[PAWSWEB]

@Ulysses61 We shot more video this morning, and Prince did try out his pool! We'll be taking more over the weekend, and will hopefully be posting first part of next week. Thank you everyone!

[evelynjoyce]

Somehow I completely missed the arrival of Prince. Thrilled to see PAWS has another big boy. I'm sure Prince is thrilled with his home.

[ERRANDSRUS]

Prince is indeed beautiful. Elephants are my spirit animal. I enjoy watching their individual personalities, and I thank all of you for making a home for them.

[WildflowerNJ]

My love and support to all of you at beautiful PAWS. What a beautiful forever home for Prince...for all of these elephants....thank you....xx

[BARSMAT]

IVE WATCHED ALL THE VIDEOS OF PRINCE AND THE HAM NICK and thank you so much............ im so happy for them all and that prince willhave a happy life now. thank you so much for all you do for them, and for us because it feedsour soul as we continue to fight for elephants and other animals............ god bless yu both.you are special to me.

[jeffreyrbrock]

It is too bad he is locked in a cage.

[BoxerBlessings1]

This is the first time I've watched a video of a bull elephant in a sanctuary (up to now, I've only seen female eles -- in The Elephant Sanctuary films. I'm already hooked!

I'm grateful that Prince (Charming!) has many happy days in total peace, with fellow bulls Sabu and Nic to keep him company (from behind fences).

Bless you, Pat and Ed and all.

[travel31511]

Thank you, these poor creatures.....at the mercy of man....thank goodness for PAWS where you can get a few of them to safety and a life they should of had all along...I agree with Evelynjoyce's comment....Prince looks old and worn out......not knowing in this video yet that life will be great from this moment on.....

[evelynjoyce]

Prince looks like he's been through a hard time in the circus industry. He looks gaunt. I am THRILLED he is at PAWS. He will be so happy there.

[maryea46]

In the short time Prince has been in residence at PAWS, judging by the interest here, it seems he's developed quite a fan club of his own LOL

[donna1948ful]

@maryea46 Oh Mary..isn't he so beautiful and worth the wait....Now we'll have to wait to see him take a dip in his pool...don't you know he'll love that!! Probably even more than you and I watching him in his pool...lol