Scott Blais, Global Sanct for Elephants

Giving Elephants Space

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Scott carries a lifetime of experience, working both with and for captive elephants for over 25 years. Starting as an elephant trainer when he was 15, he quickly learned the truth of the brutality that captive elephants experience.

With this awareness, and recognizing the need for an alternative approach, in 1995 he co-founded The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, the nation's largest sanctuary dedicated exclusively to the rescue and recovery of captive elephants. This ground breaking work has served to transform how much of the world views
the lives of captive elephants.

In 2013, Scott and his wife Kat Blais, joined other renowned elephant experts, including Dr. Joyce Poole and Petter Granli of ElephantVoices, to form Global Sanctuary for Elephants, a nonprofit dedicated to the development of new sanctuaries for captive elephants worldwide.