Mandy Turnbull of the Audubon Zoo elephant staff reports on their recent fundraiser for AES:
Audubon Zoo animal care staff in New Orleans is so excited to have the opportunity to support the fantastic work of Asian Elephant Support. In August this year we ran two events to raise funds. We were able to partner with a local sports league to provide a fun night of beer and bingo at one of our local breweries.
Port Orleans generously donated 15% of their profits for the day, and we hope that Pints for Pachyderms will become an annual fundraising event. We also sold travel wine tumblers (because the go-cup is a New Orleans staple!), and it was so popular that we reopened that sale for those that missed the first round.
Both of these fundraisers were in honor of our elephant Panya who arrived at Audubon in 1980 and who we lost in March this year at the age of 55. We are thrilled that in her memory we can support Asian Elephants in range countries through the great works of AES, and we hope this is a partnership that continues for many years.
