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Slow day for this blog
Our elephant mail arrived, with lovely photos of Hank and Miss Bets. Will scan and post things at some point soon if I don’t forget. Seeing as how I’ve been forgetting for the last few months, you can tell I’m no elephant.
Today’s picture is of an elephant Kindle cover from a quaint little store on etsy.
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Little update from the Elephant Sanctuary
Our little Hank recently broke off a small piece at the end of one tusk, probably while wrestling with a log. Aww…
Hank isn’t little at all, actually. He’s 22 years old, for starters. And he’s has a growth spurt too, putting him at about 10 feet tall. He’ll probably keep on growing until he’s around 30 years old.
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Yeah, so uhh, the cheque never arrived. But that’s okay, because we managed to get the online payment thing happening after all.
Sit tight. We’ll soon receive:
- A personalised sponsorship certificate
- A photo of our elephant(s)
- A bumper sticker which states “ASK ME ABOUT MY ELEPHANT”
- A subscription to the sanctuary newsletter - the lovely bits of which we’ll share here, and
- An invitation for Sanctuary visits - anyone going on holiday? :)
Picture stolen from Seen the Elephant.
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Elephants in Dusseldorf.
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Heartwarming elephant story
In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University.On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant’s foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down his foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.
Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.
Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing.
The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.
Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter couldn’t help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure.
He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.
The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter’s legs and slammed his stupid body against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn’t the same elephant.
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