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Posted by on Jan 12, 2014 in Blog | 1 comment

What the Elephant Sees

 

elephant-eye

 

Freedom isn’t just a human struggle.  

It’s also a humanitarian one, also.

 

“I don’t know who was the first person to put the chains on, but I’m glad to be the last one to take them off.”

So says the caring animal caretaker in this wonderfully powerful video of two former circus elephants named Shirley and Jenny.  They’ve finally been released after two decades of captivity, having spent most of their lives in what must have been prison cells for animals of their intelligence and size.

Now, they’re retired and free to live out what remains of their years in a sanctuary.  Together again, after 25 years apart.

Freedom isn’t just a human struggle.  It’s also a humanitarian one.

An elephant never forgets.

Watch the 7-minute video below, or click the link HERE:

 

1 Comment

  1. Very nice story. I hate circuses. Not too crazy about zoos either except that the good ones are doing great work to try to increase the numbers of endangered species. It always makes me sad to see animals out of their true environment.

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