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At 54 Years Old Sandro Began His New Life After 40 Years at the Zoo and Forced Into Captivity: the Story of the Saved Elephant and the Journey to Arrive in the Sanctuary of Mato Grosso

The first contact of the trunk with the natural soil, the consistency of the earth under the legs, the smell of dense vegetation and the absence of cement. At 54 years, after more than four decades spent in the restricted space of the Zoológico Parque Municipal Quinzinho de Barros in Sorocaba, Brazil, the Asian elephant Sandro began his real existence. [...] L'articolo At 54 years Sandro begins his new life after 40 years at the zoo and forced i…

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The first contact of the trunk with the natural soil, the consistency of the earth under the legs, the smell of dense vegetation and the absence of cement. At 54 years, after more than four decades spent in the restricted space of the Zoológico Parque Municipal Quinzinho de Barros in Sorocaba, Brazil, the Asian elephant Sandro began his real existence. [...] L'articolo At 54 years Sandro begins his new life after 40 years at the zoo and forced i…

·Rome, Italy
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Professionals who take care of the animals explain that the females were able to detect the presence of the new member through the sound vibrations

·São Paulo, Brazil
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The Asian elephant Sandro spent more than four decades in captivity and, at the age of 54, has just begun a completely different phase of his life. The animal left the zoo of Sorocaba, in Brazil, and traveled about 1,615 kilometers until reaching the Sanctuary of Elephants Brazil, in Chapada dos Guimarães, in Mato Grosso, where...

·São Paulo, Brazil
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The Sandro elephant is destroying hearts and has already caught the attention of three suitors at the Sanctuary of Elephants Brazil, in Chapada dos Guimarães (MT). The three were flagged in video trying to find out where the smell of the new resident came from. Bambi, Maia and Guillermina walked towards the lake, which separates them from the Sandro, [...]

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Il Fatto Quotidiano broke the news in Rome, Italy on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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