Best foot forward – Thai elephant gets her ninth prosthetic leg

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Best foot forward – Thai elephant gets her ninth prosthetic leg
REUTERS

LAMPANG: -- Mosha the elephant, who stepped on a landmine along the Thai-Myanmar border 10 years ago, received her ninth prosthetic leg on Wednesday.

Mosha was just seven months old when the accident happened and she was rushed to an elephant hospital run by the Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation in Lampang province in northern Thailand.

Two years later, surgeon Therdchai Jivacate gave her a new leg and a new life. As she has grown, he has designed new, longer and stronger legs for her.

Full story: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-elephant-idUSKCN0ZG21G


-- Reuters 2016-07-01

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Lovely story.

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Sad that this happened in the first place but nice to see that she is getting excellent care.