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1996: Barbara
Men captured Barbara in Southeast Asia when she was 2. They bound her tightly and broke her spirit. Then they shipped her to America to a circus in America. After being forced to perform for 12 years, she started losing weight. She became so emaciated that the circus "warehoused" her in solitary confinement, which caused her to become very depressed. An elephant sanctuary learned of her plight and offered to take her to its spacious habitat in Tennessee in 1996.
Barbara immediately became friends with Tarra, the sanctuary's first resident. They were later joined by Jenny, who came to the sanctuary after repeatedly running away from the circus and becoming disabled by a serious leg injury that had gone untreated. Today, the mental and physical scars of these three friends have healed, and they will spend the rest of their lives together safe from harm.
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