Baby Elephant Injured By Land Mine Is Given

[churchill]

- A three-year-old elephant who lost her right front leg when she stepped on a landmine was successfully fitted with a new prosthetic limb on Saturday.

The Friends of Asian Elephants foundation attached the new leg to Mosha, was only seven months old the accident happened in Myanmar, not far from the Thai border.

Immediately after she lost her leg she was sent to the Lampang elephant hospital and in 2008 her first artificial leg was fitted, allowing her to walk again.

Because Mosha is still only young, she has now outgrown that old limb.

Her new leg can be adjusted as she grows.

A second female elephant who stepped on a land mine 10 years ago and endured painful operations is also to be fitted for a permanent artificial leg.

Motola's injury sparked international sympathy and donations, and in Thailand the 48-year-old pachyderm became a symbol of the plight of elephants.

Experts were making a cast of her injured left front leg on Saturday for a plastic prosthetic limb which will be attached on Sunday.

http://www.necn.com/Boston/SciTech/2009/08...1250332152.html

[Datsun240Z]

gotta love myanmar, NOT. This states it, people live in fear their, landmines all over the place, army ruling the country with iron hand.

[fred2007]

gotta love myanmar, NOT. This states it, people live in fear their, landmines all over the place, army ruling the country with iron hand.

Thailand must be a better place to live at least we don't have land mines

[Thongkorn]

This story is about 3 years old

[churchill]

same phant new leg

[churchill]

A 48-year-old Thai elephant is due to be fitted with an permanent artificial leg, 10 years after losing a limb from treading on a land mine.

Motola was measured up at an elephant hospital on Saturday before experts made the leg.

The elephant has been walking with the help of a temporary artificial leg made of canvas, the Associated Press news agency reports.

A much younger elephant at the same hospital already has a false leg.

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-- BBC 15/08/09

[churchill]

Obama has personalised sweets

An elephant who stepped on a landmine 10 years ago and endured painful operations was fitted in Thailand for a permanent artificial leg.

The 48-year-old elephant Motola became a symbol of the plight of today's elephants, and her injury sparked international sympathy and donations.

Experts were making a cast of her injured front left leg for a plastic prosthetic limb.

President Barack Obama finally got one of the perks of being the world's most powerful man - personalised M&M sweet boxes for passengers on Air Force One.

The small boxes bearing the signature of the 44th president made their debut in the midst of a four-day, four-state trip through the American West.

The patriotic individual-sized boxes containing red, white and blue peanut M&M's were handed to passengers.

http://www.teletext.co.uk/news/andfinally/...sed+sweets.aspx