This is a whole family affair, it's a family affair for our family but also for all the elephants. Irvin Feld More Quotes by Irvin Feld More Quotes From Irvin Feld You can walk around and you don't hear anything, these elephants, they have these large feet and they travel silently through the fields. I think it's very peaceful. Irvin Feld top-news You can't operate any business, much less with animals, if you don't have consistency from city to city, it's a definite expense to be in litigation and to be fighting legislation, and there is a saying and it's been around for a long time: 'You can't fight city hall.' And we found that to be the case in this situation. Irvin Feld top-news Each elephant costs over $65,000 a year, per year, over all the years of their life, we're fortunate we're for profit. We do make a profit and we're a privately owned family business, and so we've made a decision we want to devote a lot of resources here. Irvin Feld top-news I always say, it's sort of like Jurassic Park with a happy ending, we knew that if we didn't do something, maybe my grandchildren would never have the opportunity to see these incredible animals. Irvin Feld top-news This was a decision that our family had discussed for quite some time. Irvin Feld top-news It was a place for elephants to retire. Irvin Feld top-news We have lots of different elephants, meaning males and females, youth elephants, older elephants, so it is a great place to study behavior. Irvin Feld top-news We have the largest and only sustainable herd of Asian elephants in the Western Hemisphere. Irvin Feld top-news
