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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRescued Circus Elephant Is Finally Reunited With Her ‘Family’
Marta and I donated to this rescue. You can too, and much more info here: https://www.facebook.com/wildlifesosindia
http://www.care2.com/causes/rescued-circus-elephant-is-finally-reunited-with-her-family.html
By: Alicia Graef April 22, 2016
For almost 53 years of her life, Rhea had known nothing but a life of exploitation. But now, thanks to her rescuers, her abusive past is behind her and she will live out her days in freedom with the only family shes ever known.
According to Wildlife SOS, the organization responsible for securing her freedom, Rhea spent nearly her entire life as a circus elephant. She was likely taken from her family in the wild as a baby, before she was forced to endure a brutal training regime that would turn her into a performer. She would spend her life confined by ropes and heavy chains, and it would take a toll on her. The organization wrote in an update about her past:
Her time in the circus has left Rhea riddled with ailments. Her feet are in atrocious conditions, with deep painful cracks running through her swollen soles. Her nails are cracked and her cuticles overgrown, testament to the neglect she has been subjected to all these years. She walks awkwardly, with a slight limp, and we are suspicious of more serious wounds or problems that can only be diagnosed once she is in our care at the Elephant Conservation and Care Centre, Mathura.
Her rescuers hope she took comfort in the company of two other female elephants, Mia and Sita, who were the only family she had.
FULL story at link.
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Rescued Circus Elephant Is Finally Reunited With Her ‘Family’ (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2016
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2naSalit
(86,649 posts)1. Sweet!
Thanks for telling us about this!!
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)2. Circuses are bizarre aberrations of human behavior.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)3. KnR
kadaholo
(304 posts)4. kick
malaise
(269,057 posts)5. Good for her
Lots of despicable humans occupy our planet
hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)6. Thank you Steve.
One day, I hope "Lucky", the lone and lonely elephant at the San Antonio zoo, will know a better life.
Omaha Steve
(99,660 posts)8. Me too
Samantha
(9,314 posts)7. Thank you -- I loved watching this (eom)