Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Raju
Life had not treated Raju
kindly. He’d been sold as a baby fifty years ago and since then his life had
been a living hell. He’d been taunted, beaten, starved, forced to perform
tricks and had been reduced to eating scraps thrown at him by tourists. You
might have read about Raju recently. He’s become famous for doing something
remarkable, something extremely common in humans but never before witnessed in
an elephant. Read about it (here).
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what a heart touching story...oh i echo the elephants tears...it is sad to think of all the animals
ReplyDeletethat are abused every day...i am glad that he was rescued and found a new life....
People can be utterly cruel to animals
ReplyDeleteOmg, this story is so upsetting, to think how cruel some people are to their fellow earthlings....it just makes me sick. I am convinced that there are animals who have rich emotional lives, form friendships and experience gratitude. I've heard stories in the past of elephants shedding tears, and the stories of their interest in, and emotion over bones and carcasses of other elephants is legendary.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this. It's important for people to know that we are not the only creatures on the planet who experience emotion.