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Feel good story (Elephant cries after rescue from 50 years of abuse )
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:21 pm
I like these types of stories.
An elephant that spent 50 years in captivity cried real tears when wildlife conservationists staged a daring midnight rescue.
Likely captured as a baby, Raju had been abused for years, shackled in spiked chains and forced to live off scraps from tourists.
Wildlife SOS, a group established in 1995 to protect India's wildlife, attempted to rescue Raju from his owner in the Uttar Pradesh region July 2.
His captors layered tighter chains on the elephant and attempted to confuse him with commands, but a team of 10 veterinarians and Wildlife SOS experts along with 20 Forestry Commission officers and two policemen managed to get Raju to safety, the Mirror reported.
"Raju was in chains 24 hours a day, an act of intolerable cruelty. The team were astounded to see tears roll down his face during the rescue," Wildlife SOS spokesman Pooja Binepal said. "It was incredibly emotional. We knew in our hearts he realized he was being freed. Elephants are majestic and highly intelligent animals. We can only imagine what torture the past half a century has been for him."
Raju was taken to the Elephant Conservation and Care Centre in Mathura. Fittingly, he took his first steps sans chains on July 4.
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An elephant that spent 50 years in captivity cried real tears when wildlife conservationists staged a daring midnight rescue.
Likely captured as a baby, Raju had been abused for years, shackled in spiked chains and forced to live off scraps from tourists.
Wildlife SOS, a group established in 1995 to protect India's wildlife, attempted to rescue Raju from his owner in the Uttar Pradesh region July 2.
His captors layered tighter chains on the elephant and attempted to confuse him with commands, but a team of 10 veterinarians and Wildlife SOS experts along with 20 Forestry Commission officers and two policemen managed to get Raju to safety, the Mirror reported.
"Raju was in chains 24 hours a day, an act of intolerable cruelty. The team were astounded to see tears roll down his face during the rescue," Wildlife SOS spokesman Pooja Binepal said. "It was incredibly emotional. We knew in our hearts he realized he was being freed. Elephants are majestic and highly intelligent animals. We can only imagine what torture the past half a century has been for him."
Raju was taken to the Elephant Conservation and Care Centre in Mathura. Fittingly, he took his first steps sans chains on July 4.
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:24 pm to JCinBAMA
It's hoped he'll live another 10-20 years. I hope he gets good treatment. That poor animal has suffered a horrible life so far. I hate abusers.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:28 pm to Kentucker
Yea i just don't get how people can do this.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:33 pm to JCinBAMA
Reminds me of this, truly amazing story:
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:41 pm to Vols&Shaft83
You a-hole!
I was wary because of "Tulsa Junior College", pretty sure it's been called TCC for a long time but 1972 was before me so I trusted you man. I trusted you.
I was wary because of "Tulsa Junior College", pretty sure it's been called TCC for a long time but 1972 was before me so I trusted you man. I trusted you.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:51 pm to JCinBAMA
Seriously.
We should declare fricking war on everyone that abuses whales and elephants and bottle nosed dolphins.
I love elephants and whales, always have.
We should declare fricking war on everyone that abuses whales and elephants and bottle nosed dolphins.
I love elephants and whales, always have.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 7:05 am to JCinBAMA
People who do these kinds of things to animals are some of the worst people on earth. True savages.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 7:10 am to Vols&Shaft83
Damn that made me laugh
Posted on 7/10/14 at 1:44 pm to JCinBAMA
Maybe they should be put in chains and live off scraps from tourists?
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