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Article: The elephants' friend; Carol Buckley runs a unique sanctuary for Asian elephants. (founder of Elephant Sanctuary near Hohenwald, Tennessee)(Profile)
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- Animals
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
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Carol Buckley still remembers the day the phone rang and she first learned about Barbara's plight. "It was February 1996," recalls Buckley. "She was near death, critically emaciated, and still losing weight. Her ribs and backbone were showing, her face was sunken. Repeated tests couldn't find anything wrong with her."
The future certainly looked bleak for this 26-year-old Asian elephant. Barbara was the youngest of eight elephants imported by a trainer for his circus show. She had spent the first half of her life performing. When her owner moved the rest of the herd to a breeding facility in Florida, Barbara's future became even more tenuous. The center ...
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Article: Buckley, Rosemary "Babs" Scaringe.(Obituaries)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);
December 27, 2008 ;
432 words
... ... was the dear wife of Maurice J. Doc Buckley; beloved mother of Paul M. Buckley (Denise) of Loudonville, Barbara R. Braham (Tom) of Hollywood, Fla., and Maureen A. Buckley of Loudonville; cherished grandmother ...
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