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Circus Elephant Retires to Sanctuary After Performing for 40 Years
Julie will live under veterinary care in a more natural habitat after Portugal’s ban on wild animals in circuses ended her four-decade performance career.
- On June 30, Julie, Portugal's last circus elephant, arrived at the Pangea Elephant Sanctuary in Alentejo, becoming the sanctuary's first resident after 40 years of circus performances.
- The Portuguese government passed a law in 2018 mandating circuses phase out wild animals by 2024, prompting Julie's retirement from the Vítor Hugo Cardinali circus.
- Managing Director Kate Moore said Pangea works "in partnership with owners to find the right solution," as they did with Cardinali, who sought the best possible future for Julie.
- Settling in quickly, Julie explored her habitat, enjoying mud wallows and digging, while pupils from Wenhaston Primary School supported her transition with a $135 donation.
- Pangea aims to house up to 35 elephants on its 1,000-acre site and will welcome Kariba, another female African elephant from Belgium, later this year for companionship.
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Circus elephant retires to sanctuary after performing for 40 years
She was captured in Africa and brought to Portugal where she began performing in circuses in 1988.
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The last representative of the Portuguese circuses, the elephant Julie left the capitals to join a 402 hectare refuge in the Alentejo. This new project, financed by private funds, will offer a retreat to animals from European zoos and circuses. The site will not be open to the public in order to preserve the welfare of the animals, says Público.
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