What makes an elephant abandon her calf – and is it a growing problem?

via straitstimes.com

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A helpless baby elephant has won the Thai public’s sympathy but her case has shed light on the pressures facing herds across Asia Khao Tom, a two-month-old elephant, plays with a wildlife officer, nudging his face and curling her trunk around his wrist. When she lifts her trunk in the air, signalling that she is […]

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