Research in recent years has helped us learn more about elephants. They are
kind, sensitive creatures with genuine feelings, as we have learnt.
According to pintiks, they are able to build close relationships and recall
other elephants and even people they may not have seen in years.
Many of the ways humans have treated elephants throughout the years might
be viewed as being quite harsh as we learn more about these gentle giants
and their social behaviors. Even zoo animals that have received the greatest
care possible in zoos are unable to have lives that even remotely resemble
those in the wild.
They lack space to wander and, more crucially, they frequently do not have
other elephants to socialize with in zoos. Since they are very gregarious
creatures, company is crucial for their emotional well-being.
The Louisiana Purchase Zoo took Shirley, an elephant, in after she was hurt
while participating in a circus. She was the only elephant living there, and
they did their best to take care of her. Her human caregiver, Solomon James,
was her closest buddy for 22 years. He gave the elephant as much time as he
could to show her how much he cared.
The zoo arranged for Shirley to visit the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary in
2003. Solomon would have to bid his pal farewell as a result.
He says with tears in his eyes, "I'm going to miss her." "However, after
seeing this location, I assured her that there would be no more shackles.
I'm not sure who was the first to shackle her with a chain, but I'm pleased
I was the last to remove it. She is finally liberated.
Shirley is reunited with Jenny, an elephant she knew from the circus years
before, when she gets at the sanctuary. They have become intertwined.
Please like and share the video below to see Shirley and Solomon's moving
tale.
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