After 37 years Mila the Elephant meets another of her kind.

[MoonRiver]

...for so many reasons

The dream of a former caretaker at the Franklin Zoo in New Zealand is finally being realized with the sweet introduction of two elephants, Mila and Mary.

Mila, who is now 41, has spent almost her entire life alone. She was born in Namibia in 1973 and, like many others who find themselves in captivity, was taken from her home and her family shortly after.

Mary is the first elephant Mila has seen in 37 years.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/after-37-years-mila-the-elephant-meets-another-of-her-kind.html#ixzz2uNA1GfOV

[Triana]

1. My heart breaks for these poor intelligent creatures. Humans are SO abusive.

I can't stand to see animals used for human profit and entertainment. They are no less deserving of living a decent life for themselves than we are. Who are humans to take that away from them?

[MoonRiver]

2. I know.

We are brutal tyrants. The animals, who live simply and in cooperation with nature, are so much better than us.

[whathehell]

4. Mine too..

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Apparently, we subscribe to the same newsletter.

[BanzaiBonnie]

5. I clicked and read the article, knowing it would make me cry

But I believe we must take this into our awareness, in order to take action.

Imagine if one of us was kept away from other humans for 37 years...

[spinbaby]

6. May I take this moment...

...to put in a plug for the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. I've been donating to them and following the elephant cameras for a long time. A very worthwhile enterprise.

https://www.elephants.com/

[Lars39]

7. I'll second that! They're great!

[msanthrope]

9. They took Dulary, from the Philly Zoo....She held my daughter's foot one time when we visited.

The Philly Zoo had a horribly small exhibit, and when the elephants were in the pool, they were very close to the people. One day, I was standing there holding my daughter, and an elephant stretched her trunk and grasped her foot. Played with it a bit, snorted. I asked one of the keepers the elephant's name, and she told me, reluctantly.

[MoonRiver]

14. Wonderful place!

God bless the angels on earth who rescue these beings!

[secondwind]

8. This is why I do not patronize any circus .... EVER! These poor animals are abused so much!

[Jenoch]

10. Elephants are such intelligent and emotional creatures

that I don't think they should be reproduced to be in captivity in zoos and circuses.

[alp227]

19. So isn't it an INSULT they're the mascot of the Republican Party? nt

[Jenoch]

20. Interestingly, it was a newspaper cartoonist

who made both the donkey and the elephant to represent the major political parties.

[Rex]

11. It is a crime against the animal kingdom

how we take other sentient creatures and do unspeakable things to them over their lifetimes.

[Blue_In_AK]

12. Several years ago, the Alaska Zoo's much-loved elephant Maggie

was relocated to a sanctuary in California. We hated to see her go, but it was definitely for the best.

http://www.adn.com/2009/10/20/980196/maggie-the-elephant-a-beauty-queen.html

[warrior1]

13. Sniff

[AtheistCrusader]

15. After watching 'BlackFish' on Sea World, San Diego...

I look at all zoos with increasing suspicion.

Which sucks because I want my kid to have that experience of actually seeing some of these far-flung animals, right here easily accessible but...


I can't pretend they are anything other than prisoners anymore.

[Sienna86]

18. I so agree with you. Zoos for the most part are prisons for these animals. Nt

[me b zola]

16. I can relate

[bayareaboy]

17. Watching the news a night or two ago ...

I saw this great thing between an elephant and a lab. Then I checked out Utube. and it was there and it is down in Myrtle Beach. Try out "Bubbles and Bella". both are photogenic as all get out.

[CTyankee]

21. geez, I am so sorry for you Mila, and so angry at us humans for doing this to you...

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. kick for the elephants