This Baby Elephant Forged An Unlikely Bond That Will Blow You Away

Published on 05/07/2019
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An Unexpected Development

His caretakers at the animal orphanage thought it was time to kick back and relax a little. After all, the calf looked like it would be fine both physically and emotionally at that point. However, all their dreams for the baby African elephant would soon be in a perilous situation. After spending several months at the rehabilitation sanctuary, his health started to decline on faith unfortunate day in January 2016. However, we are glad that they did not lose hope on the calf. His caregivers immediately asked for help from people who had the capacity to help.

An Unexpected Development

An Unexpected Development

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This was the message Karen Trendler put up on social media accounts to ask for Ellie’s urgent assistance: “We need to get IV colloids bought thru for a collapsed elephant calf.” The staff at the sanctuary could not stand the idea of standing by idly while Ellie went through another hardship in life. Although his friendship with the dog boosted his overall health, his previous septicemia infection regressed and started spreading alarmingly. They knew that their elephant ward was in a precarious condition. At the time, they did not even know if he would make it through another night.

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