Three-Legged Elephant (land mine) Gets a Prosthetic Limb (one happy elephant)

[Omaha Steve]

It’s been eight years since a land mine cost her part of a leg, but Mosha walks on.


http://www.takepart.com/video/2015/03/03/elephant-injured-land-mine-gets-new-leg?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-03-03

March 03, 2015 By Taylor Hill

Taylor Hill is TakePart's associate environment and wildlife editor.

Video at link.

Mosha, a three-legged Asian elephant, just got an upgrade.

The nine-year-old pachyderm was fitted last week with a prosthetic leg at the elephant care center that has been her home for most of her life.

In 2006, at just seven months, Mosha stepped on a land mine in Thailand and lost part of her front right leg.

Two days later the Friends of the Asian Elephant Hospital at MaeYao National Reserve in Lampang, northern Thailand, took Mosha in to treat her injuries. There she slowly recovered and began learning how to get around on three legs.

But two-thirds of an elephant’s body weight rests on its front limbs, and FAE workers were worried that if anything happened to Mosha’s one good leg, they would most likely have to put her down.

FULL story at link.

[shenmue]

1. Squee!

[rhett o rick]

2. What a wonderful story. Too bad it's on RT, the neocons won't like it. nm

[stonecutter357]

4. I am

I am not a neocons and i don't like rt
The creation of RT was a part of a larger public relations effort by the Russian government that was intended to improve the image of Russia abroad.[33] RT was conceived by former media minister Mikhail Lesin,[34] and Russian president Vladimir Putin's press spokesperson Aleksei Gromov.[35] At the time of RT's founding, RIA Novosti director Svetlana Mironyuk stated: "Unfortunately, at the level of mass consciousness in the West, Russia is associated with three words: communism, snow and poverty," and added "we would like to present a more complete picture of life in our country."[34] It is registered as an autonomous nonprofit organization[36][37] funded by the federal budget of Russia through the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_%28TV_network%29

[rhett o rick]

7. Do you support HRC's foreign policies? The neocons do.

"And the thing is, these neocons have a point. Mrs. Clinton voted for the Iraq war; supported sending arms to Syrian rebels; likened Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, to Adolf Hitler; wholeheartedly backs Israel; and stresses the importance of promoting democracy.

It’s easy to imagine Mrs. Clinton’s making room for the neocons in her administration. No one could charge her with being weak on national security with the likes of Robert Kagan on board."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/opinion/sunday/are-neocons-getting-ready-to-ally-with-hillary-clinton.html?_r=0

The neocons are pushing hatred for Russia. They want war. RT is biased but so is CNN.

[Warpy]

3. Neat, here's the video

She's going to need a great deal of practice before it starts to feel more natural, but you can tell she's pretty happy with it, there's a joyful dust bath at the end.

[brer cat]

6. Thanks for posting the video, Warpy.

I went to the link in the OP and for some reason the video wouldn't load on my computer.

It must feel good to get some weight off the left front leg.

[magical thyme]

5. she looks happy...

so glad they were able to do that. the wear and tear on her left front leg from carrying all the extra weight could eventually cause all kinds of problems for her.

[rhett o rick]

8. What a wonderful story. Sorry for the off subject post above. I couldn't help myself.

I greatly appreciate all your posts.