Raju the elephant started to cry after he was rescued last
weekend by wildlife conservationists as he was abused and held in spiked
chains for 50 years.see more pic:
Elephant Raju from India had an incredibly rough life. After being
poached from his mother he was thrown from one owner to another, until
he was left living in terrible conditions with no shelter at night,
being used as beggars prop all day long. Raju survived only from passing
tourists and sometimes had to eat plastic and paper while being chained
24 hours a day.
A wildlife organisation SOS-UK could not stand the injustice and decided to save him in a daring midnight rescue operation.
The elephant, realizing he was being saved, started to cry: “It was incredibly emotional. We knew in our hearts he realised he was being freed” – claims Pooja Binepal, one of the rescuers. “Tears
began to roll down Raju’s face. Some no doubt were due to the pain but
he also seemed to sense that change was coming. He felt hope for the
first time” – says another rescuer Kartick.
NOTE: Elephants have a very large
hippocampus, a brain structure linked to emotion which is much bigger
than that of any human. While we are not 100% certain, scientific
research supports the view that elephants weep as part of an emotional
response.
Raju’s owner tried to prevent the rescue, putting chains on his legs
and shouting commands to terrify him. But the rescuers stood their
ground. As they did, tears began to roll down Raju’s face. “He felt hope for the first time”, says Kartrick.
The chains were so tightly wrapped that it took 45 minutes to liberate him.
Raju was driven to the sanctuary by brave rescuers 350 miles to the
charity’s Elephant Conservation and Care Centre at Mathura. The elephant
was so exhausted he could barely move.
Raju took his first steps of freedom at one minute past midnight on July 4, finally tasting what independence feels like.
The charity is certain that Raju will spend the rest of his life free from suffering
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Home »
» Raju The Elephant Cries After Being Rescued From 50 Years Of Suffering In Chains
Raju The Elephant Cries After Being Rescued From 50 Years Of Suffering In Chains
7:18 AM
No comments
Related Posts:
Meet the Nigerian millionaires allegedly sponsoring the lifestyles of US reality stars Got this blockbuster from Mediatakeout.com. The gossip site listed five wealthy Africans including 3 Nigerians that are allegedly sponsoring the lifestyles of Real Housewives of Atlanta stars, Porsha, Kenya Moore… Read More
Ini Edo tweets about her crashed marriage, says she never cheated on her ex Ini Edo has reacted to reports that her five year marriage ended because of infidelity on her part. She says this is not true. … Read More
Court acquits former PDP chairman, Vincent Ogbulafor, over N170m fraud A Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, today October 2nd discharged and acquitted former National Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Vincent Ogbulafor, of a N170m fraud charge brought against him in 2001 by the Indepe… Read More
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau emerges, dismisses claims of his death Thought they said they already killed him? In a 36 minutes video released exclusively to AFP, Boko Haram leader, Shekau Abubakar dismissed reports of his death. Shekau, pictured above from the video, is quoted by AF… Read More
Charly Boy feels the journalist who exposed T.B Joshus deserves a National Award In the intriguing piece, Charly Boy writes that Nicholas Ibekwe, the journalist who exposed T.B Joshua's gift of N50k to the journalists reporting the Synagogue collapsed building deserved the National Award which was… Read More
0 comments:
Post a Comment