Well, Ginger and I spent three days and two nights at the elephant nature park. It's been set up by a woman named Lek with private donations to rescue elephants from street performing and the trekking companies. See the link and read all about it.
Anyway, the first night we were there an new born elephant arrived. Apparently it had been born earlier in the day; but no one at the trekking company knew the mother was pregnant. the baby roll approximately 100 meters down an embankment before it was recovered. So she was naturally brought to Lek's for treatment. The only time the trekking companies want anything to do with Lek is when one of their elephants is hurt!
To continue, there weren't enough volunteers to look after the baby 24 hrs a day, so Ginger and I volunteered to take the 1am to 3am shift. It was truly amazing to feed a 1 day old baby elephant (350 lbs). As we left on Thursday, the baby was just started to get her legs to stand up, so hopefully I will be able to update this story when I hear from friends at the park.
We also got to feed and bathe the elephants in the river...more pics below!
1 comment:
wow, amazing pictures!! The baby is so cute!!! Never thought I'd see my dad wash an elephant lolol Thats so cool!! Again, I'm so jealous!!
Missing you lots,
Love always,
Nikki
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