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A LONG STANDING LEGAL BATTLE MADE IT'S WAY TO THE LEWIS COUNTY COURTROOMS THIS WEEK AS CAROL BUCKLEY, CO FOUNDER OF THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY, TOOK THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION SHE HELPED FOUND TO COURT FOR THE CUSTODY OF THE ELEPHANT SHE RAISED AND BROUGHT TO THE SANCTUARY BACK IN 1995. REPORTS INDICATE, THE LEGAL ISSUES BEGAN BACK IN 2010, AFTER BUCKLEY WAS OUSTED AS THE SANCTUARY'S PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND WAS PROHIBITED FROM VISITING HER ELEPHANT, TARRA. TARRA, IS AN ASIAN ELEPHANT, WHO IS PERHAPS THE BEST KNOWN OF THE SANCTUARY'S ELEPHANTS IN PART TO THE STORY OF HER AND HER LOYAL CANINE COMPANION, BELLA. BUCKLEY NOW OWNS A NEW SANCTUARY IN GEORGIA AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT TARRA WELFARE AND IS WANTING TO TAKE TARRA TO THE NEW REFUGE. THE TWO-DAY TRIAL ENDED WITH A HUNG JURY AS TEN JURORS VOTED TO RETURN TARRA TO BUCKLEY WITH TWO OTHERS SAYING NO. A RETRIAL LIKELY WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL 2019.