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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon't tell me they aren't sentient --- Look at those ears flap!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=274&v=vbRpcCRnoZAMe-Bai, a juvenile elephant in Thailand, reunited with her mother, Mae Yui, earlier this month. It had been more than three years since the young elephant was taken from her mother, trained and then hired out to perform for tourists.
When she lost too much weight to keep working, the Elephant Nature Park -- an elephant conservation and rehabilitation nonprofit -- persuaded Me-Bai's owner to turn her over.
"When [Me-Bai] first arrived, she was quite nervous and we took care to feed her well until she was healthy again," the Elephant Nature Park writes in a blog post about the reunion. "We also began to search what had become of her mother. We found that her mother was working in the trekking camp."
After a bit of persuading, ElephantNews explains, "[Mae Yui's owners] agreed to retire her from [the] trekking business," allowing the mother and her daughter to reunite in the sanctuary.
There's only one word for this reunion: elephantastic.
"The heart-touching story about the reunion of a mother and baby elephant illustrates beautifully the incredible memories and love elephants have for one another," Joyce Poole, an expert in elephant behavior told National Geographic of the video. "It is with this science-based understanding of elephants as empathetic beings that we ask [countries to amend their treaties] to protect elephants from brutal capture, separation from family, and export to zoos."
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Don't tell me they aren't sentient --- Look at those ears flap! (Original Post)
kpete
Apr 2015
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I am glad you posted this. The idea of a baby running 64 miles to their mother makes me want to
roguevalley
Apr 2015
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fleur-de-lisa
(14,627 posts)1. Beautiful story! Thanks for posting! - n/t
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)2. I am glad you posted this. The idea of a baby running 64 miles to their mother makes me want to
kill myself. I love this story. Take care and thank you.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)3. Who said elephants aren't sensient?
Aren't they close to the highest intelligence of mammals?
Omaha Steve
(99,658 posts)4. K&R!
Beacool
(30,250 posts)5. Lovely!!
It brought tears to my eyes. Elephants are such beautiful and intelligent animals. I hope that mother and daughter have a long and healthy life.
ffr
(22,670 posts)6. I'm always amazed when there are reports of habitat that haven't been developed yet
Must be a postage stamp these great creatures can roam on.
Touching story. Thanks for sharing.