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Lama Doge, from Tibet, peers out of the darkness of a Buddhist Temple where he spends several hours of the day praying.

After placing their bets, cowboys and other horse racing enthusiasts wait for the next race to start under a cloud filled sky.

A race horse peers out of the early morning shadows from his stall.

A lone security guard takes his break above an adobe hotel to watch the sunset.

Content with their new surrounds, Mara and 71 take a quiet stroll together in their new home before sunset.

After months of constructing the refuge, Pat Derby is relieved that Mara and 71 have a place of their own. A refuge very similar to their home in Africa.

Mara looks over a wall of bamboo in the reserve set up by members of PAWS. Elephants like to rub their bodies against bamboo and trees which in several zoos in the U.S. are not provided.

Pat brings 71 her dinner with an impatient 71 trying to steal a trunk-full of food. Pat feeds Mara and 71 everything from carrots, apples, oranges, oats and hay.

Under a cloud filled sky, Mara and 71 play in the lake built to make the refuge seem more natural. Elephants spend a great deal of time bathing.

Elephants greet each other by putting their trunks in each others mouths. And the closest thing for Pat to greet Mara with is by blowing on her tongue to Mara's delight.